With news on: Sharp Group’s waste transfer station; Clarity Environmental supports campaign; Thamesdown invests in drone; ‘Trashconverter’ returns.
Sharp Group’s waste transfer station operational
The Sharp Group has announced that a 14 bay recycling plant is fully operational, which will help the company process 98% of waste which would otherwise end up in landfill.
An aerial picture taken during development of the facility
The facility in Rainham, Essex took two years to build and is licensed as a waste transfer station.
After a pre-sort using two 360 machines, waste entering the site is loaded onto a hopper and fed to a Spalek machine, which separates large pieces of waste into small and in doing so feeds two belts.
Large recyclable items are initially separated from smaller items. The larger items are fed to picking line staff standing by to remove reusable and recyclable materials. Smaller recyclable items, mixed with inert material, are separated again in a second process which results in the production of clean inert material.
This leaves the remaining smaller items to be fed back to picking line staff to remove reusable materials again. The process ends with an air separation chamber separating very small rubble from light non-recyclable residue.
Residual waste at the site is shredded and exported as refuse derived fuel. The Sharp Group says this “mitigates the need for excessive use of landfill sites”.
Clarity Environmental supports packaging campaign
Packaging compliance scheme operator, Clarity Environmental, has supported the latest campaign to increase public awareness of packaging.
Clarity Environmental has supported the latest campaign to increase public awareness of packaging
Announced on World Earth Day (22nd April) Trash Talk aims to empower consumers to consider the packaging that they really want.
From 7th-12th May volunteers of all genders and ages collected the packaging for everything they bought, identifying what they saw as unnecessary and sharing ideas for improving the designs.
Leading the campaign is City Girl Network, a social network bringing together young women living in Brighton, Bristol, Edinburgh, Manchester, Berlin and Birmingham.
Pippa Moyle, founder of the City Girl Network, said: “This campaign is not about brand bashing. It’s about inspiring positive, practical change, empowering consumers to ask for that change and supporting them in doing so.”
Thamesdown invests in drone
In Swindon, Thamesdown Recycling has “embraced” new technology by investing in a drone. The drone is capable of taking videos and pictures from various angles, heights and areas around the site.
Thamesdown Recycling has invested in a drone to help with stoke take
The drone’s main purpose is for stock take of all materials on site making the process a lot more accurate and quicker than manually counting on food, the company said.
Thamesdown Recycling said it has also found the drone useful for security, safety inspections and site/ building surveying for maintenance.
The waste management firm recycles a range of materials at its purpose-built site near Swindon, as well as secure product destruction. The company works with a range of clients including local authorities, waste management companies, food and drinks manufacturers, retail outlets, diaries, logistics and distribution facilities, breweries, and branded goods manufactures.
‘Trashconverter’ returns to Forest of Dean
Anti-litter campaign, Love Your Forest, has launched a new programme of activities to raise awareness of the growing litter problem in the Forest of Dean.
The new ‘Trashconverter’ – a redesigned horse box – will act as an information hub for the duration of the campaign, encouraging residents to exchange “trash for treats”. It will be travelling to key spots around the region over the coming months.
Last year, the Trashconverter van toured the Forest of Dean over a period of two weeks, visiting 29 different locations. Visitors and residents swapped 68 bags of litter for 2,400 treats like flowers, seeds and popcorns.
The Love Your Forest campaign was launched in 2016 by environmental charity Hubbub and local soft drinks manufacturer Lucozade Ribena Suntory. It has been raising awareness of the litter problem and encouraging residents and visitors to do their bit to tackle the issues.
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