Oxfordshire pupils celebrate regional accolade
A group of A-level pupils from Oxfordshire is celebrating after winning a commendation in a regional scheme.
The students from The Bicester School worked with Viridor to find out how the energy recovery facility could utilise a small amount of additional electricity as part of the engineering education scheme.
The group focused on deciding whether to establish electric charging points for hybrid vehicles would help to reduce Britain’s reliance on petrol and diesel.
They also won the students’ choice award and received praise from Ian Smith, director of energy recovery facilities for Viridor, and Tim Marston deputy head teacher at The Bicester School.
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East Anglia online booking service launched
WT Skip Hire is offering an online booking service for its customers, which it claims is the first of its kind for any company in East Anglia.
The service, which is open 24 hours per day allows users to select their skip size, date of delivery and collection, as well as online payment using credit and debit cards. An automated email then confirms delivery.
Gary Thurtle, WT Skip Hire director, said: “The world has changed profoundly since the birth of the internet. People now expect to book and pay for things online whenever they want. We’ve moved with the times to offer a cutting edge service for our customers.”
The move coincides with the company’s launch of a brand new 16 tonne skip lorry, named William after the founder’s grandson, which will be seen around the streets of Norfolk and Suffolk from this week.
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Liverpool waste recycling centre recognised
A household waste recycling centre in Liverpool has been recognised under the CEEQual sustainability recognition scheme.
The Old Swan Recycling Centre on Cheadle Avenue has been awarded an ‘excellent’ sustainability rating of 86.5 per cent at its recent CEEQUAL assessment.
The CEEQUAL assessment judged the recycling centre on its impact on: ecology and biodiversity, people and community, land use and landscape and energy and carbon.
Liverpool city council councillor Graham Morgan, who is chairman of the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority said: “The Old Swan Recycling Centre is the fourth site that the authority has developed that has been given a CEEQUAL award, which makes us extremely proud of the work we’re doing and the positive impact we’re having on the community and environment.”
Perry Shard, from CEEQUAL, praised the work of the team in Liverpool.
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Schools chosen for recycling campaign
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) producer compliance scheme, REPIC has selected nine schools from across the country to take part in its new ‘Responsible Recycling’ campaign, a story book writing activity called ‘Pass it On’.
Year four classes from schools in North Lincs, Edinburgh, Manchester and Solihull have been asked to each write a chapter of the story, before passing it onto the next school. The adventure will be made into an illustrated story book when the campaign ends later this year.
Irk Valley Community School in Manchester, St Nortbert’s Primary School in North Lincolnshire, Balgreen Primary School in Edinburgh, Abraham Moss Community School in Manchester and St Patrick’s Primary School in Solihull will all take part in the project.
Dr Philip Morton, chief executive of REPIC, said: “The main aim of the campaign is to educate children on recycling issues from a young age. Our responsible recycling campaigns are all about increasing consumer awareness, as we find that people generally want to do to the right thing when it comes to recycling. By increasing awareness we have found there’s a natural link – if you increase awareness, you increase recycling.”
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Power plant project progresses
The next stage of the Templeborough biomass power plant project in Rotherham has taken place with the construction of a new bridge to improve access to the facility.
The bridge has been installed across the River Don, weighing 153 tonnes and is 49 metres long. The bridge was assembled at the site during May by Reid Steel from Christchurch in Dorset. The ‘Big lift’ took place overnight on 28 May with the old bridge being lifted out and transported away.
Tim Forrest, general manager of the project said: “Building, transporting and installing a bridge of this magnitude was a huge task, but it is a key element to completing the Templeborough biomass power plant, so it is ready to generate clean and green electricity in August 2017.”
Construction work on the 260,000 tonnes per year capacity waste wood biomass energy facility began in late 2015.
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