End-of-Life Diesel Waste Collection Vehicles Refurbished & Converted as EVs 2019-09-03 12:15:10 Veolia Trialling Two ‘Upcycled’ Electric Refuse Collection Trucks in Westminster In partnership with Westminster City Council, Veolia is trialling two ‘upcycled’ electric Refuse Collection Vehicles on the streets of London. read more ...
Editable Templates Help people Know What to Throw into the Recycling 2019-08-28 14:34:30 Free Online DIYSigns Education Tool from the Recycling Partnership The Recycling Partnership has launched the public beta launch of DIYSigns - a free online resource that anyone can use to help people know what to throw into the recycling. read more ...
Need to Prevent Potentially Deadly Use of Bins as a Bed 2019-08-23 12:51:41 CIWM, Biffa & Open University Investigating How to Prevent Homeless Sleeping in Bins With homelessness on the rise in the UK, the issue of people sheltering and sleeping in bins is being looked at again by Biffa, the Open University and the CIWM. read more ...
Millennials and Generation Z Supportive of Recycling Despite Negative Publicity 2019-08-21 16:41:16 POLL: Americans Keep Recycling, But Just 35% Believe Materials Are Actually Recovered In the US, a new national poll conducted by Mason-Dixon has found that 85% of respondents recycle despite having little confidence that the materials actually get recycled. read more ...
Collection Still the Most Dangerous Aspect of Solid Waste Management 2019-08-13 15:15:06 SWANA Records 30 Solid Waste Worker Fatalities So Far in 2019 The Solid Waste Association of North America has identified at least 30 worker fatalities industry so far this year in the United States and Canada. read more ...
Seven & a Half Year Deal to Collect Waste from 550,000 Residents 2019-08-13 14:55:44 $87m Solid Waste Collection Contract in Volusia County, Florida for FCC In Florida, members of Volusia County Council have approved unanimously the award for solid waste collection services to FCC Environmental Services, the American affiliate of FCC group. read more ... Sennebogen 840 Cutting Container Loading Times for Scrap Metal 2019-08-13 14:45:04 £500k Sennebogen Material Handler Boosts Capacity for Ward’s Immingham Metal Recycling Site Derbyshire-based metal recycling firm, Ward, has invested £500,000 to increase metal processing capacity with brand new Sennebogen material handler at its Immingham site. read more ... Institution of Occupational Safety and Health Publishes Research on Waste Workers 2019-08-13 14:29:40 STUDY: Wheeled Bins Cut Staff Absence for Waste Collection Employees New research based on staff absence data from 15 Local Authorities in the UK has found that the use of wheeled bins is linked to lower sickness absence rates. read more ... Rochester Facility Upgraded to Meet Increasing NHS Clinical Waste Demands 2019-08-13 11:58:47 Medical Waste Firm Tradebe Healthcare Boosts Treatment Capacity by 50% Healthcare waste specialist, Tradebe Healthcare, has completed a 50% expansion project at its Rochester facility to ensure its nationwide network of healthcare sites to meet the increasing clinical waste disposal demands of the NHS. read more ... Longue Hougue Facility Recovering Energy & Materials on Channel Island 2019-08-06 15:57:17 JCB Equipment for Guernsey's New £32 million Waste Transfer & Recycling Centre JCB has supplied a fleet of machines from its specialist waste and recycling range to a new £32 million Waste Transfer Station and Household Waste and Recycling Centre on the island of Guernsey. read more ... City of San Antonio and Lakeshore Recycling Systems Honoured for Safety Measures 2019-08-02 13:22:01 SWANA Awards for Innovation & Improvements to Safety in the Waste Industry The Solid Waste Association of North America’s Safety Committee has named the winners of the 2019 SWANA Safety Awards, including two organisations with the Biggest Safety Improvement Award and the Best Safety Innovation Award. read more ... Massive GHG Reductions Possible with Reduced Global Food Waste 2019-07-29 13:27:01 Global Overshoot Day: US Tops the Charts in Food Waste A study for Global Overshoot Day by the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition and the Economist Intelligence Unit Food Sustainability has ranked the United States last at preserving the world’s resources. read more ...
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