Tamar Energy and Amey sign five-year AD agreement
A five year deal has been signed between Tamar Energy and Amey that will see food waste from homes across the Isle of Wight converted into renewable energy.
Tamar Energy, the anaerobic digestion (AD) operator, will convert approximately 5000 tonnes per year of food waste into biofertiliser and generate low carbon electricity.
Amey will deliver the kerbside-collected food waste to the AD operator’s Basingstoke plant, on behalf of the Isle of Wight council.
Charlie Flounders, Tamar Energy’s head of feedstock said: “This contract represents a partnership with one of the UK’s leading waste management service providers. It ensures food waste is used to generate green electricity for UK homes, rather than being buried or burned. It’s another demonstration that AD is a genuine waste management option for local authorities that delivers tangible financial and environmental benefits.”
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Viridor continues sponsorship of local football team
Waste and resources firm Viridor has announced that it is to continue its sponsorship of local football team, Taunton Town FC.
The deal is part of the company’s ongoing commitment to working with the communities in which it operates and will run until 2019. Nationwide waste and recycling contractor Viridor’s headquarters is located within the Somerset town.
The sponsorship will assist with the restoration of the club facilities, following a fire in 2011 which caused extensive damage to the club house.
In conjunction with the deal, Paul Carter from Viridor completed a comprehensive waste audit with the club management, which identifies what types of waste materials the club produces and also looks at how to maximise recycling rates by implementing practical business waste solutions.
Jayne Shawcross, marketing manager for Viridor, says: “It’s great that we are able to sponsor the local football team and help them in their ongoing transformation. To help continue to make the club a special place for visitors, we encourage all the players, fans and supporters to use the new bins and help them reduce waste and recycle more. The enthusiasm and passion for the game is immense at the club and we wish them every success in the league.”
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MetalMatters reaches half a million households in 2015
The MetalMatters campaign communications campaign will have reached over half a million households across the UK in 2015 alone, according to organisers.
The industry-funded communications campaign delivers targeted messages to UK households about the benefits of recycling metal packaging.
October 2015 saw the campaign reach 300,000 homes in Warwick, Torbay and four districts in Lancashire. These are the latest in a growing list of UK councils to receive the campaign.
Rick Hindley, executive director of project managers, Alupro, said: “In 2015 alone the MetalMatters campaign has reached 534,000 households in ten local authority areas. We already have four programmes confirmed for Q1 2016, helping even more councils to boost their recycling rates using our tried and tested materials.”
Since the launch of the MetalMatters campaign, 57 local authorities have run targeted metal packaging communications initiatives, with an estimated total reach of around 3.5 million households.
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Competition launched to boost Christmas jumper reuse
WRAP-backed clothing waste campaign Love Your Clothes is launching a competition called ‘12 jumpers of Christmas’, in a bid to promote the reuse of Christmas jumpers.
The competition has been created after estimates showing that UK consumers are likely to spend £300 million on Christmas jumpers this year and 40% plan on only wearing them once or twice this season.
Consumers are being encouraged to consider buying a second hand Christmas jumper or swapping and sharing with family and friends. The campaign also offers tips on decorating old jumpers on their website (loveyourclothes.org.uk/12jumpers/) and will publicise the top 12 creations in December.
A Janome sewing machine will be awarded to the best design with subscriptions to Simply Sewing and Reloved magazines for runners up.
Sarah Clayton, head of clothing at WRAP, the organisation behind the Love Your Clothes campaign, said: “We know that the average lifetime of clothes is just over two years. Entering the 12 Jumpers competition is a great way for people to extend the lifetime of their old jumpers and make a jumper last for life not just for Christmas.”
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