Latest Recycling technology product news
Effluent treatment specialist, Siltbuster Process Solutions (SPS), has provided a D100 dissolved air flotation (DAF) treatment system on hire to DS Smith Paper (formerly St Regis) at its Hollins Mill site in Darwen, Lancashire.
The unit helped to ensure compliant discharge with no loss of production at the paper mill, and remained on site for five months.
Hollins Mill is the only UK mill that manufactures high quality recycled presentation liners – Optima Silk – as well as mottle, brown tes... [more]
SummitSkills is looking for feedback to inform a skills strategy that will allow individuals to become 'Green Deal competent', but also ensure that regulation is kept to a minimum
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is in the process of consulting on the Green Deal, to inform the secondary legislation which will specify how the scheme – designed to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s homes and businesses at no upfront cost – will work.
SummitSkills is encouraging stak... [more]
The Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and Environment Agencies recently released further clarification on the UK WEEE Regulations to ensure everyone is clear where their responsibilities lie.
According to this update, Producer Compliance Schemes (PCSs) over or under collecting WEEE, compared to their allotted market share, will have to take significant steps to adjust their WEEE collections from Designated Collection Facilities (DCFs) or face losing scheme approv... [more]
Based in Tyneside, Graphite Resources is building one of the world's largest steam autoclave recycling plants and has just commenced the recruitment process. 51 new jobs are being created in the North East by the waste management company Graphite Resources and their operating partner px limited.
William Thompson, director at Graphite Resources, said: “Construction is ahead of schedule and we are on track to be operational by autumn of this year. We have a wide range of quality jobs on offer, ... [more]
To reduce its carbon footprint, HP is relying on diversified renewable energy resources, improving energy efficiency and placing a strong emphasis on energy reduction and optimization at a number of its facilities around the world.
HP has unveiled renewable energy initiatives in its facilities, research and products to support a new goal to double the company’s global purchases of renewable power from under 4 percent in 2008 to 8 percent by 2012. This complements HP’s goal to reduce energy co... [more]
Whilst the bio-fuels industry continues to burn tonnes of wood and bark chippings in a bid to create greener fuel, this has led to a shortfall in supply to garden centres and a price increase of bark chippings.
Gardeners are being encouraged to go green by using recycled rubber garden chippings to help the environment during a global shortage of wood chippings.
Recycling experts Dunweedin' provide a gardening solution, which lasts ten times longer than bark chippings and is made from 100 p... [more]
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