Netto signs two-year deal to cut landfill waste
Netto Foodstores has 180 supermarkets around the country, with its commercial director Kevin Barber explaining that his company was already recycling its packaging cardboard and plastic, but was looking at recycling more material streams. He said: “This contract between our two companies will see Veolia offer us advice on compliance with waste legislation, additional recyclate streams and share innovative ideas to assist an ongoing improvement to our waste management policy.”
Andy MacGregor, national development manager at Veolia Environmental Services, said: “We're delighted to be working with Netto to help the company minimise its impact on the environment for the future.”
Deal to develop waste wood gasification plant
The deal agreed with energy firm Purepower will see a plant capable of generating 1.5MW of power from about 12,000 tonnes of low-grade waste wood each year. The plant could be completed this autumn, since planning permission was awarded back in 2006. Growing Beds will operate the plant for Purepower as well as providing waste wood for the plant, ranging from timber offcuts to MDF and chipboard.
Mark Evans, managing director of Growing Beds, said: “We are always interested in new and emerging technologies for disposing of our low grade wood waste in the most environmentally friendly way possible. Working with Purepower complements our existing business extremely well and we look forward to a long and success working relationship.”
Greenstar transfers collection contracts to Verdant
Irish-owned waste management company Greenstar UK has signaled its confidence in newly-acquired collection firm Verdant Group by transferring four Greenstar collection contracts to the Verdant brand.
Verdant, which has its headquarters in Sevenoaks, Kent, assumed control of collection services in East Lothian, Cannock Chase, South Staffordshire and Blackburn-with-Darwen earlier this month. Staff transferred to Verdant employment and operations are becoming Verdant-branded, the company said. The four contracts all involve the fortnightly collection of paper, glass, cans and plastic from the kerbside.
Verdant managing director Roger Edwards said the transfer of contracts from Greenstar to Verdant made “absolute sense”. He said: “Verdant has specialist expertise in managing flexible, efficient waste and recycling services for local authorities, so it's the right thing for us to take them over. We're particularly pleased that Verdant now has a presence in the north of England, as well as in Scotland, for the very first time.”
Recycling service set for firms in North West
The company has sites in Chester, North Wales and the Wirral, and will provide wheeled bins for the collection of cardboard and plastics to be collected on a scheduled service to suit their commercial customers. Together with sister company Alans Skip Hire, the ASH Group already handles more than 250,000 tonnes of industrial and commercial waste each year, recycling 70%. The new recycling service will be run with a new DAF vehicle complete with quirky global warming-themed advertising.
Company director Zoë Hassall said: “We recognise the need and desire of businesses to recycle more, after listening to our customers needs and requirements we felt it was important to add this dedicated service.”
WRAP launches online SME database
Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in England now have the benefit of a dedicated online recycling database, thanks to WRAP's (Waste & Resources Action programme) Business Growth Programme.
The first of its kind in England, the WRAP database went live on Monday (25th February), and has been specifically designed to help SMEs recycle more materials by helping them to find appropriate local recycling service providers as quickly and easily as possible.
Sarah Downes, WRAP's Manager English Regions, said: “Many SMEs want to recycle their waste but find it difficult to find appropriate recycling services, which means good recyclable materials are going to landfill.”
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