17 February 2020Clearabee expands with SKIPBAG acquisition
On-demand waste clearance company Clearabee has acquired Derbyshire-based skip hire services firm SKIPBAG for an undisclosed fee. Launched in 1999 by brothers Lance and Jim Chapman, SKIPBAG claims to have been one of the first ...
17 February 2020Keenan and Suez agree Aberdeen extension
Keenan Recycling has agreed a five-year extension to its contract with Suez to treat Aberdeen’s household garden and food waste. Suez has been in partnership with the Aberdeen-based organic waste recycling company since 2002...
17 February 2020Viridor signs plastic deal with P&G
Viridor has agreed a deal with consumer goods company Procter & Gamble (P&G) for the five year supply of post-consumer recycled plastic. While the exact tonnage of the deal was deemed commercially sensitive by Viridor...
17 February 2020Reuse rates jump in 2019, says Reuse Network
Reuse charities and social enterprises prevented 125,000 tonnes of household furniture and electrical items from going to landfill in 2019, up 4% on the previous year. The numbers come from the Reuse Network in its 2019 Impact ...
14 February 2020National Refuse Championships seeks participants
The organisers of the National Refuse Championships have called for people in the recycling industry to sign up for this year’s event, and have emphasised their desire for more women to take part. Sponsored by City West ...
14 February 2020Defra calls out public’s food waste ‘denial’
Concerns have been expressed by a Defra representative about a supposedly high level of 'denial' amongst the public regarding the issue of food waste. Nicola Hopley, food waste team leader at the department, was speaking on a ...
14 February 2020Equipment news round-up (14/02/20)
With news on: Tomra equipment doubles council MRF capacity; Bollegraaf baler celebrates 40th year in operation;Grist turns to JCV for wheeled excavator; Lowmac expands fleet with ‘UK first’ A914 handler
14 February 2020HZI claims ‘highest efficiency’ for Newhurst EfW
Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI), which has been selected to build Biffa’s 350,000 tonne per-year capacity energy from waste facility in Leicestershire, said this week that the plant will have one of the
14 February 2020Eustice welcomed by waste industry
Figures from across the waste and recycling industry have all welcomed the appointment of George Eustice as Environment Secretary, expressing optimism that his time spent as a Defra minister will serve him well. Mr Eustice was ...
Lancashire to host waste contract engagement day
Ahead of what will be a rare future infrastructure opportunity for the waste management sector, Lancashire county council is to host an “early engagement” day ... read more
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