Cory purchases Wrexham landfill
The site, which is currently being progressively restored to grassland and woodland, was previously owned by Mersey Waste Holdings, but has now been bought by Cory Environmental Resource Management. The landfill site has been in operation since 2006 and has an Environment Agency permit to accept a range of non-hazardous waste from households and commercial sources. The fact that the Welsh site takes waste from England has provoked controversy in the past.
Alistair Holl, director of Cory Environmental, said: “It's important for us to continue to increase our landfill bank so we're very pleased to add Hafod to our portfolio of sites across the UK. Cory has an excellent track record of high operational standards across all of our facilities which we will continue to implement at Hafod.”
Viridor develops proposal for Oxfordshire EfW
Viridor Waste Management – one of two companies shortlisted by Oxfordshire county council for a 25-year waste contract – has started a consultation programme for its proposed £100 million energy-from-waste facility near Ardley in the south of the county.
Alongside the EfW plant, Viridor's proposal includes improving existing household waste recycling centres and the creation of an education centre. The company said that the consultation with the community and stakeholders may refine the proposals.
Victor Perez-Mares, Viridor's regional communications manager, said: “We believe that it is important to engage the local community and stakeholders, so that people have every opportunity to understand our proposals, to ask questions and to share views.”
Yorkshire smash national glass recycling rate
Yorkshire and Humber households have recycled more glass than ever before and broke the national average, according to development agency Resource Efficiency Yorkshire, formerly known as Recycling Action Yorkshire.
According to figures published by REY, North Yorkshire collected the most glass in the region with 46kg per household in 2006-07, which is above the national average of 45kg per household. In addition, Humber had a collection rate of 35kg per household making it the second best in the region and West Yorkshire achieved 25kg. Yorkshire and Humber are currently discussing future initiatives to further improve glass recycling in their respective areas, Scarborough council intends to increase the amount of bring bank sites in its area to 75.
Ben Stone, project manager for glass at REY said: “The latest figures show that Yorkshire and Humber households are keen to play a part in tackling climate change, by increasing their recycling and reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill.”
Online recycling school to give children advice
Swansea city council is due to launch an online recycling education site later this month to give schoolchildren help and advice about recycling.
Trish Flint, Swansea council's recycling team leader, said: “Getting children to recycle is really important in terms of encouraging the next generation to look after the environment. Sammy Seagull will be able to pass on all the important recycling tips to schoolchildren, including fun games involving virtual visits to our local civic amenities sties.”
Poole consults on future waste strategy
The Dorset borough of Poole is consulting local residents on a review of its Waste Strategy, which maps out the council's priorities for recycling and waste minimisation between now and 2020.
A series of roadshows are being held across the borough between September 11 and 17, and, as well as making waste minimisation a priority, the action plan proposes short, medium and long-term actions be taken to tackle areas including green waste and commercial waste.
Councillor Don Collier, cabinet portfolio holder for the environment in Poole, said: “Poole residents have done fantastically well to more than double our recycling rates in recent years. The Blue Bin scheme and other initiatives have proved very popular and we want to build on these successes so we can reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill even further. Waste, and how we deal with it, has an impact on us all. I hope as many people as possible come along to our roadshows and have their say on the plans for how to manage the waste we all produce in the years ahead.”
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