North West Recycling clarifies details of fire
North West Recycling has confirmed further details of its fire that broke out at its Carlisle facility at Rockcliffe Industrial Estate on Monday (8 November).
The fire broke out at the facility at 08.49am and was scaled down by Tuesday afternoon.
The company has confirmed that no one was injured which they said was their main priority.
While Cumbria fire and rescue service said it had been 500 tonnes of waste alright, North West Recycling said it was actually 326 tonnes of mixed film plastics, that was being stored for off take.
A statement from the company read: “Importantly too the fire also occurred outside of the permit area, in an non-operational, industrial building used for storage under an Environmental Exemption.
“In conjunction with the Fire Service, our operational staff worked tirelessly to minimise the impact of the fire and controlled the fire water run off, preventing this from entering the adjacent stream.
“To minimise the environmental impact the fire service conducted a controlled burn, to reduce water usage. The operation was successfully managed to the point where the Fire Service were able to close down the incident the very next day.”
BioteCH4 AD plant celebrates 10 years
BioteCH4 is celebrating the ten-year anniversary of its ‘Local Generation’ anaerobic digestion plant.
Based in March, Cambridgeshire, the AD facility has an annual processing capacity of 120,000 tonnes.
The renewable energy it creates from food waste generates up to 5MWe of electricity, using on-site combined heat and power units, and biogas.
Since it opened in 2011, BioteCH4 said that Local Generation has processed 935,000 tonnes of food waste.
Commenting on the success of the plant, chief operating officer Victoria Peat said: “Our business operates nationwide and as such we recruit based on the talent and experience of our people and are lucky that at Local Generation, we have talented employees from the local community.”
Cawley’s awarded Luton Rugby club contract
Luton based waste and recycling firm, Cawleys, has announced that it has been awarded the recycling and waste management contract for Luton Rugby Football Club.
The announcement comes as at a time when spectators are heading back to sporting events and waste levels are returning to normal levels.
Cawleys will aim to maximise the club’s recycling rates by collecting segregated card and plastics, as well as glass, using its specialist food and glass recycling lorry.
The waste will be processed at its Luton-based materials recycling facility (MRF).
Anna Cawley, head of customer services commented: “It’s great to add another local sporting institution to our list of clients. With sporting and event attendance levels getting back to pre-pandemic levels, waste reduction and recycling is more important than ever”
Councillor pays £3,000 for garden waste following error in judgment
A South Hams District Councillor has agreed to pay £3,105 for a garden waste collection following “an error of judgement”.
Cllr Nicky Hopwood tried to arrange a one off garden waste collection for residents using a council fund, following South Ham’s decision to suspend collections due to lack of HGV drivers.
However, Cllr Hopwood misunderstood that the fund could not be used in this way, resulting in her having to pay £3,105 out of her own pocket.
In a public apology, she said: “Members and officers may be aware that I organised a collection of brown bins within the Woolwell Ward which I represent.
“I sought officer advice about paying for this to be done out of my Locality budget after misunderstanding the advice given and went ahead with what I had organised in all good faith.
“I have since been contacted by the Monitoring Officer and subsequently met with him. He advised that not only was the organising of waste collections within my Ward against what the Executive had agreed, which was to suspend the garden waste service, but I informed residents that this would be paid for out of my Locality Budget as I genuinely misunderstood the advice given by officers.
“I offer an unreserved apology to both officers and Members and have assured the monitoring officer that this will not happen again.”
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