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AN unusual spectacle took place on Saturday 15 June at Weston-super-Mare seafront as hundreds of binmen and women from all across the UK competed in the third annual National Refuse Championships (NRC), to raise money for The Alzheimer’s Society.
Thousands of people gathered along the Beach Lawns to watch 26 teams compete in gruelling races against the clock ‒ repeatedly loading wheelie bins with bags of sand then pulling or pushing them, whilst running, to an awaiting refuse truck and emptying them before the vehicles raced to the finish line. Teams who took part included Biffa Sussex, Grundon, Bristol Waste Company, Oxford Direct Services, Faun Zoeller, Smiths Waste Management, Cartwrights, Amey, Pirtek, Imperial Commercials, Cawleys, and Devon Contract Waste.
The winners were Grist Environmental, a waste management company from Devizes, Wiltshire, who retained the title from last year and remain the undisputed ‘fastest collection team in the UK’. The company also donated the crowd barriers, security fencing, on-site toilets, waste management and litter picking for the event.
Local team Biffa (Weston-super-Mare) also achieved the same position as last year coming in a close second and Warwick-based refuse vehicle manufacturer, Dennis Eagle came third.
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The winning team was presented with a trophy and received £3,000 worth of Centre Parcs vouchers. First place runners-up received £1,250 of Buy-A-Gift vouchers and second place runners-up £1,000 of Buy-A-Gift vouchers.
Marcus Grist, Events Director, Grist Environmental and Team Captain/ Driver, said: “It was a great day and the sportsmanship between the teams was fantastic.”
The races were officially opened by Cllr Richard Westwood, Vice Chairman, North Somerset Council and Vincent Dignam, Business Improvement and Performance Manager, City of London.
Cllr Westwood said: “It was very worthwhile to see the level of support provided by the refuse collection industry to this ‘It’s a Knockout with Bin Lorries’ competition. A great deal of effort was put into it by all concerned. This is the third year that the event has been held in North Somerset and we would be delighted to see it return every year.”
Spencer Law, Founder of the NRC and Managing Director, Refuse Vehicle Solutions Ltd (RVS) said of the event: “We are delighted with how the waste
management industry and the people of Weston-super-Mare have embraced this event. It just gets better and better every year. We had lots of coverage on TV and social media. We are still calculating how much has been raised for The Alzheimer’s Society but we hope it will meet or beat last year’s amount which was in excess of £20k.
“A massive thanks to everyone who supported the event. We will be returning next year and plan to announce a date for the National Refuse Championships 2020 very soon.”
On Friday 14 June, the organisers hosted a waste management and recycling DECK day (Demonstrations, Education, Careers and Knowledge), with live product and vehicle demonstrations including the latest refuse vehicle technology, bin- weighing, cyclist safety and alternative fuels. Keynote speakers included Cynthia Barlow OBE, Chair of Road Peace, a national charity for road crash victims who is particularly active regarding the dangers of HGVs to cyclists and vulnerable road users.
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