Recycleye and MSS Inc agree ‘strategic partnership’
Waste management start-up Recycleye has announced a “strategic partnership” with US-based optical sorting equipment manufacturer MSS Inc.
Recycleye said the agreement with MSS will “combine their strengths and bring new technology to the waste sorting and recycling sectors”.
Recycleye’s AI technology has been incorporated with the trusted MSS optical sorting solution, “creating a powerful new family of offerings, introduced today as MSS Vivid (Visually Verified Identification) AI”.
The company said this new solution is “unique among current AI detection and extraction offerings in that it combines powerful Recycleye AI vision systems with robust MSS air ejection system capabilities to sort material at the highest sort volumes.”
Speaking about the announcement, Greg Thibado, vice president of MSS Inc. said: “We are excited to bring this innovative pairing to the North American waste sorting and recycling markets. Incorporating the Recycleye AI platform provides their outstanding technology to our established sorting solutions. Working with the award-winning team at Recycleye, we know that we have the best AI solution adapted to our customers’ needs.”
Victor Dewulf, chief executive of Recycleye added: “Recycleye and MSS Inc. share the same vision of creating a world without waste, that is clean and sustainable to the generations that follow. We are proud to combine our technology with these globally trusted sorting capabilities for the North American market and confident that together, we can further reduce the impact of waste on the planet.”
Young people join Suez employment scheme
A partnership between Suez Recycling and Recovery UK and the Harlequins Foundation, aimed at encouraging out-of-work people aged 16-24 back into the workplace, has begun.
The partnership was announced last year but began yesterday, 24 April.
Suez said the programme has been designed to engage young people aged 16 –24 who are not in education, employment or training, “offering them a practical approach to joining the workforce, and setting them on the path to a brighter future”.
The group will spend two weeks on a rotation with Suez gaining essential skills from across multiple departments and sites, including Transport Avenue in West London, and the Surrey Eco Park facility.
The programme will include an introduction to the waste industry, job shadowing, weighbridge operations, transport operations, maintenance, material flow, administration and recycling operations.
Michael Pusey, regional director, Suez recycling and recovery UK, said: “We’re delighted to be welcoming the next round of cohorts through the HITZ programme. Through our ongoing partnership with The Harlequins Foundation, we look forward to making a positive impact on the next generation of talent, and the communities and businesses around London and the South-East which we serve.
“We are passionate about leaving a positive impact on our environment and our communities, and hope that through this partnership we can inspire the next generation to consider career opportunities and green jobs that help build a more sustainable future for the UK.”
CRJ bags Aintree racecourse contract
The Jockey Club, which owns 15 racecourses across the UK, has appointed Knutsford-based machinery specialist CRJ Services to shred 20 tonnes of old spruce that tops the fences used on the Grand National course at Aintree.
The spruce is used to give the horses and jockeys “some leniency when clearing the fences at the racecourse, and it is replaced each year.
Aintree approached CRJ Services for a solution, with the firm’s “high-speed shredders able to be hired with an operator, ideal for customers – such as The Jockey Club – who have no prior experience of operating machinery of this kind”.
Rob Symons, operations director at CRJ Services, said: “Having initially been appointed by The Jockey Club after last year’s Grand National festival, we are delighted to partner once again with Aintree to support the racecourse in the aftermath of their showpiece event.
“Whilst the excitement of the Grand National itself draws to a conclusion, there is now lots of work to be done and the shredding of the spruce from these famous fences is an important part of this – with the machine able to produce a material that can be used for other purposes around the Aintree estate, maximising efficiency and sustainability at the course.”
Suspended term for illegally burning waste
A County Durham man has been sentenced to suspended jail time for repeatedly storing and burning waste, according to the Environment Agency.
In a statement yesterday, 25 April, the Agency said Christopher Williams, 64, of Acton Dene in Stanley, appeared at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 18 April where he pleaded guilty to two charges of operating an illegal waste site and one of not complying with an Environment Agency notice to provide information about waste disposal.
He was sentenced to 36 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months, and ordered to pay £1,000 in costs, the Agency added.
The Agency said Mr Williams operates an organisation known as the LCA Community Charity, which provides help to people, schools and other charities with clothing and furniture, and offers house and shop clearance services.
However, the Agency said the “court heard that Williams regularly dumped and burned residual waste from those activities at the smallholding.”
The site was cleared in August 2020 and a fine in the following months for not requiring documentation to prove this had been stopped was not paid.
The Agency added: “In March 2022, Environment Agency officers again attended the farm, and again saw household waste had been dumped, along with doors, window frames and furniture. Two months later, several reports were received of waste again being dumped and burned on the site, and inspections revealed a large pile of ash with a new, more concealed burning location discovered and waste hidden under a tarpaulin.”
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