Composting courses are being offered by the London Remade Eco-Organics Project at its sites in Rainham and Pitsea in Essex.
The Rainham centralised composting site, run by Cleanaway, is currently handling 50,000 tonnes of green waste in windrows a year. Planning applications have recently been submitted for the construction of in-vessel composters at Rainham and these are due for installation in mid-2004.
Since November 2002 over 300 people have been trained in composting by the Eco-Organics Project including more than 100 who have attended courses recognised by the Chartered Institute of Waste Management. The CIWM accredited courses “Composting Introduction, Practical and Operational Lessons” and “In-vessel Composting – and the Animal By-products Regulation” entitle attendees to either one full day towards their graduate structured training programme or six hours continued professional development.
For further information about the courses which run on various dates during the rest of 2003 and in 2004, is available from project assistant Steve Murphy, tel: 01708 632 210 email steve.murphy@cleanaway.com
Research body launches online map of recycling sites for industry
The Building Research Establishment has announced further developments to its SmartWaste system, which provides a variety of software packages for the construction sector to help plan for waste minimisation, recycling and reuse.
A new part of the package is BREMAP, described by BRE chairman Peter Bonfield, as a “real step change, something which should transform the recycling and recovery of waste within the construction sector across the UK.”
It provides an online service for finding recycling and relcamation companes as well as other facilities including incineration and landfill.
BREMAP is a web based Geographical Information System (GIS) developed by BRE and funded by Biffaward through landfill tax credits and a grant from the Institution of Civil Engineers R&D; Enabling Fund.
The service can be seen at: SmartWaste
Pembrokeshire opts for compactors from Randalls
Randalls Fabrications, part of the Skip Units Group, has supplied two Simpak 1800 traversing waste compactors for use on the Winsel civic amenity and recycling centre in Pembrokeshire for the county council.
The Winsel compactor feature a superstructure platform that provides access to the rear-facing loading hopper which is used as the site is on two levels with the public area separated from service vehicles and plant.
The traversing version of the Simpak 1800 is fitted with adjustable clamps for container connection and hydraulic automatic docking by measn fo a sedonary tranversing bogie. This incorporates four sealed rollers runing in rolled steel channels and a hydraulic system to ensure that the container docks smoothly with the compactor.
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