With news on: Willshee’s moves into RDF; one millionth tonne for Ardley; Biofertiliser Certification Scheme’s record membership; Buckingham satisfied with HWRCs; and, LondonEnergy invests in fleet.
Willshee’s moves into RDF market
Derbyshire waste management company, Willshee’s Skip Hire, has started processing its waste into refuse derived fuel (RDF) as an alternative to landfill.
Willshee’s Skip Hire has started processing its waste into refuse derived fuel
Alongside a greater focus on recycling – including the handling of hazardous and demolition waste – a key area of focus has been resource recovery.
And, due to continued investment into specialist equipment, the company said it now processes 90,000 tonnes of RDF every year.
Working in partnership with secondary fuel specialist, Geminor, this material is transported to energy recovery facilities in the UK and across Europe. This is then used to generate renewable energy and heat.
Geminor also plays a driving role in maximising RDF quality, the company reports, by assisting in material makeup and processing techniques, such as regular chemical testing.
One key UK site for the company will be the state-of-the-art Energy Works Facility in Hull, when it opens in 2018.
One millionth tonne for Ardley ERF
Viridor and Oxfordshire county council have marked the one millionth tonne of residual waste received at the Ardley Energy Recovery Facility this week.
Viridor’s Ardley Energy Recovery Facility has received its one millionth tonne of residual waste this week
Construction of the Ardley ERF began next to the existing landfill site in November 2011 with the first waste received at the site in June 2014.
In April 2014 Viridor announced the closure of the landfill site after 35 years so that the non-recyclable waste could be used as an energy from waste resource instead. The ERF produces enough energy to power 38,000 homes and can export up to 27MW per hour of electricity to the grid.
According to Viridor, Oxfordshire leads the country in recycling and composting and also not producing waste in the first place.
Oxfordshire country council and Viridor are encouraging more people to book visits to Ardley ERF to find out how renewable electricity is produced and how it complements the company’s work to reduce, reuse and recycle.
Biofertiliser Certification Scheme reports record membership
The Biofertiliser Certification Scheme (BCS) is reporting a record 67 participants as of December.
BCS is designed to assure the quality of anaerobic digestion processes and anaerobic digestate
The scheme is designed to reduce costs for anaerobic digestion (AD) operators and covers the process straight through from input all the way through to digestate quality. It was set up in 2007 and is celebrating its tenth anniversary.
According to Renewable Energy Assurance, which owns and administers the scheme, BCS certified digestate is widely recognised as high quality and safe by environmental regulators.
The BCS is reporting a significant growth in membership, having grown from 3 plants in 2011.
BCS assures the quality of anaerobic digestion processes and anaerobic digestate. It is an independent certification scheme based on the BSI PAS110:2014 quality standard for all types of AD operations.
LondonEnergy invests in fleet
LondonEnergy – formerly LondonWaste – which provides waste, recycling and energy recovery services to over 1.9 million North London residents, has invested over £3 million in the modernisation of its tractor and bespoke trailer units.
One of LondonEnergy’s collection vehicles
The new Mercedes-Benz tractor units and bespoke semi-trailers manufactured by Legras, will be used to transport material between LondonEnergy’s 9 facilities located throughout the boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Islington and Waltham Forest.
The company said this will enable as much material as possible to be recycled. Waste which cannot be recycled further is processed at LondonEnergy’s Energy Centre at Edmonton in London, where it is used to produce sustainable energy.
Each vehicle comes with the latest safety specification. The tractor units and semi-trailers are equipped with a forward, n/o-side and rear-view camera system as well as an audible warning alarm.
Each tractor-unit is monitored by Mercedes-Benz through the new ‘Up-time’ programme, which pre-empts any mechanical or technical issues and sends automatic alerts straight to the manufacturer and operator.
Buckingham residents satisfied with HWRCs
The results are in for Buckinghamshire’s annual user survey of the county council’s household recycling centres, which are operated by FCC Environment.
According to FCC, the results show a very high level of satisfaction by more than 2,500 residents who responded either at one of the ten sites or online.
The survey found at least a 90% positive response to all nine satisfaction measures – including 99% satisfaction with site staff, and 99% satisfaction with the range of items that can be recycled on site.
It also found that seven out of ten people surveyed did not have to queue at all when they visited their site.
Buckinghamshire county council cabinet member for planning & environment, Bill Chapple OBE said: “This is a tremendous vote of approval by local people for our household recycling centres– I’d like to say a big thank you to the staff at the sites who provide a service that users really appreciate.”
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