From the September/October Print Issue of WMW 2019-11-29 18:45:13 SWANA: Curbside Recycling Collections Can Still Make Sense in Face of National Sword With China’s National Sword policy now well established, SWANA published a report which shows a 50% reduction in the revenues received from the sale of recyclables recovered through curbside recycling, but done right, it can still make sense. read more ...
£56,000 Bin Rollout Part of Smart Waste Project 2019-11-28 16:43:46 Scottish Councils Switch to Taylor Bins with Level Sensing Technology In Scotland Perth & Kinross Council has shaken up its approach to waste collection by replacing its pink bag policy with 90 Taylor 1,100L Continental bins, each of which are fitted with fill level sensors. read more ...
Turkey Dinners for Waste Firm’s Service Area & Landfill Neighbours 2019-11-28 16:27:34 Meridian Waste Supplying Thanksgiving Dinners to Disadvantaged Residents In partnership with a local not-for-profit, Charlotte, North Carolina based solid waste management firm, Meridian Waste has donated 30 Thanksgiving dinners to families throughout its Pike County collection service area. read more ...
Amey Works with Vehicle Safety Firm to Develop IDClear 2019-11-28 13:41:31 New Anti-Roll Away & Driver ID Solution for Refuse Collection Vehicles from ISS Pershore, UK based Innovative Safety Systems is launching its latest vehicle safety innovation, IDClear, to prevent vehicles such as refuse collection vehicles, from rolling-away or being stolen when standing idle during operations. read more ...
EU Stage V Cummins Engines Offer More Power & Lower Emissions 2019-11-13 15:36:41 Updated Wastemaster Wheeled Loaders from JCB JCB has updated its 457, 437 and 427 Wastemaster wheeled loading shovels to meet the upcoming EU Stage V emissions legislation. read more ...
Hertfordshire Zoo Keepers Pick Nearly 600 kg of Waste 2019-11-08 13:13:07 VIDEO: Paradise Wildlife Park Volunteers Pick Litter Equivalent in Weight to 715 Meerkats Paradise Wildlife Park, a zoo in Hertfordshire, UK, has been raising environmental awareness through beach cleaning and school activities creating models of animals out of waste. read more ... CEO Stefan Ranstrand Addresses Our Ocean Conference 2019-10-28 14:22:29 TOMRA Commitment to Enable 40% of Plastic Packaging Collectable for Recycling At Our Ocean conference in Oslo, TOMRA president and CEO, Stefan Ranstrand recently launched a commitment to enable 40% of plastic packaging produced globally each year to be collected for recycling by 2030. read more ... Pantelleria Lights a Path to Sustainable Waste Management on Small Islands 2019-10-10 16:03:45 IN DEPTH: Optimising Waste Collection on Small Islands for Intensive Recycling Marco Ricci-Jürgensen explains how the Italian island of Pantelleria has become a beacon of best practice for the collection, handling and recycling of municipal solid waste on small islands with economies heavily based on tourism. read more ... New RCVs Allow Recycling Streams Including Batteries to be Added to Veolia’s Service 2019-10-08 16:11:50 £36m Investment in Waste & Rcycling Collection Vehicles Boosts Recycling in Bromley Veolia’s new £6 million fleet of 36 waste and recycling collection vehicles, fitted with 360 degree on-board cameras as well as GPS tracking technology, has entered service in the London Borough of Bromley. read more ... 26t Mercedes Econic Waste Collection Trucks for Family Owned Firm 2019-10-08 15:48:59 Waste Management Firm Grundon Expands Refuse Collection Fleet in Bristol The UK’s largest family owned waste firm, Grundon Waste Management, has purchased two brand-new 26t Mercedes Econic 2630’s refuse collection vehicles to boost the fleet at its new Bristol depot, as part of an on-going efficiency drive. read more ... Spanish Firm Cleans up in Waltham Forest 2019-10-04 16:14:47 Urbaser Commences Waste & Recycling Contract in East London Urbaser has taken over responsibility for Waltham Forest’s waste and recycling collections, following the award of a new eight-year contract. read more ... Harris’s Hawk to Scare off Pests at Devon Waste Facility 2019-09-27 11:54:35 Avro the Hawk Takes to Skies Over DCW Waste Transfer Site to See Off Seagulls Devon Contract Waste, a commercial waste management company based in southwest England, has introduced a 19-week-old Harris’s Hawk, named Avro to its waste transfer station in Exeter to scare away seagulls. read more ...
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