With news on: Viridor’s contract with Lewes; North Lincolnshire calls on residents to be vigilant; Roadvert encourages residents to love recycling; RiverRidge recognised at awards; and, Plastic bottle tree lights up Bognor.
Viridor announces contract with Lewes council
Viridor and Lewes district council have signed a new contract which will see the company’s Crayford Material Recycling Facility receive an estimated 7,000tpa of commingled material including glass.
Viridor and Lewes borough council have signed a contract
The contract covers the receipt and collection of the recyclable material, transport to Crayford, sorting the domestic mixed recyclate into component material and marketing the material. The first recyclable materials were received by Crayford in November.
Lewes district council will also receive a report on quality performance – which Viridor said can be used to gauge and improve community recycling rates.
The contract runs through to mid-2019 with an option to extend for a further 12 months. It is also designed to allow other East Sussex councils to join with their specific arrangements.
North Lincolnshire calls on residents to be vigilant
North Lincolnshire council is clamping down on flytipping and urging residents in the run up to Christmas to ensure they use a licenced waste carrier to dispose of their rubbish.
North Lincolnshire council said that last year it picked up 2,460 piles of rubbish that had been dumped (Picture: Shutterstock)
According to the council, it is costing taxpayers £300,000 a year in clean-up costs and residents are at risk of falling foul of the law. Last year alone, the council said it picked up 2,460 piles of rubbish that had been dumped.
The council has produced an advice leaflet that is available at public facing buildings giving advice to residents to ensure they dispose of their waste properly.
Cllr Rob Waltham, leader, North Lincolnshire council, has reminded residents to always check that the person they give their waste to is licenced with the Environment Agency and “if they won’t or can’t prove this, turn them away”.
He said: “In the eyes of the law, it is your rubbish and if the rubbish is traced back to you, you could receive an unlimited fine and a criminal record.”
RiverRidge recognised at Sustainable Ireland awards
Independent recycling company, RiverRidge, has been awarded Waste Management and Environmental Excellence for the second year in row, at Northern Ireland’s Sustainable Ireland award ceremony.
(l-r) Adrian Logan, host of the Sustainable Ireland Awards, Brett Ross, CEO of RiverRidge, Pamela Jordan, senior business development manager of RiverRidge, Elliot Martin, managing director of Ulster Shredders, Tony Kirkpatrick, logistics director of RiverRidge and Gavin McDonagh, senior contracts manager of RiverRidge
The award, sponsored by Ulster Shedders, recognises excellence within the resource and Waste Management industry, through best practice and innovation across a range of commercial and public sectors.
RiverRidge has transformed significantly over the last six years from a family-run operation, offering basic waste collection and disposal services, to one of Northern Ireland’s largest independent waste management specialist, serving a diverse customer base across both the private and public sectors.
The Sustainable Ireland award ceremony also hosted a charity raffle and auction in aid of RiverRidge’s nominated charity, Northern Ireland’s Children’s Hospice, as a result a total of £6,315 was raised for the charity.
Roadvert encourages residents to love recycling
Glasgow business, Roadvert, is helping North Norfolk residents to ‘love’ recycling with messages on the sides of bin lorries touring every street in the area.
North Norfolk uses Spedian to communicate recycling message
Roadvert has fitted 18 of North Norfolk district council’s refuse vehicles with Spedian lightweight, reusable vehicle graphics panels.
The messages urge people to “Give your recycling a little bit of love” as part of a campaign to stop recycling bins being contaminated with the wrong type of rubbish. With the advice to “make sure it’s clean, dry and don’t bag it!” the message encourages people to take pride in sorting their recycling efficiently.
The panels were fitted to five different makes and models of refuse vehicles, from 7.5 tonnes to 26 tonnes, each of which required different sizes of graphics.
Plastic bottle tree lights up Bognor Regis
A Christmas tree made from 600 reused green plastic bottles will be lit-up throughout December in Bognor Regis town centre.
A Christmas tree created from 600 plastic bottles on display in Bognor Regis
Panto performers from Aladdin, at The Regis Centre, will officially switch on the lights of the tree on Thursday 7 December.
The tree sculpture was created by Tracey Graham, known as the ‘Rubbish Artist’, to help highlight plastic recycling in West Sussex.
According to West Sussexcounty council, an estimated 166 million plastic bottles were recycled in the county during the last year, out of a possible 262 million.
The council’s waste prevention team will be at the switch on to talk about the tree and give tips on what to recycle at Christmas.
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