With news on: North Somerset contract, Bigbelly success in Rugby; Machinex launches new website; Landfill programme in £290k boost to communities, and; Tamar pioneers closed-loop food waste system
Machinex launches new website
Sorting technology manufacturer Machinex has revealed its new website accessible at www.machinextechnologies.com
The new Machinex website
Visitors can access Machinex’ entire range of products and services on the website, in addition to its turnkey solutions for single-stream recycling, mixed waste processing, energy from waste technologies, glass processing, construction and demolition recycling, plastic recycling and other systems.
Karine Moreau, Machinex marketing manager, said: “For us, it was important that the website reflects all that Machinex has become over the years: an international company that possesses authentic character and a human approach.
“At Machinex, the client is the center of our priorities, comments. This website will be as dynamic as the company and become a platform where we regularly upload our latest products, services, videos, trade shows, press releases, and projects.”
The Services tab is also an important part of the website, as it presents a dedicated team that can assist clients at any time.
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Landfill programme in £290k boost to community projects
A range of community and biodiversity projects are set to receive a cash boost from the Alpha Programme, based in Northern Ireland.
Ross Glover and Micah Cleland from Lisburn at the Boys Brigade headquarters at Culcavy, which received £49,764 from the Alpha Programme
Launched in 2008 by waste management company Alpha Resource Management, the initiative aims to improve local communities within a 10 mile radius of the Mullaghglass landfill site outside Lisburn.
The Programme allocates funding through the Landfill Tax Credits Scheme to local projects and environmental regeneration schemes. The funding is made up of a combination of Landfill Tax and direct contributions from Alpha Resource Management.
Commenting on the latest £291,252 funding package, Richard Rogers from Alpha Resource Management said: “Tax on landfill waste was introduced to reduce the amount of this type of waste and to encourage a shift to more environmentally sustainable methods of waste management.
“This innovative programme now in its eighth year is setting industry standards. And, by reinvesting back we are strengthening local communities. The seven groups awarded today are a testament to the continued success of the programme.”
The types of projects to benefit from the Alpha Programme include community centre and play area refurbishments, floodlighting of a local football pitch, installation of an outdoor gym and the creation of riverside pathways.
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Bigbelly success in Rugby
Rugby borough council has reported that it has reduced collections from on-street waste bins by up to 97% after replacing 56 traditional bins with 23 Bigbelly smart stations.
23 Bigbelly smart stations reduced waste collections up to 97%
Council operatives were making two to three collections per day for each traditional bin, which amounted to 51,100 waste collections a year.
However, the council claims that since integrating Bigbelly’s smart stations – which contain technology to compress waste within the container – the council now only makes 1,509 waste collections a year.
Sean Lawson, head of environment and public realm at Rugby borough council, said: “For a long time now we’ve wanted to do things differently, yet couldn’t find the solution that could achieve what we needed without going over budget.
“Now that we’ve found Bigbelly, not only can we meet our own targets in tandem with improving the urban realm, but also save precious council resource in the process.
“Not too long ago we’d carry out regular waste collection ‘milk rounds’, regardless of whether the bins needed emptying or not, simply because we had a schedule to adhere to. These days, we’re notified when collections need to be made and can clearly see when bins don’t need emptying just by looking at a smart device or office computer.”
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Biffa to begin North Somerset contract in March 2017
Initiatives to separate hard plastics at HWRCs and collection of small WEEE from households will be a part of Biffa’s contract in North Somerset, which begins in March 2017.
Eunomia’s Andy Grant
The contract involves the collection of waste from households and management of the authority’s household waste recycling centres (HWRCs) and runs for an initial seven years. Biffa was awarded the £6.9 million per year deal in July (see letsrecycle.com story).
Consultancy firm Eunomia worked with the council throughout the 17-month procurement. The company claims that the council will save £1 million per year as a result of the new contract, compared to its previous arrangement.
Biffa will also be introducing different coloured boxes to households to help residents increase kerbside separation and to improve collection efficiency.
Eunomia’s principal consultant Andy Grant said: “When procuring a new waste contract it’s important to do all you can to make sure that the process is competitive.
“In this case, we developed a streamlined two-stage competitive dialogue process, with dialogue limited to a few areas of the contract, resulting in strong engagement with suppliers throughout the process and maximised competition.”
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Tamar pioneers ‘closed-loop’ food waste system
Hand-made frozen food producer COOK and Tamar Energy have signed a deal to take advantage of equipment from German technology provider Rothenburg.
Tamar will process the food waste via anaerobic digestion
COOK still faces unavoidable food waste such as kitchen trimmings, bones and peelings despite operating a hand-made production system, which it claims produces little waste.
The Rothenburg food waste management system will see food waste generated at COOK’s Sittingbourne kitchen emptied into an ‘in-feed station’ in the kitchen, were vacuum technology then moves it through a pipe to a 24,000 litre storage tank.
During the process, the food waste passes through an in-line macerator that turns it into a thick liquid and maximises the storage capacity of the tank. A UV and carbon air editing system ensures the system is odourless.
Tamar will collect the food waste by bulk tanker every two weeks, reducing the food waste collection vehicle movements on site by 85%.
It then processes the food waste at one of its anaerobic digestion facilities, converting it into renewable energy.
Dean Hislop, Tamar chief executive, said: “This is an easy solution for busy commercial kitchens and food manufacturers to make sure they do good with the unavoidable food waste they produce.’
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