Head of Recycle Now leaves WRAP
Ms Cordingley has been appointed in the new role of communications director, and will lead the Bristol-based company's communications and projects team building on experience she gained in managing and delivering the national recycling campaign for England as well as setting up and managing WRAP's Recycle Now in schools programme. The moves comes just months after former WRAP employees Dr Julian Parfitt and Ray Georgeson also took up posts with Resource Futures following a 30% budget cut at WRAP (see letsrecycle.com story).
Jane Stephenson, Resource Futures chief executive, said: “I look forward to working closely with her in building on our extensive experience and expertise to provide high quality services to our expanding list of clients.”
Bulky waste service extended in Shropshire
A service to help residents dispose of bulky waste has been extended in Shropshire by Veolia Environmental Services and the Network of Shropshire Furniture Schemes (SHOFUR).
The scheme, which is being run in Oswestry and North Shropshire, builds on the service Veolia launched earlier this year in South Shropshire and subcontracted to SHOFUR, which means that bulky waste such as furniture or white goods can now be re-used for people in need or on low income.
Jean Jarvis, chief executive of SSFS (part of SHOFUR), said: “We hope the new service in Oswestry and North Shropshire will be as successful as the one now operating in South Shropshire. Contracts such as this provide us with a more stable income and enable us to continue to provide our essential services to people on low incomes.”
Batteries collected at Glastonbury Festival
Darlaston-based waste battery collection firm G & P Batteries Ltd, who have previously worked with T in the Park, Reading and Leeds music festivals, supplied the three-day event with around 100 Battboxes for batteries from microphones, headphones and other equipment used during performances. Two cylindrical battery banks were placed next to the Pyramid Stage and a large battery bank was put backstage so batteries could be transferred in small containers to G & P's Darlaston site for sorting. The Battbox scheme was launched in November 2007 to help businesses to collect waste batteries (see letsrecycle.com story).
Michael Green, managing director for G & P, said: “This is the first time we have been asked to provide battery collection facilities backstage and we are very pleased to have supplied the Battboxes and battery banks to Glastonbury.”
College donates 86 PCs to charity
Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College (EHWLC) has donated 86 PCs to Computer Aid International, which will use them to provide at least four years of educational use for orphans in Zambia.
EHWLC needed to ensure all out-of-use equipment was disposed of in accordance the WEEE directive in 2007 and, through donating its old computer equipment to the Environment-Agency authorised Computer Aid, EHWLC is ensuring its equipment disposal is environmentally responsible while making the most of its unwanted equipment.
Richard de St Croix, IT Operations Manager at EHWLC, said: “It was a relief to sign legal obligation over to professionals who could guarantee compliance and provide us with the right documentation, and as a public sector organisation we were very pleased to work with an NGO and help disadvantaged children.”
Brent council installs station recycling bins
Brent has invested in newspaper recycling containers to be placed outside local underground and overground stations following lobbying by Sudbury's Liberal Democrat councillors. The initiative is part of Brent's Big Recycling Push, which has seen recycling publicised and encouraged among council residents.
Councillor Bob Wharton, of Sudbury Liberal Democrats, said “With so many newspapers read on the underground, both free and paid for, we can collect tonnes of paper every day and help our recycling effort.”
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