With news on: Mid UK supports breast cancer awareness; Recycling toolkit launched; Warwickshire searches for Recycling Champion; and, Spedian helps Dorset Waste Partnership.
Mid UK supports breast cancer awareness
Grantham-based Mid UK Recycling is supporting breast cancer awareness month this October, by wrapping bales of solid recovered fuel (SRF) in pink bale wrap instead of green and black.
(l-r) Mid UK’s Ian Sanderson, site manager, and Les Brown, head of MRF operations with some of the pink bales.
The company is taking part in the worldwide annual campaign, to highlight the importance of breast awareness, education and research.
The campaign sees a donation by wrap manufacturers Trioplast to the charity Breast Cancer Now for every roll of pink bale wrap bought by Mid UK Recycling and other businesses taking part.
Mid UK Recycling staff also participated in the “Wear it Pink” day on Friday 20th October. Staff across all the Mid UK Recycling Ltd sites wore pink and made a donation to the campaign.
Recycling toolkit launched for developing countries
On Tuesday 17 October, waste management charity WasteAid UK launched its toolkit for community-led waste management, Making Waste Work.
WasteAid UK has launched a recycling toolkit for waste management in developing countries
Funded by the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), the toolkit has been designed to inform, prepare and inspire communities around the world to manage their own waste sustainably, the organisation said.
According to WasteAid UK, around 2-3 billion people do not have their waste collected or properly managed. And, the charity said the open dumping and burning of waste spreads disease, harms livestock, aggravates flooding and accelerates climate change.
However, the charity explained, with essential recycling skills, communities can manage much of their waste independently and cost-effectively, preventing pollution and creating jobs in the process.
The toolkit and accompanying how-to guides have been written in plain English, and are freely available to share for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons licence.
The step-by-step instructions for a range of recycling technologies have been illustrated by artist Susan Hatfield, creating an easy-to-follow format.
Starting on 20 November, WasteAid Week will be the next focal point for fundraising activities.
Warwickshire searches for its Recycling Champion
Warwickshire Waste Partnership has started its search for the county’s recycling champion who will be rewarded with a ‘staycation’ in Shakespeare’s England.
(l-r) Bradley Williams (Local Green Points), Ruth Payne (Warwickshire county council), Caroline Faulkner (Warwickshire county council), Pavan Gill (Coombe Abbey Hotel)
The 2018 contest will recognise and reward local champions in each of the five Warwickshire districts and boroughs before a grand finale to crown the county champion.
As well as the top prize of a luxury hotel break and admission to local visitor attractions, local winners and finalists will receive a package of eco-friendly recycling and garden equipment.
The contest is open to all Warwickshire residents with a November 30 deadline for online nominations.
The contest is being delivered by recycling rewards provider, Local Green Points, as a spin-off of the Slim Your Bin campaign which has been running in Warwickshire since November 2016. To enter the contest residents will need to be signed up to the Slim Your Bin campaign first.
The second stage is a series of ‘bin slimming’ challenges focussing on wasting less and recycling more – such as putting the right thing in the right bin and minimising food waste.
Spedian helps Dorset Waste Partnership
The Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP), which collects and disposes of rubbish for over 200,000 households across the county of Dorset, has enlisted the help of Spedian to help get the message over about what can be recycled.
The Dorset Waste Partnership has Spedian re-usable, lightweight graphics systems on 25 of its bin lorries
The partnership of seven councils has fitted Spedian re-usable, lightweight graphics systems to the sides of 25 of its bin lorries which visit every street where collections take place.
Messages based around the theme “Right Stuff, Right Bin” will be prominently displayed for all to see as part of the partnership’s ongoing public information campaign.
Karyn Punchard, director of the Dorset Waste Partnership, said: “Putting messages on the sides of our refuse and recycling vehicles provides an important marketing tool for us. It is an easy way to ensure our messages have a high profile and are seen on a regular basis all across the county.”
Textile recycler showcased in Parliamentary Review
Halifax-based textile recycling company BIU Group has had its business model included in the 2017 Parliamentary Review, which celebrates best industry practice.
BIU Group’s managing director, David Swindells (right), with Lord Bird
BIU Group collects and recycles unwanted clothes, shoes and household textiles, then sells the items on to raise money for its charity partners. Since its formation in 2005, BIU said it has generated £8m for good causes.
The company said it forges long-term relationships with charities, waste management companies, supermarkets and local authorities, collecting then selling reusable garments to customers across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
These include the Yorkshire Air Ambulance – BIU’s first charity partnership forged in 2005 –air ambulance schemes in Dorset, Thames Valley and South Central, a children’s hospice, a new cancer treatment centre and the Wigan Warriors Community Foundation.
The company said it also provides services to local councils, waste management firms and other organisations needing a partner to collect used textiles at banks and recycling centres.
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