Day: 13 October 2004

Recycling equipment offers new features and solutions

A major supplier to the recycling sector, Terberg Matec UK, made an impact at this year's CIWM exhibition at Torbay with two new developments - a series of improvements on the "Kerbsider" and the new Omni-DEL automatic bin lifter.

Steel can recycling hits all time high in UK

Corus, the major steel producer, has just published its annual report showing how it invested PRN income to promote steel packaging recycling in the UK. John May, Manager, Corus Steel Packaging Recycling, explains why 2003 was a year of significant progress for steel can recycling.

Contaminated land test gets ‘glowing’ report

Local authorities can improve their economic and environmental sustainability by adopting recent advances in industrial biotechnology developed and supported as part of the DTI's BIO-WISE programme. Dr Paul Fisher of BIO-WISE outlines how one such application is helping LAs manage contaminated land characterisation.

Contaminated land test gets ‘glowing’ report

Local authorities can improve their economic and environmental sustainability by adopting recent advances in industrial biotechnology developed and supported as part of the DTI's BIO-WISE programme. Dr Paul Fisher of BIO-WISE outlines how one such application is helping LAs manage contaminated land characterisation.

Landfill Directive – handicap or opportunity?

The pervasive influence of the Landfill Directive, in respect of the new hazardous waste disposal regime, which extends right across the waste management sector, posing a potential threat to ELV recycling (see page 8), is being blamed as a negative influence on brownfield development by the RICS. However, there is more reassuring news on regeneration from English Partnerships and from a specialist in the remediation of polluted land, as our special feature (pages 29-32) on contaminated land illustrates. Editor Alexander Catto reports

Surveying service pinpoints buried hazards on brownfield sites

As available greenfield sites become more scarce, house builders and developers are facing increased pressure to build new property on brownfield sites. In addition to the inherent remediation issues of each site, significant problems exist with buried services. In a special contribution, IETG outlines the role of a newly formed, dedicated utility location company that is providing innovative solutions to the problems.

Environment Agency pledges to target waste crime

The Environment Agency has announced that it will be targeting waste crime following the ban on the co-disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes at landfill sites on 16 July 2004. In Management of hazardous waste following the ban on co-disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes at landfill, the Environment Agency outlines its priorities for enforcing the ban and highlights that legal changes will not just affect landfill operators, but also producers of hazardous waste.

Range of new solutions launched at Torbay

In the July issue LAWE featured many of the new products and developments that were on show at the CIWM annual exhibition at Paignton within our RCV and Street Cleansing features. In this final round up from Torbay LAWE reports on other exhibits that caught the eye

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