Recycling

Ireland’s Beauparc Group, a waste management and renewable energy business, has stepped up its reach into the UK market with the purchase of LSS Waste Management. 

Buckinghamshire Council has awarded Veolia a 10-year contract to supply household waste collections and street cleaning services in the Chiltern, Wycombe and South Bucks areas.

Recycling and waste collections in two districts in the south east of England will continue to be provided by Veolia.

Chris James, the chief executive of waste body WAMITAB, has stepped down.

Camelot, operator of The National Lottery, has appointed Cawleys as its local recycling and waste resource partner.

Recycling and resource recovery provider Enva has won a contract with Toyota dealership Steven Eagell to carry out waste and recycling services at its 29 sites across the South East and the West Midlands.

Waste management operator Biffa has won a new eight-year waste collection and cleansing contract on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales.

A report on the carbon impact of packaging material reveals that in most cases the main alternatives to plastic packaging – cardboard, glass, steel and aluminium – “emit more greenhouse gases”.

New Earth Solutions (Canford) has been awarded a six-year deal (plus a three-year option to extend) to treat and dispose of the waste for Dorset Council at its Canford site.