Cumbrian fraud case adjourned at Crown Court
The case follows Cumbria county council's decision in 2007 to terminate its household waste recycling centre contract with CAW early (see letsrecycle.com story) and sees Dave Armer, Donald Andrew Kershaw, Anne Kirkwood and Peter Newton bring accused of conspiracy to obtain sums of money from Cumbria county council by deception as employees of the Barrow-based firm.
Despite the length of time until the date of the next hearing, a spokeswoman for the Crown Court confirmed that the case would be going to trial, which was “likely to take two to three months”.
SITA wins 12-month composting deal in Lancashire
The contract, which has an option to extend for an additional two years means SITA will be processing more than 50,000 tonnes of green waste each year – 85% of the county's separately-collected garden waste. Composted at six open windrow facilities in the county, including the largest at Clifton Marsh outside Preston, the finished product will be sold at local household waste recycling centres and through retailers like B&Q and Homebase.
Andrew Coombe, waste minimisation officer with Lancashire county council, said: “We are pleased to have appointed SITA UK for the next twelve months as one of our green waste contractors, and I am convinced that this year, with help from local residents across the county, we will continue to improve our recycling performance here in Lancashire.” Ray Walker, assistant manager for compost operations with SITA UK in Lancashire, added: “I am delighted that we have been awarded this contract, and we are keen to continue working closely with the county council.”
Yorkshire councils to visit organic recycling sites
Councils in Yorkshire and Humber are being invited to join tours of the PARC aerobic digestion plant run by Premier Waste in Durham, and the anaerobic digestion plant run by Biocycle in Ludlow.
The tours are managed by Recycling Action Yorkshire on behalf of Local Government Yorkshire and Humber's Delivering Excellence in Waste (DEW) programme.
Programme organiser, Matt Hill, organics project manager at RAY, commented: “These site visits are a great way for local authorities to learn about the potential for new technologies to help Yorkshire and Humber divert biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) away from landfill.”
Taylor Site Services expands Cardiff fleet
The company explained the importance of handling the slag quickly as once the material is screened, it requires up to six months to weather in pits prior to re-use for a variety of purposes such as footpaths and capping household waste tips.
Commenting on his choice of machines, company owner Tom Taylor said: “All five Doosan machines in the fleet are outperforming beyond my best expectations.”
Real nappy campaign set for launch next month
The Women's Environmental Network has said this year's Real Nappy Week will see the launch of the new Real Nappy Campaign, which is also being supported by LARAC, Rezolve Kernow, the Nappy Alliance and WRAP.
It said the campaign will provide resources, advice and support to individuals, local authorities, business and community organisations for promoting reusable nappies. Real Nappy Week – the 12th annual event of its kind – is taking place in the week of April 21-27. The Network says eight million disposable nappies are thrown away every day in the UK, and that using real nappies could save waste and money.
Kay Wagland of WEN said: “Parents can help to counter climate change and protect their babies' future with easy to use, modern, self-fastening real nappies. The most climate friendly option is washing nappies at home in the recommended way. It could save them money too.”
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