INDUSTRY NEWS
Channel Island’s local group benefi ts from Community Fund
EMR Jersey (the Scrapyard) based in Bellozanne Valley, has awarded its fi rst Community Fund donation to Seedy Sunday Jersey, an island-wide community seed swap. The donation will be used to grow the group’s annual Seedy Sunday Jersey event, which is the only one of its kind in the Channel Islands. The event brings together green minded people including gardeners, seed savers and farmers, as well as a range of community groups and organisations campaigning for sustainable food production and biodiversity. Seedy Sunday Jersey Co-ordinator, Fiona Murphy said: “We would like to say a huge thank you to EMR for supporting our green initiative. Hiring a larger venue means that we can bring together more local supporters with a focus on sustainability, biodiversity, healthy living and community activity.” EMR’s donation will allow the event to be held in a bigger hall, where there
KERRI Thomas, EMR Jersey Site Manager, presenting Seedy Sunday Co-ordinator Fiona Murphy with a cheque
will be a variety of stalls off ering advice and support on topics such as gardening, growing food, compost making and looking after wildlife. The event aims to bring the community together, while raising awareness of the local environment. Kerri Thomas, EMR Jersey Site Manager,
said: “We are delighted to support Seedy Sunday Jersey with their event. As a long- standing Jersey business, the Community Fund is our way of supporting the Island and assisting with its sustainability by supporting projects that enhance our Island’s environment.”
North East waste boss jailed after dumping waste in abandoned factory
WASTE firm boss, Michael Coates, who resides near Gateshead, has been jailed for dumping waste in an abandoned factory in Sunderland. Coates, 33, who ran Arrigo Recycling and CNC Northeast (which have both since closed), used the derelict factory, on Lisburn Terrace in Sunderland, after gaining access in order to illegally dump waste. At Newcastle Crown Court, Coates, of Peareth Hall Road in Washington, was jailed at Newcastle Crown Court for one year and two months after pleading guilty to fi ve off ences under the Environment Act
MULTIPLE waste businesses have joined other industries in tackling a vehicle- pricing scandal and to win compensation. As of mid-November, a class action has been launched by law fi rm Edwin Cole, which involves 27 claimant companies seeking damages for fraudulent price-fi xing by major truck manufacturers, which hold more than 80% of the market. An investigation found major truck manufacturers operating a price-fi xing cartel stretching back to 1997, and there has since been a similar fi nding against other manufacturers with more expected to follow.
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(EA), including admitting to the disposal of waste at an abandoned warehouse in Commercial Street, Middlesbrough. His co-defendant Michael Strong, 51, pleaded guilty to two off ences under the EA, relating to the site in Sunderland. Strong, of Fairleigh Road in Sunderland, was given a community order for 12 months, with 140 hours of unpaid work. The EA said both Coates and Strong, who possessed fake waste disposal permits, were caught when it carried out a surveillance operation at the disused factory building and found it contained
more than 650 tonnes of waste. However, the EA also added that the two men were only responsible for a portion of the waste within the Sunderland factory. Jamie Fletcher, Area Environment Manager at the EA, said: “Those who ignore environmental laws can cause serious pollution to the environment, put communities at risk and undermine legitimate business and the investment and growth that go with it. “We hope the sentencing handed down today acts as a deterrent to those who may think they can get away with it.”
Skip hire and waste fi rms join other industries to tackle EU vehicle ‘cartel’
The claimants’ solicitor Zahira Hussain said: “This cartel was an EU-wide scandal for many years and aff ected thousands of UK businesses.”
The waste fi rms involved in the class action include, A&A Skip Hire; Allen’s Skip Hire; ASM Metal Recycling; CSH Environmental; Martlands Waste Solutions; MSK Waste Management & Recycling; and PB O’Donogue (Waste Management). Edwin Cole said approximately 10 million
trucks sold across the EU during 1997- 2011 may have been overpriced by up to £10,000 each. The claim stems from a European Commission ruling in 2016 against companies which includes the likes of MAN, Daimler, Mercedes, and DAF with more expected to follow. The law fi rm is acting on a no-win, no-fee basis for the claimants – and added any business that bought, leased or outsourced vehicles weighing six tonnes or more between 1997 and 2012 could join the case at the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
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