15 January 2021GMB urges sector to boost Covid safety for crews
A GMB Union organiser for the workforce providing waste services in Milton Keynes has urged the waste sector to increase its focus on health and safety, following the death of two RCV drivers because of coronavirus. The two ...
14 January 2021Two RCV drivers die from Covid in Milton Keynes
Two refuse workers employed by Serco on their contract for Milton Keynes council have died after testing positive for Covid-19. The staff members were both drivers but working on separate teams, Serco has confirmed. This ...
14 January 2021School Covid-19 testing waste advice for contractors
Waste management contractors and similar businesses handling waste items from coronavirus testing in schools may be able to store the material if necessary, before moving it on for disposal treatment. Letsrecycle.com has ...
12 January 2021Veolia launches Covid-19 test kit treatment service
Veolia has introduced a treatment service for the potentially contaminated waste generated by Covid-19 tests. The waste produced from testing kits is classified as offensive waste (EWC 180104) and non-hazardous chemical waste (EWC...
8 January 2021Increased festive waste and staffing issues hit collections
Several councils across the UK have reported collection issues in recent days, citing increased festive waste, the Covid-19 pandemic and adverse weather conditions as reasons for the delays. Cardiff council estimates about 400 ...
4 January 2021‘Put waste workers in priority vaccine groups’, says ESA
With tighter lockdown restrictions likely to be announced later today, waste sector representatives have said services remain well prepared, but concerns remain over staffing levels due to self-isolation or positive test results.
21 December 2020Sector watching as Dover closes to exporters
Waste and recycling businesses are today monitoring the situation at UK ports in the wake of France imposing a 48 hour ban on movements. The French ban on people entering France from the UK because of the new strain of the ...
21 December 2020CIWM rebukes sector over Covid information
The waste sector faces a challenge in delivering services especially over the Christmas period with a compounding of some of the existing challenges relating to the pandemic, the CIWM has warned. And, the CIWM has called for ...
15 December 2020NLWA urges switch to reusable facemasks
People have been urged to switch to reusable facemasks after research for the North London Waste Authority (NLWA) showed 102 million single-use facemasks are thrown away in the UK each week. To tackle the problem, the NLWA ...
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