14 August 2018
Kent extends recyclables contract with Viridor
Viridor is set to continue its recycling partnership with Kent county council following agreement on a 24-month contract extension through to July 2020. The processing and selling of kerbside recycling contract, which has been ...
7 August 2018
Viridor invests in Max-AI sorting robot
Viridor has invested £445,000 in upgrades to its Skelmersdale plastics reprocessing facility, West Lancashire, which includes the addition of a Max-AI AQC robotic sorter. The waste management firm is one of the first in the UK to...
3 August 2018
Coral Products to add recycling unit to Haydock site
Coral Products (Mouldings) Ltd has announced that it has ordered a plastic recycling unit to be installed at its Haydock facility in Merseyside, which will be operational in January 2019. The company, which is a ...
31 July 2018
Equipment news round-up (31/07/2018)
With news on: Rabbit selects Ajax; Liberty House invests in material handler; LKM takes delivery of car baler; and, UNTHA shredders aid paper production.
27 July 2018
FCC promotes uptake of electric RCVs
FCC Environment is seeking support for the uptake of electric refuse collection vehicles across its municipal waste contracts in the UK. This summer, the company will be touring local authorities with an eRCV hybrid self-charging ...
26 July 2018
Tracey’s and Wastecycle rebranding as Enva
UK waste businesses William Tracey and Wastecycle are in the early stages of rebranding as ‘Enva’, following their acquisition by a private equity firm last year. The forthcoming rebranding follows the announcement earlier...
25 July 2018
Firefighting ‘concluded’ at Kent recycling plant
The Kent Fire and Rescue Service has successfully put out a fire that took place at a mattress recycling plant in Kent on Sunday morning (22 July). The incident started at 11:35am on the Smarden Business Estate in Ashford, with ...
25 July 2018
Geminor to supply Allerton EfW facility
Norwegian-owned waste fuel specialist, Geminor, has signed a 25-year contract to supply Amey’s Allerton Waste Recovery Park in North Yorkshire. The agreement will see Geminor supply a maximum of 50,000 tonnes of residual waste ...
24 July 2018
Little buys Sentinel Systems
Following several months of negotiations, private investor, John Little, has acquired Sentinel Systems – a specialist supplier of commercial vehicle safety systems, based in Gloucestershire. In a statement, the company ...
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