waste collection vehicle News
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Wealden council issues RCV tender for kerbside collection expansion
Wealden District Council has issued a GBP£1.5m tender notice for up to ten new refuse collection vehicles, in order to extend its kerbside recycling service across the district. The three year contract calls for 26 tonne ‘twin pack’ waste collection vehicles, with bin lifts, which will enable the council to collect two waste streams simultaneously from their kerbside caddy ...
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Viridor acquires London recycling for GBP 11m
Waste management firm Viridor has acquired independent resource management company London Recycling for £11 million. London Recycling handles 50,000 tonnes of material each year through its complete waste management system. The West Ham based firm has a fleet of waste collection vehicles, a waste electrical and electronic equipment facility, paper processing, confidential destruction, a materials ...
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WIH Resource Group revamps company website
WIH Resource Group (WIH) announced today that the firm recently revamped its company website and changed the company's internet based domain name from www.wihresourcegroup.com to a shorter version, www.wihrg.com . The company still retains both domain names and both websites remain active at this time. WIH Resource Group Principal and VP of Client Solutions, Bob Wallace, stated that '...the ...
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Snow disrupts waste collections
Bad weather conditions have affected waste collections across the country and media reports suggest that some householders have not had their waste and recycling collected for up to five weeks as refuse collectors are unable to reach homes because of the snow. Harts District Council apologised to residents who had their recycling bins emptied into refuse vehicles. A spokesman said: “In order to ...
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Geesink Norba unveil UK`s first electric plug-in waste vehicle
Geesink Norba has launched the UK’s first plug-in electric waste collection vehicle. Assembled and unveiled in Wales, the truck has a zero emissions output and remains almost silent when crushing and compacting waste. This quiet factor also means the trucks are able to work at any time in the day without disturbing people, unlike the usual diesel variety. Welsh Environment, Sustainability and ...
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Veolia acquires guy`s waste services
Veolia ES Solid Waste, Inc. today announced it has acquired all the business assets of Guy’s Waste Services, based in Byron, Ga, a town located outside of Macon, Ga. The acquisition includes all subsidiaries under Guy’s Waste Services including KMA Transfer, LLC. and Ace Trash, LLC. All of the operations will now function as Veolia Environmental Services. The acquisition, which opens ...
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Sparks flies at GFL
Meet GFL route supervisor Jenny Sparks. Jenny joined the waste industry as a scale attendant in 2018. Just five years later, she’s leading a team of 36 residential solid waste collection drivers at GFL’s Edmonton, Alberta, hauling operations, taking every advancement opportunity available to her along the way. “I love working in the waste industry,” said Jenny. ...
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WIH Resource Group Celebrates its Sixth Anniversary!
A Tradition of Innovation and Leadership continues as WIH Resource Group, Inc. Celebrates its Sixth Anniversary!! On June 2nd, 2005, Bob Wallace & Associates officially incorporated WIH Resource Group, Inc. and began operations as a waste management, recycling, environmental and Logistical consulting firm. Six years later, the firm is a recognized innovator and leader in Waste Management, ...
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Mobile HWRC Trial Gains Community Support in Birmingham
Birmingham City Council has been trialling Mobile Household Recycling Centres (MHRCs), with the initiative seeing 188.4 tonnes of waste collected in total. The council underscores the ‘significant support from the community’ shown towards the campaign, which began its operations in mid-July. 5.5 tonnes of paper and card, as well as 2.7 tonnes of textiles, were deposited at the mobile ...
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VDL presents first electric vehicles for waste collection
VDL Translift in Dronten has presented the first electric vehicles for the collection of waste and raw materials, together with public waste collectors HVC, ROVA, the municipality of Rotterdam and Cure. So-called side loaders, the two vehicles will be deployed by HVC and ROVA in quarter four of this year. The two electric crane trucks for Rotterdam and Cure will follow in quarter one of 2020. ...
By VDL Belgium
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Shanks to work on the Northampton schools PFI
Environmental services provider, Shanks will provide the waste collection services for the Northampton Schools PFI project. Shanks has been chosen by Amey to manage the waste of 41 primary and secondary schools as part of Amey’s Northampton Schools PFI project. Amey quality manager for Northampton Schools Richard Varley said: “We have undertaken a re-evaluation of the contract with the result ...
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Richer countries produce richer waste
The more affluent a country is, the more waste it produces a report by CyclOpe and Veolia Environmental Services has found. Following up from its 2006 report From Waste to Resource, results show developed countries China, the USA and the EU15 top the list as the biggest producers of municipal waste. According to From Waste to Resource: An abstract of 2009 World Waste Survey, waste from richer ...
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Ron Pettit Joins GBB as Principal Associate with Focus on Waste Collection Technology
Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB) is pleased to announce that Ronald W. Pettit has joined the firm as Principal Associate focusing on projects that integrate technology tools into collection service improvements, further enhancing GBB’s consulting services to streamline, create operational efficiencies, and improve waste collection operations. Mr. Pettit’s significant ...
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