Veolia purchases solvent recovery company
Albion Distillation Services currently employs 23 people and provides services including ‘toll recycling', where waste solvents are purified and returned to the customer, and ‘merchant recycling', where solvents are recovered and distributed back into the market.
Jean-Dominique Mallet, chief executive of Veolia Environmental Services, said: “The acquisition of ADS represents an excellent fit with our business and will allow us to expand our industrial market share. The move will broaden our offering to existing and potential customers in the industrial sector which represents an important part of our future development.”
Greater Manchester announces new treasurer
Mr Bland has been heavily involved in the GMWDA procuring their PFI contract in his post as director of finance at Oldham council and has also served as treasurer for the Authority since 2002. The change in role is intended to help the Authority manage the implementation of the contract, which will see major financial investment by a consortium headed by preferred bidder Viridor-Laing.
Councillor Neil Swannick, chair of the Authority, said: “John is a highly valued member of the team and it will be great for us to take full advantage of his expertise.”
Innovative review scoops national award
A review of how Newport and three other South Wales councils could work together to address issues of waste disposal has won top prize at a prestigious London awards ceremony.
Councillors from Newport, Cardiff, Monmouthshire and the Vale of Glamorgan were given the award by the Centre for Public Scrutiny following their work in examining how the four councils could unite to address waste disposal in the future. Recommendations produced by the joint scrutiny exercise were accepted by all four councils following publication of the report in June 2007.
Jessica Crowe, executive director of the Centre for Public Scrutiny, said: “The judges were impressed by how those involved in this exciting project demonstrated that they had used the resources available to them to make the maximum impact through scrutiny.”
Plans submitted for Leicestershire MBT
The application, submitted in partnership with Dorset-based New Earth Solutions, proposes an integrated waste management and recycling service at Lafarge quarry, near Lutterworth in Leicestershire, with Lafarge aiming to start construction this year. The application by the construction material producer and recycler comes just six weeks after the council awarded them a five-year 30,000-50,000 tonnes per annum contract for residual waste treatment. (see letsrecycle.com story).
Tim Deal, Lafarge senior planning and estates director, said: “I have seen the New Earth Solutions facility at first hand and am very impressed with the simplicity and efficiency of the operation.”
AMCS clinch bin technology contract
Advanced Manufacturing and Control Systems (AMCS) UK has been awarded a contract for bin identification solutions by SITA UK and Warwick district council.
The Irish supplier of technology to the waste and recycling industries has supplied and distributed 75,000 chipped bins since the £250,000 contract went live in April and has now been selected by SITA UK to deliver On Board Computing (OBC) Solutions for Warwick. The system will provide SITA UK and Warwick with information on the type and number of bins collected, while also allowing the driver to record bins which haven't been presented, are contaminated or contain excess waste.
Austin Ryan, business development director for AMCS, said: “We're delighted to have secured this contract and having already worked with various councils in the UK, it is further evidence of our continued progress.”
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