Kiverco revamps C&D plant for Remondis
Recycling plant machinery firm Kiverco recently finished the redevelopment of a construction and demolition recycling facility in County Durham, owned by Remondis.
Kiverco designed, manufactured and installed a plant to “optimise recycling and recovery rates” by deploying the “latest recycling and sorting technologies”.
Kiverco said that part of the brief was that Remondis required a higher level of automation, a reduction in manpower and also to improve the “quality of the job in the sorting and picking stations”.
And, a video has been made detailing how the project went, which can be seen below.
Enovert secures Gloucestershire garden waste contract
Waste specialist Enovert has secured a garden waste contract for approximately 30,000 tonnes of green waste per year to begin in February 2020.
The contract will last for seven years with an option for an extra three. The waste will consist of green waste collected both at the kerbside and from recycling centres at Cheltenham and Tewkesbury boroughs as well as Gloucester and Stroud.
The garden waste will be treated at two established open windrow composting facilities in the county owned and operated by Enovert. They are Hempsted in Gloucester and Wingmoor Farm in Bishops Cleeve.
“Thrilled”
Mark Silvester, CEO of Enovert, said: “We are thrilled to have been awarded this service contract by Gloucestershire county council. Our facilities will produce compost that meets end-of-waste criteria and the requirements of BSI PAS 100 and make an important contribution to the county’s recycling performance. We look forward to continuing our longstanding relationships with Gloucestershire county council and the district councils involved”.
Wayne Lewis, head of waste for Gloucestershire county council, said: “The new contract will ensure that garden waste continues to be managed in accordance with our Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy and the waste hierarchy. The composting of garden waste provides the best solution in terms of environmental impact, offsetting the use of chemical based fertilisers and helping to improve soil structure. The composting of garden waste across the county contributes around 18% to Gloucestershire’s recycling rate.”
Coral Products granted reprocessor status
Coral Products (Mouldings) Ltd has been granted accredited reprocessor status by the Environment Agency which means it will be able to benefit from packaging recovery notes (PRNs).
The company said it was awarded “by meeting the strict guidelines of the producer responsibility obligations (packaging waste) regulations 2007.”
This provides the group with an opportunity to reduce operational costs by “fully offsetting the plastic packaging waste levy”.
Mick Wood, Coral Products CEO, said “This accreditation is the culmination of many months of hard work by the Coral team. Following on from our new lightweight recycling bins and boxes that came on stream earlier in the year, it further demonstrates our focused commitment to plastic minimisation and 360 degree plastic recycling”.
Hillingdon launches commercial waste tool
Hillingdon council is offering a free online tool to advertise its commercial waste collection service.
Businesses in Hillingdon, west London can use the tool to calculate how much their service would cost with the council in comparison to the commercial services that they already use.
Hillingdon council provides a range of containers for general waste and recycling, from 360-litre to 1280-litre bins. The service is offered to businesses of any size.
Councilor Keith Burrows, the cabinet member for planning, transportation and recycling, said: “The new calculator is a clear and simple tool for prospective businesses to estimate how much our services will cost them. only saves them money but supports the local environment and the wellbeing of those who live, work and study in the borough.”
British Glass hits out at parliamentary report
British Glass has voiced objections to a Scottish parliamentary report claiming that 85% of the public want glass to be a part of Scotland’s approaching Deposit Return Scheme (DRS).
A poll by YouGov compiled data showing that 85% of people in Scotland thought that glass should be involved in the up and coming scheme. However, British Glass fear that facilities for returning glass bottles would not be sufficient for the increased demand over Christmas, which may drive consumers to dispose of jars and bottles in general waste rather than in the DRS.
However, technical director of British Glass Dr Nik Kirk said: “The potential collapse of kerbside recycling for glass has other unintended environmental and social consequences too. “We are strongly saying ‘keep glass out, there is a better way’ and sharing our evidence with policy-makers to stop this potential disaster”.
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