WRAP launches compost remediation trial
Plans to regenerate the 90 hectare site for development as a new suburb of the town require extensive soil remediation before any development can take place, and the environmental consultants on the scheme, ExCal, decided to sign up to the trailblazer programme.
“This is the first large scale trial we have undertaken specifically looking at the benefits of quality compost for remediation purposes,” said WRAP programme manager for landscape and regeneration, Paul Mathers. “We are hoping that this project will show that the high nutrient levels and moisture retention properties of quality compost can really help to speed up the bioremediation process.”
Parking offenders' vehicles crushed and recycled
Vehicles that belong to 50 of Westminster's worst parking offenders are set to be crushed and sent for recycling.
The cars, whose owners owe a total of £180,000 in parking fines, will be sent by Westminster city council to an authorised treatment facility to be processed in-line with regulations for end-of-life vehicles that require 85% of an ELV to be recycled or reused.
The council's director of parking, Alastair Gilchrist, said: “Westminster has some of the highest pollution levels in the UK and a day time population of one million people. Rather than rusting away in our car pound we are pleased that these vehicles earmarked for crushing will be recycled and put to good use and in doing so will help the environment in the process.”
Recycled milk bottle scoops sustainability award
The project, which aimed to develop a cost-effective process for the production of food-contact approved HDPE from post-consumer recycled plastic, won the WorldStar Sustainability Award, in a ceremony held in Ghana on May 21.
James Crick, business development director at Nampak, said: “Winning the WorldStar Sustainability Award is a fantastic accolade for this project. The challenge for all those involved in packaging is to develop products that meet the environmental demands of the modern marketplace, while still remaining fit for purpose. The recycled content HDPE bottle is the ideal solution; optimising packaging without compromising the consumers' needs.”
Shropshire commercial waste recycling venture launched
Businesses throughout Shropshire are being offered the opportunity to divert their waste from commercial rubbish collections, thanks to a newly-launched recycling company.
Shrewsbury-based Greensky Recycling offer regular collections and a pay-as-you-go service that allows firms to use pre-paid Recycling Sacks for plastic, tins & paper and Recycling Tape for cardboard.
Richard Johnson, director of Greensky Recycling, said: “We aim to make recycling easy, convenient and cost effective for any size of business or organisation in Shropshire. Greensky Recycling can collect paper, cardboard, metal tins & cans, plastic bottles and glass bottles. We can also collect other wastes including: plastic shrink wrap, light density plastic, plastic cups & many more.”
Premier Waste revamps vehicle tracking system
Eighty of its vehicles will be kitted out with the Masternaut Three X technology, which also provides live and historic data for mileage covered and the times of arrival and departure from customers' sites.
“The improved routing alone will save in the region of £80,000 per year for each vehicle. For example, we have been able to reduce a six vehicle collection round to five vehicles through better route planning and management. This will allow us to improve our collection performance and also helps with managing our carbon footprint,” said Paul Littlefair, divisional director for Premier Waste.
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