• Health & Safety
Industry Wide Lessons for Worker Safety on Waste & Recycling Sites 01.02.2019 11:02 £1m Fine for Veolia Over 2013 Death of Waste Site Employee Veolia ES (UK) Limited of Pentonville Road, London has been fined £1 million and ordered to pay £130,000 costs over the death of an employee who was run over in 2013. read more …
WMW’s Malcolm Bates on Very Real Dangers of Working in the Waste Industry 30.11.2018 13:32 BLOG: Waste & Recycling Professional – A Job to Die For? Malcolm Bates discusses the shocking 50% increase in deaths in the UK’s waste and recycling industry from 2016 to 2017 and calls for the global industry to get the issue ‘out in the open’. read more …
Waste & Recycling Firm Rewards 3yrs Without Incident 13.11.2018 06:16 $10k Safety Awards for Seven Waste Pro Refuse Collection Vehicle Drivers Seven refuse collection vehicle drivers in Waste Pro’s Daytona Beach division have each earned a $10,000 Safety Award for their safe driving habits. read more …
New Report Finds Plenty of Capacity at EU Approved Ship Recycling Yards 28.09.2018 15:07 No Excuse for EU Ship Owners to Use Low-Quality Recycling Facilities A new analysis conducted by In house analysis by NGO Shipbreaking Platform with Transport & Environment has found that ship recycling yards approved by the EU will have enough capacity to handle demand from EU-flagged ships that need to be scrapped. read more …
Roll Out of Safer RCVs for Operators and Cyclists 16.08.2018 20:36 New Faun Front End Loading Waste Collection Vehicle for Amey Waste and recycling firm, Amey, has today unveiled its new Front End Loading waste collection vehicle which will be operating as part of its waste collection fleet. read more …
Rumpke Recycling Warns of Dangers of Putting Inappropriate Items in the Bin 27.07.2018 13:45 VIDEO: Two Fires in Two Days at Ohio MRF as Residents Recycle Wrong Materials Ohio based waste management firm, Rumpke Recycling, has suffered two fires in two days at its St Bernard MRF after residents placed inappropriate items in the kerbside collections. read more … Aim to Eliminate All Incidents 06.07.2018 12:33 RoSPA Safety Awards for Amey The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents has awarded infrastructure firm Amey, which runs a number of waste and recycling services and facilities in the UK, a Health and Safety Award. read more … No Injuries as Drunk Driver Tasered by Police While Trying to Escape on Foot 12.06.2018 12:21 VIDEO: High Speed Garbage Truck Crash Wrecks Cars & Properties in New York City The drunk driver of an out-of-control garbage truck wreaked havoc on a Brooklyn neighbourhood, crushing cars, taking down trees and damaging a home. read more … Solid Waste Association of North America Supports Commitment to Worker Safety 10.05.2018 17:33 ‘Slow Down To Get Around’ Bill Signed Into Law in Maryland Maryland Governor Hogan is to sign a bill, Operation When Approaching Vehicle with Visual Signals, into law, making it the 18th state to pass the legislation. read more … Tabib Toxic Waste Services Buys Second Photoionisation Detector 29.03.2018 13:02 Isreali Firm Acquires New Detector for VOCs from Hazardous Waste To ensure the safe export of hazardous waste from a new hazardous waste transfer station in Israel, Tabib Toxic Waste Services has purchased a second Tiger handheld photoionisation detector from Ion Science. read more … Specialists from Rope Task Complete Installation in Recycling Facility Roof 21.03.2018 12:04 FAAST Fire Protection for EMR’s Oldbury Metal Recycling Plant from Bryland Fire London based metal recycling firm, EMR, has enlisted fire protection specialists Bryland Fire to further safeguard its its Oldbury depot. read more … Safety Devices for Road Sweepers 13.02.2018 15:18 IN DEPTH: Safe Sweeping Most safety devices have been designed for refuse collection vehicles, but what about vacuum sweepers? Malcolm Bates visits a sweeper operator with ‘a clear vision’ on that very issue. read more …
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