MoD contract for Hills Waste Solutions
The contract, which has an option to be extended by a further two years, involves providing services at garrisons in Salisbury Plain and Aldershot, which currently generate approximately 8,000 tonnes of waste annually. Operating on a ‘pay by weight' basis, Hills' commingled Redtop Recycler service will allow the MoD's PFI contractor Aspire Defence to calculate how much waste is generated at the sites. It is being provided as part of Project Allenby/Connaught, which is the largest estates PFI ever let by the MoD, totalling around £8 billion over the course of 35 years.
Alex Marland, contracts development manager at Hills Waste Solutions, said: “We are delighted with the award of this contract. It is ideally suited to Hill's new Redtop Recycler service for commingled recycling and marks the beginning of paying by weight in the trade waste sector.”
Agrivert supports Compost Awareness in Oxfordshire
The company, which is set to launch food waste collections with Oxfordshire county council in June, handed out bags of compost to Cherwell district council and South Oxfordshire district council residents, and also deployed staff to talk to ‘master composters' and gardening associations across the county. In total, Agrivert claim that over 2,500 people took part in the events across Oxfordshire and over 35 tonnes of compost was distributed to the local community.
Harry Waters, Agrivert sales and marketing director, said: “Getting public to buy in to organic recycling is extremely important to the success of any waste contract, and this level of activity during Compost Awareness Week has reached a significant and important target audience.”
Visitors centre opened at SITA's Tees Valley EfW
The pupils from High Clarence Primary School, in Port Clarence, Billingham, were invited to the Haverton Hill plant for the unveiling of the centre, which tells the story of how Teesside's residual waste is disposed of. The children were able to play with some of the games, puzzles and computers in the visitor centre, before going on a tour of the plant and watching as household waste was brought in to the tipping hall and then sent to the furnace.
Graham Ingleson, general manager of SITA Tees Valley, said: “As our neighbours, we felt it was important that members of the local community are involved in what we are doing, and this centre is very much about helping to educate children in the Tees Valley about waste disposal.”
East Dorset adopts ‘stacker' bins for recycling service
East Dorset district council has adopted ‘The Stacker' bin in a bid to boost glass recycling at its rural apartment sites.
The bins, developed by Buckinghamshire-based TG Waste Management, operate as a wheeled unit for two recycling boxes and are designed to save space. The council is currently using ‘The Stacker' at 20 sites and claims to have had “very positive” feedback from both residents and its collection services. The council has now said it is considering using the bin for future improvements to its recycling service.
Gemma Coles, waste reduction manager for East Dorset, said: “Many of our sites were built before recycling was recognised as such an important issue, and communal bin stores are often too small to accommodate both recycling and refuse bins.”
Dr Adam Read named chair of CIWM Midlands
Dr Read, who is a Knowledge Leader at Didcot-based energy consultancy firm AEA, has held the position of vice chair for the past two years and, last year, was awarded a fellowship from the CIWM for his contribution to the waste sector and his work as part of the National Committee for Education, Training and Membership.
Commenting on his election to the position of chairman, Dr Read said: “I am very much looking forward to taking on this new challenging role and will be planning a programme of new initiatives to reach the demands of the regional membership.”
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