Recolight celebrates the recycling of a third of a billion lamps
Recolight, the UK’s leading lighting WEEE compliance scheme has announced a major milestone having funded the recycling of a third of a billion fluorescent & LED lamps and luminaires since... Read Full ArticleAGD Groundworks Ltd expands compact range with a new Rubble Crusher from Red Knight 6 Ltd
West Sussex based AGD Groundworks Ltd have extended their offering by purchasing a new RC150V trailer mounted rubble crusher from reseller Red Knight 6 Ltd (RK6).AGD Groundworks Ltd work throughout the West & East Sussex, Hampshire, a... Read Full ArticleTomra Insight is being made available for Mining applications
Cloud-based data platform unlocks new opportunities to monitor and optimize sorting processes...Following its successful launch last year by TOMRA Sorting Recycling, T... Read Full ArticleDoosan DX255LC-5 Excavator is the all-purpose machine at Michel
For M. Michel Bau of Garbsen in Lower Saxony in Germany, the Doosan DX255LC-5 crawler excavator is the ideal all-purpose machine for all the different types of demolition and earthmoving work the company undertakes. The Doosan DX255LC-5 crawler ex... Read Full ArticleLondon waste company upgrades fleet to help improve air quality
One of London’s most established and highly accredited waste management companies is upgrading its fleet of refuse vehicles to help reduce air pollution in the capital and meet new low emissions regulations...Brewsters Wast... Read Full ArticleStoring, transferring and disposing hazardous haste
The Environmental Agency (EA) and waste legislation state that all operational waste sites must maintain a good standard of housekeeping which includes the proper management, storage and disposal of waste and the required qualified personnel onsit... Read Full ArticleElectra delivers Scotland's first fully electric RCV to North Lanarkshire Council
Electra Commercial Vehicles is thrilled to provide Scotland's first entirely operational electric RCV to North Lanarkshire Council. Electra's strategic partner Riverside Truck Rental will be supporting the new truck from its Bells Hill Depot w... Read Full ArticleReorientation in the chipper product range under the leadership of LIG
Ferdinand Doppstadt gives insight into the plans and strategic targets of the Langenberger Innovation Group (LIG) for the chipper product range...Under the roof of the Langenberger Innovation Group (LIG GmbH), formerly Doppstadt ... Read Full ArticleThe KONTI range of high performance, auto-tie channel balers were first launched in 1978
For more than 40 years, the KONTI range has been at the cutting edge of baler technology with a new KONTI series introduced every few years, incorporating all of the latest technical developments.The new KONTI J will, once again, push the... Read Full ArticleRobust and versatile shredding with Terex Ecotec’s new TSS 390 Single Shaft Shredder
Leading environmental equipment specialist, Terex Ecotec, has expanded its shredding range with the introduction of the TSS 390, a robust and versatile single shaft, slow speed shredder. Powered by a fuel efficient 493HP Scania DC13 engine, ... Read Full ArticleNew Doosan Excavators at EIS Waste Services
EIS Waste Services Ltd, based in Aberdeen in Scotland, has purchased two new Doosan DX180LC-5 18 tonne crawler excavators from Balgownie, the local Authorised Doosan dealer, with headquarters in Inverurie in Aberdeenshire.With roots datin... Read Full ArticleThe increasing need for new and modernised MRFs
Increasing numbers of ageing MRFs are being updated to meet today’s more challenging requirements, and new MRFs are being designed and built differently to those of the past. Ruben Maistry, UK Sales Manager for STADLER, explains why and ... Read Full ArticleElectrostatically recovering copper wire
A combination of an ElectroStatic Separator and a Metal Separation Module is enabling the recovery of fine copper and other metals from a waste product at a UK metal recycling company.... Read Full ArticleA time for the scrap industry to channel its “passion and positivity”
At the BIR Non-Ferrous Metals Division’s eForum in June this year, much of the debate had surrounded China’s proposed “recycled material” reclassification system covering brass, copper and cast aluminium alloy imports... Read Full ArticleIncrease in demand for cleaner waste products
There is little doubt that the waste industry is experiencing an increase in demand for more purity in recovered waste products according to Con Gallagher, Head of Global Sales at Kiverco Limited. “Projects we have on the table in 2020 c... Read Full ArticleLighting’s replaceable future – an online panel discussion
The next online Recolight panel discussion is scheduled for 6 November at 11:00. This discussion follows on from the three Lighting & the Circular Economy webinars hosted by Recolight this year. The discussion will tackle a key issue ... Read Full ArticleMichelin hails potential “game-changer” for end-of-life tyre market
There was tangible excitement at the BIR Tyres & Rubber Committee webinar on October 15 following a guest presentation on the recycling of end-of-life tyres (ELTs) into secondary raw materials for ... Read Full ArticlePrecise additive metering for combined dust & odour control
In a move to deliver even greater performance and flexibility to its lineup of atomized mist cannons for odour management and wide-area disinfection, BossTek® has introduced a new model with a dosing ... Read Full ArticleChina’s scrap generation to remain on steep growth curve
In the year 2000, China was consuming around 100 million tonnes of steel per year but this figure has since soared to between 800 and 900 million tonnes. As a consequence, “we do see China’s steel scrap generation growing rapidly... Read Full ArticleGreen waste success with the upgraded HAAS TYRON
The German designed and manufactured HAAS TYRON has long been considered the most versatile and reliable waste shredder on the market. Following the success of the 1st generation machine, the engineering department at HAAS has given... Read Full Article