WAMITAB training offered to all O’Donovan staff
O’Donovan Waste Disposal is offering waste industry training for all of its staff including more than 60 waste-handlers, office staff and management.
NVQ level 2 and 3 Waste Management Industry Training and Advisory Board (WAMITAB) courses cover safety, as well as ensuring quality of materials recovered.
Managing director Jacqueline O’Donovan, said: “We are committed to developing our team, ensuring that all receive training, not only at the start, but throughout their employment.
“This ensures that our staff members, our biggest asset, operate to the highest standards in terms of service delivery, health and safety and environmental practices, which are all beneficial in providing the service our clients expect.”
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Reuse mega-store opens in Scotland
A second hand superstore has been opened in the Scottish Highlands with funding from Zero Waste Scotland.
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The store in Dingwall run by charity Blythswood Care will be part of a series of second hand stores due to open across Scotland later this year.
The store has created four new jobs and offers a range of goods including furniture, kitchen appliances, carpets, toys, clothes (and a forthcoming bridal suite), and baby goods.
The store has teamed up with Revolve-accredited re-use businesses from around Scotland.
Zero Waste Scotland’s head of circular economy, Louise McGregor, described the venture as, “a terrific example of a third sector organisation trying out a unique and innovative model”.
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Helistrat approved as WasteSmart Training Centre
Environmental Consultancy Helistrat has been approved as an official WasteSmart Training Centre by the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM).
The move will benefit Helistrat customers enabling their employees to benefit from the CIWM’s waste industry training courses. The courses are available as Foundation or Advanced level certificates help increase understanding of how and why waste should be managed efficiently as well as offering advice and guidance on how this can reduce costs and aid regulatory compliance.
Helistrat director Joy Donnell said: “When we combine highly efficient and effective resource management solutions, with an understanding of how and why that solution works, the commercial and environmental impacts are significantly increased.”
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Simply Cups scheme takes on new members
The UK paper cup recovery and recycling scheme – Simply Cups – has been joined by three new members.
Simply Cups – a partnership formed between Closed Loop Environmental Solutions and Simply Waste Solutions – has been joined by Bunzl Catering Supplies, Benders Paper Cups and BASIS.
Closed Loop’s Peter Goodwin said: “The hospitality sector is now crying out for a multi-faceted materials recovery program that breaks down Dry Mixed Recycling (DMR) even further, thereby extracting even greater value, whilst helping businesses move further up the waste hierarchy.”
Simply Cups is now also recovering five additional waste materials: beverage cartons, washroom towels, food service PET packaging and cup lids, and coffee grounds.
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The Multifuel project signs £75m supply deal
Energy from Waste plant the Multifuel project in West Yorkshire has secured a £75m two-year deal for its power outage with SmartestEnergy.
The Multifuel project is based next to the existing Ferrybridge C Power Station and will produce around 600 Gigawatt hours of low carbon electricity a year.
The facility is still in the commissioning stage and is due to be fully operational in the coming months. It will then handle 570,000 tonnes of waste derived fuel annually and produce enough low carbon electricity to power around 160,000 homes.
Multifuel Energy Limited (MEL) is a joint venture between SSE and US-based Wheelabrator Technologies.
MEL director of engineering and operations Tom Maillet said: “This will allow a new supply of low carbon electricity on the national grid at the earliest opportunity.”
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