Plans submitted for Caernarvon biomass plant
Climate Corporate Advisory Services (CCAS) LLP, which raises and manages funds to invest in renewable energy and environmental business, is proposing the facility in Caernarvon to process up to 22,500 tonnes of wood a year, and generate energy equivalent to that used by 7,000 households for the National Grid. CCAS intends to source the wood from Gwynedd Skip Hire's recycling centre on Lôn Hen Felin on the Cibyn Industrial Estate, where the plant is being proposed.
Marco Muia, director of Oaktree Environmental Ltd, who are acting as consultants for CCAS, said: “It will provide a local source of renewable energy and will be available by appointment to members of the public and educational bodies to view the facility in a bid to enhance public knowledge of recycling and biomass energy production.”
Severnside joins rugby club's ‘Kit Aid' appeal
The paper recycling specialist announced a three-year sponsorship deal with the Magners League team in July (see letsrecycle.com), and will now provide a boot-bin at the club shop as part of the SOS Kit Aid scheme, which will see the Blues collect old rugby kit such as shirts, shorts, socks and boots to be sent to disadvantaged countries to encourage young people to take up rugby.
Tim Price, communications manager at Severnside said: “This is a great initiative which we are pleased to be part of. It fits well under our sponsorship deal banner ‘Turning the Blues Green' as the recycled rugby kits are put to very good use to help youngsters who may not otherwise have the opportunity to learn the sport.”
Director of tyre disposal company fined
The director of a tyre disposal company has been fined £2,000 after pleading guilty to storing around 20,000 tyres without a waste management licence.
In the prosecution brought by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) at Kirkudbright Sheriff Court, it was heard how two SEPA officers had visited Douglas Milby, director of Southern Tyres Disposal Limited, at his Biggar Mill site in Dumfries and Galloway and explained how keeping tyres without a licence was an offence. Mr Milby had outlined plans to remove the tyres – which posed a fire hazard – to the officers but failed to do so even after an enforcement notice was served.
Susan Law, SEPA's investigating officer, said: “We worked hard with Mr Milby to explain waste management legislation and tried to resolve the issue without it being brought to court, however we were unsuccessful. Mr Milby was fully aware that he was contravening waste legislation, but he did not stop his activities.”
Verdant appoints new operations director
Mr Maidman was previously one of Verdant's trio of contract portfolio managers, responsible for operational service delivery and quality, and negotiating contract variations and extensions with a number of Verdant's 24 local authority customers, primarily in the south and south east. Mr Maidman, who has been instrumental in introducing Verdant's management systems, joined the company in 2002 as contract portfolio manager after spending nearly 20 years managing large multi-discipline teams in the contract catering and vending industries.
Mr Maidman commented: “I joined Verdant for a challenge – and I certainly got it. I'm proud to have helped the company's name become synonymous with service quality, creativity and flexibility, and look forward to taking on new challenges.”
Dutch company builds “UK's largest MRF”
Dutch company Bollegraaf Recycling Machinery has announced that it was responsible for building Greenstar's MRF at Aldridge which is capable of handling 250,000 tonnes of commingled recyclables a year.
The company claims that the plant, which is situated near Birmingham, has a purity rate in excess of 96% and processes paper and cardboard, wood, plastic and glass bottles, steel and aluminium cans, with paper purity being “exceptionally clean” due to the use of Lubo Systems' Starscreens which are used instead of a drum or rotoscreen. The company, which has headquarters in Appingdem in the Netherlands, also claims that it has minimised manual work at the facility through increased machinery and automation.
Prior to the plant becoming operational in April, Bollegraaf previously completed a 66,000 tonne capacity MRF for Cardiff City Council at the beginning of 2007.
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