Selby hits green waste milestone
80,000 tonnes of green waste have been collected for treatment from Selby district council residents since collections of the material began in 2001, the North Yorkshire council has announced.
The total amount collected is now enough to fill the Selby leisure centre swimming pool 800 times, the council claims.
Initially trialled with 2,200 households, the service proved successful and has since expanded to cover over 30,000 households throughout the district.
The free service sees garden waste bins collected from households every fortnight, where it is bulked and sent for treatment by the Maltings Organic Treatment Ltd, based near South Milford.
Councillor Christopher Metcalfe, Lead Councillor for Communities and Economic Development at Selby District Council, said: “It is great that the green waste collection has been so successful.
“Thank you to all residents for using the service and taking the time to recycle.”
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Date for Recycle Week 2016 announced
The thirteenth annual Recycle Week is to take place between June 13-19 2016, the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has announced.
The annual recycling awareness event this year ran from June 22-28 and focussed on recycling in the home.
Recycle Week 2015 also saw the re-launch of WRAP’s Recycle Now communications campaign, which includes an updated range of free-to-use promotional materials aimed at encouraging householders to recycle.
The re-launched scheme will also see WRAP focussing on promoting the recycling of different materials during each quarter of the year – starting with plastics in September.
Announcing next year’s event, WRAP said: “We’re delighted to announce that Recycle Week will take place next year from 13 – 19 June 2016. Remember that Recycle Now is organising regular communications platforms for you to take part in – the first one is plastics, starting in September. This will be followed by paper and card over the Winter, metals and glass in the Spring and food in the Summer.”
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Glendullan whisky-waste AD plant opens
AD technology provider Clearfleau has today announced handover of an anaerobic digestion plant at Diageo’s Glendullan distillery, to treat the waste products from the whisky production process.
The Glendullan plant optimises energy output using co-products from the distillation process.
Following the 2013 completion of an initial high-rate digestion facility at the Dailuaine malt distillery (also in Speyside), Diageo commissioned Clearfleau to build a second facility.
The Glendullan plant is very similar. It receives feedstock from other distilleries in the Dufftown area, fed to the plant in a recently completed pipeline reducing local truck movements.
Initial results indicate the Glendullan bio-energy facility could produce up to 2 million m3 of biogas per year – producing about 8,000MW hours of thermal energy for the distillery, based on processing up to 1,000m3 of distillery co-products on a daily basis.
Keith Miller, Diageo’s Distillation and Maturation Director, said: “We’re very proud of our record in investing in cutting-edge sustainable technology at our distilleries. The bioenergy plant at Glendullan is the most recent example of how we use innovative technology which harnesses the potential of the natural raw materials we use in the distillation process to generate renewable energy.”
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RDF exports boost Totus growth
RDF and hazardous waste exporter Totus Environmental has helped facilitate the transport of around 300,000 tonnes of material to the continent in the last 12 months, the company claims, following its establishment in 2012.
The company was founded in December 2012 by managing director Andy Jones – at a time when exports of refuse derived fuels (RDF) from the UK to mainland Europe, where energy from waste treatment capacity is significantly higher, have grown rapidly
According to the firm it has become established in traditional markets in Northern Europe and Scandinavia alongside expansion into emerging markets such as the Balkans and Southern Europe.
Commenting on the growth of the business, he said: “Totus’ unrivalled logistics capability coupled with a detailed knowledge of the European waste and energy recovery markets has enabled us to develop off-take in new and developing markets where gate fees remain at attractive rates. It is this ability to innovate that gives me confidence in our ability to sustain this growth and further cement our position as one of the UK’s primary sustainable fuel and hazardous waste exporters.”
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William Tracey beats carbon reduction target
Scottish waste and recycling business William Tracey Group has reduced carbon emissions across its operations by up to 26% over four years it has revealed.
Between 2010/11 and 2014/15 the company’s annual carbon tonnages dropped from 245 to 194 tonnes. Now the Group is working to cut a further 20% of its carbon emissions by 2020.
Measures already implemented include rain water harvesting for use with vehicle washing, monitoring C02 and mileage installed on vehicles and also looks at idling, excess acceleration and harsh braking, introducing waterless urinals at its Paisley office.
The company is also currently investigating plans to install wind turbines and solar panels.
Robin Stevenson, managing director of William Tracey’s Non Hazardous Division, said: “This reduction in emissions positions the William Tracey Group at the front line of action against climate change, securing our position as a proactive and forward thinking business, meeting not only the needs of customers but helping to secure a sustainable future.”
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