Niramax secures Bulgarian RDF contract
Hartlepool-based waste management firm Niramax Group, has signed a three-year refuse derived fuel (RDF) supply deal with Probio Energy Limited to send material to Bulgaria, the company has announced.
The agreement will see 30,000 tonnes of waste per year diverted from landfill and exported to Bulgaria to be used as fuel for cement kilns. An initial 6,000 tonne shipment is due to leave Hartlepool next week.
Managing director of Niramax, Frank Antropik, said: “This is an excellent development, not only due to the quantities involved but because it is waste which was destined for landfill.
“One of our big drivers for 2016 is to continue to reduce the amount of waste which ends up at landfill sites.”
Stuart Rain, managing director of Probio Energy, said: “Our partnership with Niramax is continuing to grow. They provide the consistent quality of fuel which we require and we are delighted to have this additional contract to supplement our existing agreements we have with them.”
In November, Veolia took over commercial waste collections for Niramax’s 1,000 customers across the North East. Material collected under the agreement is to be processed by Niramax at the Hartlepool site (see letsrecycle.com story). Shortly after announcing the Veolia deal, Niramax also suffered a fire at the site.
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Recoup cements link with OPRL
Plastic packaging recycling body Recoup is to join the ownership of the On-Pack Recycling Label Limited (OPRL Ltd) – which runs the nationally recognised on-pack recycling label scheme.
OPRL and Recoup said the move to a more formal agreement signals greater collaboration as both organisations seek to maximise recycling of plastic packaging by engaging customers.
This includes reinforcing the increasing number of local authorities now collecting plastic pots, tubs and trays for recycling, which OPRL said could lead to these achieving the ‘Widely Recycled’ status as part of its 2016 Guidelines Review.
The Alliance for Beverage Cartons for the Environment (ACE) UK has also recently become a joint owner of the scheme.
Stuart Foster, chief executive of Recoup, said: “This is a natural and exciting development for both organisations. With a myriad of eco and identification labels available including the misleading SPI codes, I have been a very keen supporter of OPRL as the only viable recycling label option.”
Jane Bevis, chair or OPRL, added: “Recoup joins the British Retail Consortium and ACE UK as owners, giving us a broad base of business support. We’re looking forward to forging ahead in 2016 as we move into this next phase of our development.”
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Veolia awarded £50 million biomass contract
Veolia has secured a £50 million contract from equity group Equitix ESI CHP, to operate the Sherwood biomass plant in Nottingham.
The new combined heat and power (CHP) plant will process around 52,000 tonnes of waste wood providing energy for around 10,000 homes.
Under the 20 year-contract, Veolia will provide operation and maintenance and will deliver monitoring, reporting and compliance services.
The agreement also covers water treatment, emission monitoring and ash disposal for the new plant. It is set to start generating electricity and heat in spring 2017.
Estelle Brachlianoff, senior executive vice president, Veolia UK and Ireland, said: “This new contract highlights our renewable energy expertise and will recycle waste biomass to produce green energy for the grid.
“Ahead of COP21 this demonstrates our on-going commitment to cut carbon emissions for industry and communities, and sustainably recycles biomass that would otherwise be wasted.”
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Biogen AD plants process 15,000 tonnes of Christmas food waste
Food waste recycling company Biogen worked over the Christmas season in order to process 15,000 tonnes of food waste from households and businesses.
The waste was handled across the company’s national network of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants to generate electricity for the national grid and biofertiliser for farmland.
Due to the estimated 30% increase of food waste volumes at this time of year, Biogen began working with its customers in October in order to create a bespoke action plan to support client requirements.
Simon Musther, head of commercial operations, said: “In some cases this included initiatives such as providing extra bins and skips or more frequent collections. We extended our site working hours and head office customer support throughout the period including the bank holidays and Saturdays.
“This approach meant our plants comfortably managed all the extra waste our customers produced and importantly it also meant we minimised any delays for vehicles tipping waste.”
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BPI and Bunzl donate black sacks to Carlisle flood victims
Polythene bag manufacturer BPI Recycled Products has teamed up with Bunzl Cleaning and Hygiene Supplies to donate 43,000 capacity sacks to the Carlisle Floods SOS Appeal.
The sacks will be distributed to homeowners who have become victims of the recent floods in Carlisle.
Lorcan Mekitarian, commercial director, BPI Recycled Products, said: “The clean-up is not a nice job and if we can make it a little easier for homeowners by supplying heavy duty sacks, to not only throw damaged items away in but also to help keep their possessions dry over the next few months, then that is the least we can do.”
The sacks are from BPI’s Green Sack range and are available to buy from Bunzl Cleaning and Hygiene supplies, among other national distributors. They are manufactured from 100% recycled products at UK facilities.
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