CWM opens UK office for export inspections
Dutch survey and inspection specialist CWM has announced the opening of a UK-office, with a focus on inspecting loads of recycled commodities for export overseas.
Based in Hertfordshire CWM’s UK operation will offer inspection services to exporters of materials to the India and other Asian markets from any location across the UK.
The company inspects a variety of grades of paper, plastic and scrap metals leaving the UK for reprocessing overseas and has authority to issue export certificates for countries including India and Indonesia.
Former Newport International director Gary Bowman is heading up the company’s UK arm and has over 25 years’ experience in the waste industry with a particular knowledge of export markets.
Speaking to letsrecycle.com, Mr Bowman said: “The onus is on exporters to ensure that they are selling what they have specified. We are there to double check that this is the case.”
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Viridor launches South Wales community fund
Viridor and Prosiect Gwyrdd – a partnership of five South Wales local authorities – have announced the launch of a 25-year, £50,000 per annum Community Fund to support projects across the region.
The fund, which will support projects in Caerphilly, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport and Vale of Glamorgan will seek to distribute money to charities, and not-for-profit groups.
Applicants will be able to bid for funding up to £3,000 to deliver projects that positively impact their local community.
The launch of the Community Fund marks the formal contract commencement of the Prosiect Gwyrdd partnership whereby non-recyclable household waste from the five local authorities is sent to Trident Park Energy Recovery Facility.
Tanya Reed, Viridor’s communications manager, said: “The nature of our business means we are embedded in the communities where we operate so being a good neighbour and having positive relations with our communities is important to us.”
She added: “The Community Fund will provide another level of support in the community and we look forward to seeing applications from across the five regions. Awards will be made quarterly, based on a set of criteria focussed around sustainability, local need, community involvement, education and value for money.”
Councillor Bob Derbyshire, chairman of the joint Committee for Prosiect Gwyrdd, said: “The Community Benefit Fund for this partnership is welcomed and the committee will assess all applications against agreed criteria. We would encourage all those who are eligible to apply so this money can benefit the communities that we serve.”
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Cromwell awarded Castle Point garden sack contract
Cromwell Polythene has been awarded a contract to supply Castle Point borough council with 1.5 million compostable garden waste sacks.
Made from Ecopond biodegradable resin, for which Cromwell is the sole distributor among local authorities and the waste management sector in England and Wales, the 80-litre sacks were manufactured to Castle Point’s exact specification.
The council recovers around 5,000 tonnes of garden waste a year, as well as a further 2,500 tonnes of food waste, all of which is reprocessed, including the sacks, in an in-vessel composting plant.
Each of the council’s 38,000 houses is supplied with one roll of 20 sacks free of charge, with residents paying for any additional sacks.
Commenting on the Cromwell contract Castle Point’s operational services team leader, Tim Read, said: “The council has had 10 years to hone the specification for this sack, which provides us with a perfect combination of value for money against a tried and proven performance.”
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Biffa crews help to ‘Clean for the Queen’
Waste services provider Biffa worked with a number of its local authority clients to support the recent national ‘Clean For the Queen’ initiative.
The project was organised by Keep Britain Tidy to remove litter from streets for the Queen’s 90th birthday this year. It asked people, communities and organisations to help stage Britain’s biggest-ever litter picking campaign over the weekend of March 4-6.
Biffa-serviced local authorities were among the 200 councils reported to have supported the scheme.
In the East Midlands, Biffa’s Leicester team fitted a dry mixed recycling collection vehicle with temporary new livery to help promote the Clean For The Queen project to local residents. Staff also conducted an extended litter pick along the access road to Biffa’s Bursom site.
In the Central Bedfordshire area, Biffa provided a vehicle to collect sacks filled by the public, together with larger items of metal and wood. Prior to the weekend, two dual carriageways were closed to allow litter-picking and mechanical sweeping, while town and village centres were also spot-cleaned to support the initiative’s objectives.
At Mole Valley in Surrey, Biffa supplied a collection vehicle and crew to support a number of volunteer litter-pick groups that worked across the district, while at Epping Forest in Essex, Biffa provided community groups with litter-pick tools, gloves, hi-vis vests and refuse sacks.
Roger Edwards, managing director of Biffa’s municipal division, said: “The Biffa team was proud to play its part in this national initiative. It was an outstanding example of people and organisations joining together for the common good.
“Litter can be a real blight across the nation, and we hope the project helped raise awareness of how easy it is to tackle the problem. People just need to dispose of their litter properly.”
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William Tracey to work on Scottish infrastructure projects
Scottish waste management firm William Tracey Group has secured four new major waste management projects for Roadbridge Civil Engineering & Building Contractors.
The projects at Dersalloch Wind Farm, Harehill Wind Farm, Glenglass Substation and Blackhill Substation Platform are being delivered by Roadbridge as part of the South West Scotland Renewables Connection Project.
The William Tracey Group’s non-hazardous division will be providing a full waste management service, and the industrial & utilities division will empty septic tanks and dispose of the hazardous waste generated as part of the construction of remote wind farms across South West Scotland.
Roadbridge Civil Engineering & Building Contractors’ works include, excavation and construction of turbine bases and hardstands, construction of access roads, operation of borrow pits, onsite processing of materials, installation of cable trenching and crossing of official water crossings.
Mairtin Naughton of Roadbridge Civil Engineering & Building Contractors said: “The decision to use William Tracey for our full waste management services represents a strong working relationship which has been developed over the past six years. One of our aims when considering a contractor was ensuring that we can provide the best possible service and value for money to remote locations and deliver the requirements of our clients SSE, SPR and Iberdrola.”
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