Powerday helps aspiring boxers
London-based waste firm Powerday has announced the award of its second annual athlete bursaries to seven aspiring boxers, in partnership with London ABA.
The scheme – to help the next generation of boxing talent in the capital – was launched last year in an event attended by professional boxer George Groves and has since seen some ‘exceptional’ outcomes, according to the firm.
The 2016 bursaries were awarded at a presentation at Powerday’s Willesden Junction materials recycling facility (MRF) on 30 June. The young boxers, male and female, will use the money in the hope of achieving regional, national and international success.
Mick Cross, chairman of Powerday, said: “I’m delighted to be awarding the bursaries again this year. Powerday is based in London and we are committed to making a positive different to people’s lives. Our partnership with the London ABA continues to help young people realise their potential both in sport and within their communities.”
Keith Walters OBE, Honourable Secretary of London ABA and chairman of England Boxing, added: “We thank Mick Crossan and Powerday for this investment into our young athletes, who, like Bradley Skeete, can become world class stars.”
Cory Riverside takes barge delivery
Cory Riverside has taken delivery of three new barges, which will be used to transfer 200,000 tonnes of incinerator bottom ash per year from the Belvedere energy from waste (EfW) plant.
A subsidiary of the waste management business, Cory Riverside now boasts a fleet of five tugs, five ash barges and 47 waste barges – which are used to transport feedstock down the River Thames.
The waste is unloaded at Cory’s Riverside Resource Recovery EfW plant in Belvedere – situated on the banks of the Thames within the London borough of Bexley.
Sealed containers of ash are then loaded back on to the barges and taken to Ballast Phoenix’s processing plant at the Port of Tilbury, where it is used in construction aggregate applications.
By using the river to transport the IBA, Cory plans to remove in excess of 25,000 lorry movements from London’s highways.
Neil Caborn, general manager at Cory, said: “Compared to the existing fleet of waste barges, these new barges have been specifically designed for our Thames operation to carry heavier payloads of ash.”
Cambridgeshire waste teams launch comms campaign
A month-long campaign has been launched by Cambridge city and South Cambridgeshire district council waste teams to educate householders on recycling.
The waste teams – which pooled their resources in 2015 – will give out information at school gates, talk to pupils, distribute stickers for wheeled bins and attend local fetes.
The campaign, which highlights items which can be placed in commingled blue bins, will initially target households in Sawston and Cherry Hinton – and be rolled out to other areas if recycling rates pick up.
Cllr Peter Roberts, Cambridge city council’s executive councillor for Environment and Waste, said: “As well as encouraging people to squash plastic bottles and cartons, we want to let them know that in Cambridge City they can order an extra blue bin free of charge via the council website, and in South Cambridgeshire extra recycling can be put out next to your bin in a cardboard box or returnable container.”
Hadfield awarded Health and Safety award
Hadfield Wood Recyclers has been awarded a Gold Award for Health and Safety by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
The award, which will be presented to the business at the 60th annual award ceremony of the RoSPA in Birmingham next week, recognises businesses which have shown commitment to accident and ill-health prevention.
Gold medals, president’s awards and orders of distinction are presented to organisations sustaining the high standards of Health and Safety over consecutive years.
Geoff Hadfield, managing director of Hadfield Wood Recyclers, said: “I was delighted to hear that we had achieved this award. It is a true reflection of all the hard work put in by our management team and employees over the past four years.
“In particular I am incredibly proud that we have reached this level in an industry in which we, as a company, constantly strive to set high standards.”
City of London adopts Bigbelly foot-pedal bins
The City of London Corporation has announced the launch of eight Bigbelly smart station foot pedal bins to address hygiene concerns associated with handles.
The station, which was developed by Taylor Group’s waste technology brand Bigbelly in conjunction with the council, is designed to make waste disposal more attractive to residents and tourists.
The eight units to be introduced in the London borough incorporate a plastic, wheeled liner, allowing collection operatives to take out the rigid inner container and wheel it across to a collection vehicle to be emptied –eliminating the need to tie, lift and drag the bags.
City of London is now looking to replace its existing 50 standard Bigbelly smart stations with the foot-pedal models.
Steve Presland, Transportation and Public Realm Director at City of London Corporation, said: “We spend over £3.5 million a year cleaning the City’s streets. The Square Mile is the world’s leading international financial centre and its workers and residents rightly expect the street scene to be of a very high standard in which to live and work. This new solution could make our streets even cleaner and we look forward to seeing the results.”
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