Islington creates recycling videos
Following a call for more information from residents, the short films track recyclable material as it goes through a materials recycling facility and as it enters the cycle to be composted. Under the banner of ‘What happens to your recycling?' the six videos intend to cover the recycling services currently offered by the north London borough and ensure residents recycle as much as they can.
Councillor Greg Foxsmith, Islington council's executive ember for environment, said: “Residents often ask what happens to our recycling — and these videos show exactly that. I want to thank all our residents who make the day-to-day effort to stop their waste going into landfill, and promise we'll do everything we can to support them.”
Prison sentence for Swansea waste criminal
A man from Swansea Valley has started a five month prison sentence after being convicted of running an illegal waste operation, in a prosecution brought by Environment Agency Wales.
At Neath Magistrates' Court last week (23 September), Mark Roberts of Graig, Gellinud, Pontardawe pleaded guilty to four waste charges, including the unlawful keeping, deposit and disposal of controlled waste, in what was Mr Roberts' fourth prosecution by the Environment Agency for similar offences.
After inspection by the EA-Wales, Mr Roberts was found to be keeping household and demolition waste in his garden, as well as over his back wall in a steep ravine, and several neighbours had complained about the defendant burning rubbish at his home. As part of the prosecution, he also had to forfeit a tipper lorry that he had been using for his illegal waste removal business and has had his driving licence suspended.
Lyn Richards, environmental crime team leader, said: “The Agency is committed to tackling illegal operators who seek to gain a financial benefit by these activities, but we all have a responsibility to make sure that waste does not end up in the hands of criminals.”
HAASE MBT technology planned for Sussex
Biffa was named preferred bidder for the 25-year, £1 billion deal last month (see letsrecycle.com story), and proposes to provide MBT-AD technology for the treatment of around 300,000 tonnes of household residual and general waste on a site next to its existing landfill operation in Brookhurst Wood near Horsham. Construction is scheduled to start in 2009.
The HAASE MBT process will see municipal solid waste treated mechanically and separated, with non-recyclable, high-energy content being used to generate refuse-derived fuel for energy recovery. The resulting gas from the wet anaerobic digestion process will be either combined with heat and power to produce renewable energy or upgraded to natural gas quality for transport fuel.
Foil recycling facility to boost Africa campaign
Metal recycling firm Sims Metal has teamed up with Derby city council to supply a household recycling centre with a foil recycling facility, in a bid to support Alupro's ‘Recycle for Africa' campaign.
Sims Metal – which is part of Sims Group – introduced the first dedicated foil recycling facility to the city's Raynesway recycling centre and the council will now be able to put the amount of foil recycled towards Alupro's ‘Recycle Africa' campaign. The scheme, which runs until June 2009, will see the aluminium packaging recycling organisation plant a fruit tree in the African country of Malawi for every tonne of aluminium foil and cans recycled in the UK.
Councillor Mike Carr, cabinet member for direct and internal services said: “The new foil recycling facility adds to the variety of the many individual material bank facilities offered to residents at Raynesway Recycling Centre. It will be welcomed by many.”
Kingston rolls out Straight caddies
The Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames has extended its recycling service with the roll out of its recycling and landfill waste collection service to 50,000 homes, including flats and maisonettes.
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Rob Dickson, service director (environment and sustainability) at Kingston council said: “Over 30% of the average household bin is made up of food waste and it is one of only a few materials left in the waste stream that we do not currently recycle. Collecting food waste will enable us to drastically reduce the amount of waste that we send to landfill, which is key to Kingston meeting its recycling targets.”
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