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Interest free loans to support waste electrical and lamp recyclers
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he Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Fund (WEEE Fund) has
announced its “WEEE Support Grants and Loans Package” to support waste electrical and lamp recyclers during the coronavirus crisis. With many household waste recycling centres closed and other waste
electrical collections reduced, the flow of electricals and lamps for recycling has significantly reduced. The new facility will provide up to £5million of interest free loans to waste electrical and lamp treatment facilities. The loan finance derives from the WEEE Compliance Fee, which is paid by WEEE schemes that do not meet their WEEE collection targets. Scott Butler, executive director, WEEE Fund, said: “This is a fund that has been
made available to provide rapid help and support the electrical waste recycling sector as a result of the impact of the coronavirus. The loans will be 100% backed by the WEEE Fund -funded by producers of electricals.” Environment Minister Rebecca Pow said: “Right across the waste sector, I’m hugely grateful to the enormous effort being put in to keep crucial services running; and in such unprecedented times I understand the pressure the industry is under. This fund will help the sector to weather the effects of the coronavirus outbreak.”
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New Part M additions for GridPro T
he Part M GridPro Frontplates range offers a visually contrasting, flexible range of wiring accessories and will join
Scolmore’s comprehensive Part M collection, which has been designed and developed as a high quality, flexible and modern solution to assisted living requirements. All Part M products - as well as Mode and Polar moulded white accessories - are manufactured using Urea Formaldehyde, which has similar inherent properties to antimicrobial additives that inhibit the growth of infectious diseases. When independently tested, all products achieved a 99.99% kill off rate across all four types of the strains of bacteria – MRSA, E-Coli, Salmonella and Klebsiella Pneumonia. The new GridPro additions comprise 1-gang,
2-gang, 3-gang and 4-gang standard switch plates. One of the key features of the GridPro design is the fact that there is no requirement for a yoke with the 1-4-gang frontplates – the modules are secured to the back of the GridPro frontplates via the screw feature on the modules. The benefit of not having to use a yoke is that it allows installers to use standard back boxes. These new frontplates join the growing Part M range which also comprises 1-gang, 2-gang and 3-gang wide rockers. With ease of visibility in
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Scolmore has expanded its GridPro range of interchangeable mounting plates and modules to include Part M frontplates.
mind, these wide rockers are an ideal choice for assisted living installations and to aid with Part M compliance. Products from the Mode, Mode Part M and Polar ranges have been specified and installed across a huge range of applications including schools, hospitals, care homes, hotels, offices and leisure complexes.
For further information contact Scolmore on 01827 63454:
sales@scolmore.com or visit
www.scolmore.com.
Schneider Electric launches ‘Training Hub’ to upskill workers
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chneider Electric has announced the launch of a learning series aimed at training and upskilling workers.
With restrictions in place, electrical contractors, wholesalers and
distributors face an extended period of downtime. Schneider Electric is looking invest in these professions, providing an opportunity to learn about the key new elements within the industry.
The Schneider Electric Learning Series includes a number of on demand webinars with a range of industry experts, focusing on a mixture of technical content and wider industry trends. The hub itself will span multiple markets, with a particular focus on key segments including healthcare and data centre markets. Examples of the webinars which feature on the hub include
’Coordination of LV electrical distribution’, addressing the coordination techniques specified by BSEN 60947-2 and providing a better understanding of circuit breakers, and ‘Customer Architectures’ which will explain how combining functions in an integrated way can enable design efficiencies to be realised. “With the UK’s shutdown expected to slow contractor work, businesses can reallocate time to invest in its workforce. We understand this period will be hard on businesses so the Information Hub will offer training content free of charge,” said Steven Heathcote at Schneider Electric. “Through the hub, we hope to help companies prepare themselves for when this downtime is over and normality resumes.”
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