Glamorgan Cricket Club sees recycling boost
Glamorgan Cricket Club has increased its recycling rate from 4% eighteen months ago to 84% this year, according to Waste Cost Reduction Services (WCRS) the club’s waste services provider.
In addition to this, the remaining residual waste is sent to a local Energy from Waste Facility plant which means that virtually all of the waste generated at the club is diverted away from Landfill, WCRS has said.
WCRS began working with the club before The First Investec Ashes Match at Glamorgan in 2015.
The company said its initial challenge was to manage the waste for one of the sporting calendar’s most prestigious events with expected visitor numbers in excess of 60,000.
The next stage was to look at how improvements could be made to boost the club’s overall recycling performance, including enhanced segregation of materials and communications.
Dan Cherry, head of operations at Glamorgan Cricket Club said: “We are delighted that we have achieved such impressive figures and we look forward to continuing to work with WCRS to maintain and further improve our results. Glamorgan Cricket shares common values with WCRS and this partnership is important to us as we continue our aim of making Wales proud in how we operate on and off the field.”
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Ealing council hits recycling target
Ealing council has announced that it has met its goal of recycling 50% of all household waste collected from residents a year ahead of the its 2018 target.
According the council, its latest figures suggest recycling rates have risen by five percentage points in the last year (April 2016-March 2017), which saw the council introduce alternate weekly collections and wheeled bins in June 2016.
The council said that final statistics for 2016-17 showed that rates increased to 50.66%, from 45.35% in 2015-16. And, as a result Ealing has moved up London’s recycling league table and is one of the capital’s best performing boroughs it has claimed.
The tonnage of food waste recycled from homes across the borough has also increase by 46.5% compared to the same period last year, the council has said.
Councillor Bassam Mahfouz, cabinet member for transport, environment and leisure said: “Local residents deserve a huge amount of credit for their ongoing efforts to recycle which is great for Ealing and the environment.”
“By making it even easier for local people to recycle, we have met our ambitious target of recycling 50% of household waste, a year ahead of schedule.”
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Rental sector recycling guide published
A ‘Guide to Improving Waste Management in the Domestic Rented Sector’ commissioned by Resource London and the London Environment Directors Network (LEDNET) and developed by Eunomia has been published.
The guide identifies a number of areas in which London Boroughs can work more effectively with tenants and landlords to tackle waste management problems in the domestic rented sector.
Resource London and LEDNET appointed Eunomia to develop the guide after research suggested excess waste, difficulty in containing waste, and high levels of recycling contamination from the rented sector contributed to poor street scene and represented a barrier to London reinvigorating recycling.
A project board with representation from the local authority and rental sectors including the National Landlords Association, ARLA Propertymark and Advice 4 Renters, contributed to the development of the guide.
Antony Buchan, head of programme for Resource London, said: “London has a large transient population. Lots of Londoners live in rented accommodation – often only for short periods. Helping them engage with the local authorities’ waste and recycling services can be challenging. Resource London was therefore delighted to work with so many key sector stakeholders in the development of the Domestic Sector Guide, which strongly advocates a collaborative approach to tackling the challenge of improving and increasing recycling from London’s rental sector.”
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Cawleys invests in glass collection vehicles
Luton waste management firm Cawleys has taken delivery of two new glass collection vehicles which will be part of a new glass collection service operating across south east England.
The two vehicles are Rossi R300’s with a DAF tractor unit and are the first of their type to be used in the UK. They have improved environmental features, with a five tonne payload offering fuel economy and an easy versatile body that helps the crew load the bins effectively and safely, the company says.
The new vehicles represent a £180,000 investment, part of a £3m programme of investment by Cawleys across the business this year – the company’s 70th anniversary year.
Phil Gudgeon, head of waste collection, said: “We considered a number of vehicles for this new service and needed to ensure that the vehicle was fit for purpose, whilst also meeting or exceeding all current environmental and transport regulations and safety requirements. These vehicles provide us with remote tipping from the cab and improved bin lift control.”
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