Waste firm Onyx has been awarded a pan-European contract to manage waste electronic equipment from the Alcatel Group.
Onyx will be responsible for the collection, dismantling, processing, recovery and recycling of electronic waste from the sites of Alcatel and its clients in 27 countries in Europe.
Denis Gasquet, CEO of Onyx, said: “This integrated contract combines responsibilities for the logistics associated with WEEE as well as for its treatment and recycling. The contract is a confirmation that Onyx has a highly suitable offer for this complex European market that is undergoing expansion,” he added.
Onyx has been managing electronic equipment across Europe for 15 years, working with clients including IBM, Nortel, Nokia, Siemens and Thales.
Blackpool unveils tower of waste
 The power and the gory |
Blackpool council has unveiled a new creation that aims to show residents that rubbish doesn't have to be ugly.
A glowing tower of materials that were formerly waste has been erected in the town centre above the council's customer first centre – the tower has been coined “The power and the gory.”
The illuminated tower is made up of an array of former rubbish, including many recyclable materials. It is five metres high and is based on a steel frame, it is internally lit.
Michael Trainor, the artist that created the tower, said: “There is something very gratifying about turning something ugly into something beautiful. The light shining through the objects creates a colourful glowing effect, shining high above a beach at the bottom of the tower made out of twinkling pieces of broken glass.
Cardiff composter in funding boost
The Welsh Environmental Trust has helped a Cardiff-based composter to access funding in order to help expand its green waste production.
British Soil Western Ltd has been awarded a Welsh Development Agency Environmental Goods and Services Grant to buy a new green waste shredder. The shredder will increase the company's production by around 6,000 tonnes and improve the quality of its product.
As British Soil Western is a small company it did not have the resources or man power to look into the possibility of a grant itself and the Welsh Environmental Trust led the company through the process.
Charles Ferguson, managing director of British Soil Western Ltd, said: “We don't have the resources to spend a lot of time investigating which grants are available and applying for them but the advisors at the Trust were able to lead us through the maze of grant applications.”
Terberg unveils new bin lift systems
Bin lift manufacturer Terberg Matec UK has unveiled its new split bin lift systems, which can be attached to a refuse collection vehicle.
 Terberg now supplies triple and split twin bin lift systems |
The Tinium Triple multipurpose triple split automatic binlift is split 30% – 70%. The 30% portion is fed by a single chair lift, whilst the remaining 70% of the body is services by a split twin chair binlift.
The split twin lift is capable of handling containers from 120 to 360 litres and can also handle four wheeled containers up to 1,280 litres.
Also new to the company's arsenal is the Tinium Split lift. According to Tinium it is a lightweight, automatic split binlift feeding each 50% body split with a binlift chair that is a mirror image of the triple.
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