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“Lid-up-no-collect rule” to be enforced in Devon
Bin collections in parts of East Devon will no longer include bins which do not have their lids fully closed. From Monday 22 March, East Devon District Council will enforce the policy in an attempt to protect collection contractors from injury. Staff working for waste contractor SITA, who provide collection services on behalf of the council, will be able to attach a label to any overflowing bin ...
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England raises recycling rates
English household recycling rates have increased to almost 40% for the year ending September 2009, new Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) figures show. The quarterly recycling rates illustrate an increase in household recycling rates from 37.6% for the year ending March 2009 and 38.8% for the year ending September 2009, while residual household waste decreased from 295kg ...
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New balls please... Wimbledon Tennis champions recycling
The All England Lawn Tennis Club will continue to place great emphasis on recycling at this year’s Wimbledon Tennis Championships. In its Environmental Business Practice 2009 statement, the AELTC explained: “Over the past five years the club has placed great emphasis on recycling and has passed all the waste generated throughout the year (including the Championships) through Grundon’s material ...
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GPT Waste grows partnership with Sodexo in total waste management contract for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
GPT Waste Management continues to grow its partnership with Sodexo in latest contract for Royal Botanic Gardens The UK’s largest independent provider of waste management solutions and sustainable waste services, GPT Waste Management Ltd is delighted to announce its latest contract win with Sodexo to deliver total waste management services for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE). RBGE ...
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£10,000 in landfill tax saved through Aberdeen’s food recycling scheme
Last summer £800,000 of Scottish Government cash was initially spent by Aberdeen City Council to install food waste recycling bins across 54,000 city homes. Effort have certainly paid off with the equivalent of 43 fully-loaded lorries of potato peelings, leftovers and used tea bags being kept out of landfill sites. An Aberdeen City Council spokesman said: “Under the Waste ...
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Waste Management Donates $50,000 to Support Disaster Recovery
Waste Management (NYSE: WM) has announced a $50,000 contribution to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to support its efforts in response to the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma and Texas, and to serve as aid for any future recoveries. Following the most recent storms, Waste Management was among the first on the ground to aid in the recovery. “These tragic events have impacted ...
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Radical rethink needed to maximise UK recycling rates
Conflicting opinions in the debate over future UK recycling rates are clouding the issues of what is realistically achievable and how challenging targets could be met, claims a leading resource recovery specialist. Commenting on industry concerns that England may miss its 50% by 2020 recycling target, Keith Freegard, Director of Axion Consulting, suggests a radical rethink is needed in the ...
By Axion Group
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GPT Waste partners with Landmarc to manage waste streams
GPT Waste has been appointed by Landmarc Support Services (Landmarc) in a long-term contract to manage waste streams arising from around 120 sites across the nationwide Defence training estate, and to share its objectives of achieving the best possible environmental outcomes and most efficient delivery of service. Landmarc works in partnership with the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) ...
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EPA selects Illinois students for the president’s Environmental Youth Award
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has selected middle school students Dana Gattone, Angel Loizzo and Maggie O’Brien from St. Philip the Apostle School in Addision, Ill., as regional winners of the 2010 President"s Environmental Youth Award. Winners from each of EPA"s 10 regions were recognized today at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. "The work of these motivated students shows ...
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Countrystyle awarded £16m New Spitalfields Market waste contract
Countrystyle Group has been awarded a £15.8m contract to manage waste, recycling and cleansing services at New Spitalfields Market in Leyton, East London. Countrystyle Group will assist market tenants while a new segregated waste collection strategy is implemented, which will require them to segregate various waste streams into separate bins. The firm will then transport the materials such as ...
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Seagull attacks on the increase
Here's how we can help Given the amount of recent bad press our coastal Seagulls are receiving of late we at Eco Environmental would like to share a few thoughts about the current situation. Populations of any living thing depend on two things - habitat and food supply. Seagulls are bold and opportunistic creatures and have little fear when stealing food from us. We have caused a rise in urban ...
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Short supply chain is essential to successful textile recycling and maximising value
Closer partnerships between textile recyclers, local authorities and waste management companies can play a major role in diverting greater volumes of discarded clothing and household textiles from landfill, delegates at the UK’s first dedicated textile recycling seminar heard. Shortening the supply chain from residents to recyclers is essential to preserving quality, minimising ...
By Axion Group
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Walburton man given suspended prison sentence and curfew order for running an illegal waste site
The Environment Agency has prosecuted a West Sussex man for running an open illegal landfill site at his premises in Walberton following numerous warnings about his unlawful activities The prosecution was brought as part of Operation Mosaic, a multi-agency initiative that includes the Environment Agency, the police, local authorities and environmental organisations, which is cracking down on ...
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Asbestos offences cost couple 80,397GBP
Two waste operators who ran an illegal site in Benfleet have today (Fri) been ordered to hand over 80,397GBP compensation, confiscation and fines by Chelmsford Crown Court. A1 Bins and Waste Ltd’s director David John Tuffen and manager Nigel Lee Hickman were given suspended prison sentences in February after Chelmsford Crown Court heard that the company illegally stored waste at ...
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Legacy vital to success of zero waste Olympics
Sustainable packaging made from plants is set to play a major role at the London Olympics but it will all be for nothing if brand owners, waste management companies and event organisers fail to build on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This is the warning of bioeconomy consultants and advisers to the London Olympics, NNFCC. On the 27th of July the eyes of the world are set to descend on ...
By NNFCC Ltd.
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The economics of recycling
Aluminum has always played a large role in the recycling game. If we were to recover 75 percent of the aluminum cans we throw away, recycling them instead, we would save 11.8 million metric tons of carbon generated to produce new cans. Though steel and iron were recycled before aluminum, this infinitely recyclable metal, was the source of a 1968 Reynolds pilot can-recycling program which was a ...
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The economics of recycling
Aluminum has always played a large role in the recycling game. If we were to recover 75 percent of the aluminum cans we throw away, recycling them instead, we would save 11.8 million metric tons of carbon generated to produce new cans. Though steel and iron were recycled before aluminum, this infinitely recyclable metal, was the source of a 1968 Reynolds pilot can-recycling program which was a ...
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London’s CHIK’N Offers “Guilt-free” Fast Food with Sustainable Food Sourcing and Waste Disposal
Restaurateurs Carl Clarke and David Wolanski have been enormously successful with their Chik’n restaurant concept that offers healthier fast food, unique side dishes, and craft beers at reasonable prices, while employing sustainable business practices. The restaurant uses locally-sourced, free-range chicken and fresh ingredients, pays its employees above the London Living Wage, and uses a ...
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Call for defra to `urgently` tackle commercial and industrial waste
The Government’s Waste Strategy 2007 has been slammed for focusing “disproportionately on domestic waste” and having “vague ambitions” in tackling commercial and industrial waste, according to a new report by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. EFRA is a cross-party select committee that tracks and assesses the work of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. ...
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Europe`s demand for resources reaching far beyond its borders
Demand for materials is so intense that between 20 and 30 % of the resources we use in Europe are now imported. With the boom in international trade, EU consumption and production damage ecosystems and human health far beyond Europe’s borders, according to a report published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). 'Unsustainable resource use is a truly global problem – ...
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