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 ...
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 ... 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 ...
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