INDUSTRY NEWS Mapei sponsor
Aedas Cycle to Cannes Mapei - the manufacturer of adhesives, sealants and chemical products for building - has sponsored design practise Aedas Architects’ cycling team in the ‘Cycle to Cannes’ challenge. ‘Cycle to Cannes’ is a fundraising charity and annual bike ride from London to Cannes, France. The event is principally sponsored by Aedas, who were ranked earlier this year as the world's largest design practice in the BD World Architecture 100 survey. The motto for the event ‘1500km • 80 riders • 100% challenge’ describes the tough task that the cyclists were presented with. Cyclists tallied a total riding time of 56 hours, 43 minutes over six days, at an average speed of 15.8mph with 242km covered daily on average. Studio director from Aedas Architects, Marcus Wilkins was one of five who completed the challenge from Aedas, he says: “It was a fantastic trip and one to never forget. This is an amazing charity venture and I am delighted to be part of it for the first time.” Since 2006, the event has raised more than £1million for a range of charities in the UK and abroad, this year it is hoped to have raised £200,000. Two-thirds of the money will go towards the work of Coram, with Article 25, Tom's Trust, The MSA Trust and the Emthonjeni Trust receiving smaller grants. Coram is the UK’s first children’s charity, acting every day to support 15,000 vulnerable children, young people and their families across the nation, and reach a further 800,000 school children through Coram Life Education. Coram has a pioneering approach and range of services, including adoption, creative therapies and supported housing for young people who are leaving care. For more information telephone 0121 508 6970, email
info@mapei.co.uk or visit
www.cycle2cannes.org
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waste management Reconomy, a leading broker of Waste Management and Recycling services, is leading the challenge to replace the existing inefficient paper-based Waste Transfer Note system with a faster, more accurate online system for the Waste Sector. The Electronic Duty of Care programme (EDOC), led by the Environment Agency in partnership with Reconomy, the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme), the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), the Welsh Government, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), and DEFRA, has been set up as part of the Government's ‘Red Tape Challenge’ - in which Environmental Secretary Caroline Spelman unveiled proposals following the consultation period stemming from April 2011. The Environment Agency estimates that approximately 25 million waste transfer notes are produced in the UK each year with around 50 million paper documents being stored at any one time, due to UK legislation surrounding waste transfer notes. Putting the obvious environmental and cost implications aside, there is a huge opportunity for the waste industry to make a real difference to the way it operates, providing real opportunities to businesses right across the spectrum via the introduction of the EDOC system. Reconomy was invited to join the panel of experts to provide a commercial focus to the project, which aims to produce a national database that allows users to upload data directly to it, enabling the monitoring of waste flows throughout the UK. Under the current system, information associated with each waste transfer is recorded on a Waste Transfer Note, a copy of which is retained by the transferor (or holder of the waste) and transferee (the recipient). Normally, ownership of the waste will pass from the transferor to the transferee as the waste moves along the chain of custody, with both parties required to keep their copy of the Waste Transfer Note and retain it for the period specified by current legislation. However under the EDOC system, all waste transfer data would be held centrally within the EDOC system. For more information telephone 01952 292 000, email
info@reconomy.com or visit
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