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WRAP launches two new funding sources for waste and recycling sector
- 27th October 2008
- Recycling
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme), which is funded by UK Governments and works to reduce waste and encourage recycling, has launched two funding opportunities targeting the waste and recycling sector. Environmental Transformation Fund...
Read Full ArticleMaster Magnets’ 30th anniversary year proves to be the best yet!
- 27th October 2008
- Materials Handling
Master Magnets Ltd has had one of its most successful years in business since it was founded back in 1978. Throughout the year, the company has provided magnetic separation and metal detection solutions to the mining and quarrying industries...
Read Full ArticleOTR Tyres Offer Unique Service to the Waste Industry
- 26th October 2008
- Recycling
OTR Tyres, the UK's leading earthmover tyre specialists, continue to demonstrate the benefits of their tyre management service to the waste industry market. Onsite tyre costs within the waste industry can be substantial as a result of tyre wear rates,...
Read Full ArticleHard Work Wins Apprenticeship
- 26th October 2008
- Materials Handling
Sheffield based materials handling company Geo Robson & Co (Conveyors) Ltd have always believed in providing work experience for young students, giving the next generation a taste of what it is like working as an Engineer or Draughtsman....
Read Full ArticleAtlas Copco signs global distribution agreement with world leader in ground control consumables
- 26th October 2008
- Materials Handling
Stockholm, Sweden, August 22, 2008: Atlas Copco has signed a global co-operation agreement in the field of ground control and geotechnics for the mining, tunnelling and civil engineering markets with Minova International, the ground control division...
Read Full ArticleLocal company develops environmental solution to recent floods
- 25th October 2008
- Materials Handling
Mud Blaster Systems Ltd, based in Co. Armagh, have developed a product which counteracts the environmental damage caused by flooding. Summer 2007 witnessed the highest river levels in 60 years and summer 2008 has proved to be yet another wash-out. Northern...
Read Full ArticleEland surges onwards and upwards
- 25th October 2008
- Materials Handling
Eland Cables presents an inspiring tale of a company that's gone from strength to strength via some dramatic changes since a management buy-out took place in 2005. The inclusion in the Sunday Times list of the ‘100 Best Companies to Work For'...
Read Full ArticleWear Resistant Refuse Truck Parts from IMS
- 24th October 2008
- Recycling
IMS, one of Europe's largest specialist steel processors and stockholders, are supplying formed refuse truck hopper parts to both the OEM and maintenance markets. Formed and ready to fit hopper floor swing links can be supplied in several abrasion resistant...
Read Full ArticlePlasterboard recycling making excellent progress, WRAP reveals
- 24th October 2008
- Recycling
Excellent progress has been made by the UK plasterboard manufacturers in recycling waste plasterboard and significantly reducing the amount sent to landfill in the first year of the industry's voluntary Ashdown Agreement, says WRAP (Waste & Resources...
Read Full ArticleLafarge Aggregates Limited Takes Another Landfill Crawler Loader from Liebherr
- 24th October 2008
- Materials Handling
Following the successful introduction of a productive and reliable Liebherr LR 632B specialist landfill crawler loader at Lafarge Aggregates' Walleys landfill site two years ago, the company has now invested in another model. A "New Generation...
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