1. SITA UK and Tradebe form clinical waste venture

Waste management companies SITA UK and Tradebe have signed a contract to form a new clinical waste management business. The joint venture, ‘Tradebe Healthcare Holdings Ltd.’, will reportedly be one of the UK’s largest companies carrying out such work.

Tradebe will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the business, which will offer collection and disposal services for clinical waste. Consisting of eight sites across England and Wales, the company will make use of ‘three high temperature incinerators and six alternative technology facilities for standard orange bag waste’.

Richard Brown, Healthcare General Manager from Tradebe, said: “The creation of the joint venture provides us with an excellent opportunity to grow the business. We are combining the strength of Tradebe’s alternative technology processing with SITA UK’s high temperature incineration plants, which means we will be one of only two clinical waste companies in the UK to be able to offer both disposal options.”

Read more about Tradebe and SITA UK.

2. CDEnviro helps reduce waste

Wastewater maintenance specialist, Andidrain, has announced that a new piece of equipment from CDEnviro has enabled to company to reduce the amount of waste it sends to landfill by 70 per cent. The D:MAX unit is a mobile, trailer-mounted screening system used ‘to process a variety of materials from the water and waste water treatment process.’

Reflecting on the new equipment, Andrew Little, Partner at Andidrain, said: “The D:MAX has reduced the mileage and time required to deliver our customer’s requirements. Removing accumulated grit and rag effectively from the wastewater process ensures we remove the problem from site. We are now able to reduce waste to landfill while providing an efficient, high quality service”.

Read more about Andidrain and CDEnviro.

3. Milton Keynes recycled 7.8 tonnes of WEEE

A recent event in Milton Keynes collected almost eight tonnes of waste electrical and electronic waste (WEEE) that might otherwise have ended up in landfill. The occasion, hosted by the European Recycling Platform (ERP), was run in support with Milton Keynes Council, Milton Keynes Chamber of Commerce, and Nationwide Metal Recycling (NMR).

Held on Friday 13 September at the National Bowl, local business, schools and residents were encouraged ‘to clear out their unwanted or broken electrical items’ for recycling. By recycling rather than landfilling these items, valuable materials such as metals can be reused for the manufacture of new products.

Scott Butler, Managing Director at ERP UK, said: “Recycling your unwanted electronics keeps them out of landfill, saves energy and allows the valuable materials in them to be used to make new products. I hope this event has done a lot to raise awareness that all electrical waste can and should be recycled.”

Read more about free electronic recycling days.

4. SAICA Natur and Global Renewables in Lancaster deal

A new partnership will see SAICA Natur take on 40,000 tonnes per annum of additional paper and cardboard waste for recycling. The Spanish company, which specialises in corrugated based packaging, will source the material from district councils across the Lancaster County Council and Black Council catchment areas.

Under the agreement, soft, mixed kerbside collected paper and cardboard material will be taken to one of five waste transfer stations or waste recovery parks operated by Global Renewables (Global Renewable Lancashire Operations Ltd). The material will then be sorted before being transported to SAICA’s PM11 paper mill in Partington.

Barry Elder, Senior Logistics & Outputs General Manager at Global Renewables, commented: “We are delighted that we have entered into a mutually beneficial supply agreement to feed a large amount of Lancashire’s mixed paper and cardboard into SAICA Natur’s recently opened PM11 mill in Trafford Borough.”

Read more about SAICA Natur and Global Renewals Lancashire Operations.

5. Chesterfield BioGas wins contract

Chesterfield BioGas (CBG) is to supply a biogas upgrader to ReFood UK Ltd, the bioenergy arm of the PDM Group. The ‘Totara’ biogas-to-biomethane upgrader will be installed on an energy generation site at Widnes, Merseyside.

The technology will be used to convert food waste to gas ‘for injection into the national grid’ at a rate of between 650 and 2000 cubic metres of gas per hour.

Stephen McCulloch, Managing Director at CBG, said: “It has taken some months, following the resolution of the regulations covering biomethane specifications such as oxygen content, to show in orders, but now we are seeing the results of our work in the industry.CBG hasa significant pipeline of enquiries for a diverse range of projects, some at advanced stages of negotiation.”

CBG, which will also provide long-term monitoring of the technology, expects to install the upgrader at Widnes in April 2014.

6. Shanks Director joins Wastecycle

It has been announced that Paul Clements, former Resource & Recovery Director at Shanks Waste Management, has been appointed as Head of Sales & Marketing at Wastecycle.

Clements will have ‘overall responsibility for new business development’ at the East Midlands company, which offers skip hire and other waste management services. He will also be working with existing customers to ‘improve recycling rates and further reduce environmental footprints’.

Commenting on his appointment, Clements remarked: “I am delighted to be joining Wastecycle at what is an extremely exciting time. The company has made a significant investment in its recycling and collection infrastructure through acquisitions and the development of new reuse and recycling facilities in both Nottingham and Leicester.”

He added: “This investment means we are able offer our customers an unrivalled opportunity to improve their environmental performance and manage their costs. It also enables us to further differentiate ourselves from our competitors, many of whom are still reliant on landfill to dispose of waste.”

Read more about Wastecycle.