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Amey and its joint venture partner Cespa (AmeyCespa) have acquired Donarbon. Donarbon is delivering a 28- year PFI contract with Cam- bridgeshire County Council. AmeyCespa will work with Donarbon and the council to treat residential and industri- al waste across the county.
UPM Shotton paper mill has struck a deal with PHS Special Contracts, part of PHS Wastetech, to reprocess all of its rejected mixed waste into plastic products such as railway sleepers, furniture and plastic board.
West London Waste Authority has extended its trial with Waste Recycling Group and Powerday until March 2011. The original trial, for 150 tonnes a week of black bag waste from flats and other sources, ended in 2010 but due to high recy- cling rates, the authority has extended it into next year.
SITA UK has set up a new division, SITA Energy Sol- utions, which will focus on the company’s energy recov- ery operations, power pro- duction, landfill gas opera- tions and energy related tech- nologies.
BCB Environmental Manage- ment has gone into adminis- tration. The company was incorporated in 1998 as a specialist waste management company and its primary business was the collection and treatment of hazardous and non-hazardous industrial waste.
Getting hitched with a difference: Geoff and Caroline Rigg Bride of the Bin Lorry
When bride Caroline Rigg left the register office with husband Geoff she had no idea the glamorous limo awaiting her was a bin lorry. The newly weds turned a few heads as they travelled the four miles from Hereford to the reception in their home village of Mordiford in the 26-tonne vehicle. Caroline, whose husband Geoff works for RCV manufacturer Geesink Norba, said: “I don’t suppose a bride has ever been whisked away in a bin lorry before but that’s great – who wants to be like everyone else?”
Wales sees decrease in fly-tipping
Fly-tipping in Wales is continuing to decrease – latest figures show that there were 14,000 less instances of fly-tipping in Wales in 2009-10 than there were in 2007-8. The reduction is down in part to Fly-tipping Action Wales, the Welsh Assembly Government
funded initiative which aims to educate society on the scale of the problem and inform businesses and householders of their duty to dispose of waste responsibly. But despite the decrease, there were still over 48,000 instances of fly-tipping in Wales in 2009-10.
Organics goes from strength to strength
Rising standards: organics sector
The organics recycling sector con- tinues to grow in size and turnover according to the latest research from the Association of Organics Recycling (AfOR) and WRAP. Findings from the MEL research
survey showed that the total esti- mated turnover for the UK organ- ics recycling industry in 2008-9 was in the order of £226M, an increase of 36% on the previous year.
The increased financial strength of the sector is due in part to new business growth, but also improved gate fees during 2008-9. The survey, which now incorpo- rates anaerobic digestion as well as compost, also charts encouraging growth in employment and turnover. Further positive growth in this sector is indicated by a 26% rise in the overall employment in the UK organics recycling industry which now stands at 1,700 employees. Another encouraging factor identi- fied was that over 70% of UK com- post produced was certified to BSI PAS 100, more than double the previous year.
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www.lawr.co.uk TODAY 6 Local Authority Waste & Recycling October 2010
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