Work completed on five HWRCs for GMWDA
The consortium intends to develop a range of facilities across the nine councils represented by the statutory body and redevelopment work has now been carried out on the Cemetary Road facility in Bury, Arkwright Street in Oldham and Bayley Street in Tameside. The three sites were subject to complete rebuilds, while sites at Reliance Street and Sandfold Lane in Manchester have been transformed with redesigns to include more modern facilities.
Councillor Neil Swannick, chair of the GMWDA, said “The construction programme across Greater Manchester is progressing well and we are pleased with the progress that has been made with these sites and the many others that are being constructed or redeveloped by VLGM, it means that residents are already reaping the benefits being implemented by our Waste Strategy”.
Businesses back Scottish Zero Waste plans, claims Envirowise
Business leaders throughout Scotland are being urged to offer their final thoughts on the Scottish Government's plans for Zero Waste before the consultation period ends today (November 13).
At a consultation event hosted earlier this week (November 11) by environmental consultants Envirowise, Scottish business leaders accepted the Government's challenge to dramatically reduce waste (see letsrecycle.com story) with the majority favouring mandatory collection of environmental data. Over 120 representatives of organisations across Scotland attended the event, with three quarters of delegates hailing from the private sector, and 93% agreed that collecting information on the type and quantity of waste generated by companies would help businesses to meet cost-cutting and resource efficiency targets.
Jamie Pitcairn, director of Envirowise and chair of the consultation, said: “The Scottish business community accepted the Government's challenge to reduce waste. Rapid change is necessary in order to become a more sustainable business community and with only two days left until the consultation period ends, we're urging businesses to come forward with any final thoughts they might have on how we can best achieve our goals to make Scotland a Zero Waste society.”
Energy firm Waste2Tricity appoints new managing director
Mr Hall has held a consultancy role with the company, which is seeking funding from the London Waste and Recycling Board to develop a 50,000 tonnes-a-year capacity gasification facility in the capital, since 2008. He has 27 years experience in the marketing and commercial sectors and he will be involved in delivering the company's business strategy as well as developing and managing day-to-day activities.
Commenting on his appointment, Mr Hall said: “With 35% of baseload generation capacity coming off line by 2015, the UK is entering a period of criticality for electrical energy supply. While there have been a number of positive moves towards efficient and sustainable energy production, commercial-scale technology is on the cusp of making a significant contribution to UK electricity supply.
London Remade parts with consultancy arm
Recycling organisation London Remade and London Remade Solutions (LRS Consultancy) have decided that they will become independent of each other.
London Remade and LRS Consultancy will continue to work closely together and jointly deliver projects but will operate under separate management. The move is intended to allow London Remade – which is a partnership between regional government, London boroughs and the private sector – to contribute more to London's climate change agenda and green affairs. London Remade established LRS Consultancy two years ago and said it is “confident” the firm will continue to develop into a successful environmental consultancy.
London Remade will continue to be led by Danny Silverstone as chief executive with a non-executive board chaired by Colin Roberts. LRS Consultancy will provide consultancy services to existing and new clients in London and throughout the UK and will continue to be managed at executive level by Dee Moloney and Debbie Hitchen, with a new board chaired by Derek Stephenson and including Peter Johnson.
AFC Bournemouth helps out with Green Goals campaign
The project, which was launched by organics and renewable energy specialist New Earth Solutions in August, is intended to link football, education and business to pick litter, deal with residual waste and take part in street-sweeping. AFC Bournemouth were joined by volunteers from the local community, the club's Cherry Bear mascot and council teams to clean up an area known as Littledown Valley, near Kings Park in Bournemouth.
Peter Mills, development director at New Earth, said: “We are thrilled to be involved in the Green Goals initiative. With ourselves and so many high profile partners on board, we can educate children about the benefits of recycling and how the waste management process works.”
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