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NEWS The month in resource manage Leicester Impact relocates offices Impact Air Systems, a Leicesterbased waste extraction and separation company, is celebrating its relocation to new, larger premises. The company has seen strong demand from the recycling industry for its services. Speaking about the move, owner and managing director Nick Ball said it was "an exciting time". Ball and his team of 30 has relocated to a two-storey building with a 2900sqft warehouse, which is now home to its Parts Replenishment Department and a new and improved recycling test facility. Waste management Ashford sheds 'worst recycling council' tag Shifting from a black-sack weekly collection service to a new bin system has helped Ashford Borough Council to boost its recycling rate from 14% to 52%. The new system was rolled out by contractor Biffa on July 8 2013 and is helping the borough to ditch its historical 'England's worst recycling council' tag. Leading off its £86m, tenyear contract with the Mid Kent Joint Waste Partnership that comprises Ashford, Maidstone and Swale Borough Councils, Biffa implemented Ashford's first alternate week collections of a wide range of commingled dry recyclables, and of residual waste, from separate wheeled bins. Carbon emissions Straight carbon reduction Straight has completed a recertification of the Carbon Reduction Label having delivered a 29% reduction in CO2 emissions associated with certified products. Most of the waste and recycling containers made by Straight at its state-of-the-art factory in Hull bear the Carbon Reduction Label, including kerbside boxes, food waste caddies, wheeled containers and inner caddies, compost bins and water butts. The Carbon Reduction Label demonstrates that products that have undergone an assessment of their total greenhouse gas emissions at every stage of the product lifecycle, including production, transportation, preparation, use and disposal. Watermead Parish Council has new lake boardwalk made entirely from recycled plastic films and bottles. This replaced its 20-year old wooden walkway which was rotting away. 14 Local Authority Waste & Recycling January 2014 Heading Headline Headline Headline For news body copy no indent use l news body copy no indent news body copy no indent news body copy no indent news body copy no indent news body copy no indent. For news body copy indent use m news body copy indent news body copy indent news body copy indent news body copy indent news body copy indent. SUMMER ON THE BEACH - Well you can dream. This is artwork from Devo drawing remains from the past. She now recycles old magazines, to create vibran of people through beautiful and fragile spaces - the countryside, the coastline o canvases and are finished with UV-resistant varnish giving a hardwearing long Recycling London calling London recycles a lower proportion of its waste than many other major UK cities, according to the London Assembly. At a meeting that took place last month at the Assembly's Environment Committee, Chair Murad Qureshi highlighted figures compiled by London Councils which show the capital recycles less of its household waste than many other cities including Bristol, Greater Manchester and Leeds. The Committee was told by the Mayor's Environmental Advisor Matthew Pencharz that a range of issues affect recycling rates including population churn, types of housing and the proportion of people whose first language is not English. He also pointed out that the Mayor does not have responsibility for collecting waste, which is done at borough level. Devolved administration Wales launches new waste plan Natural Resources and Food Minister Alun Davies has launched ambitious plans to prevent waste in Wales. The Waste Prevention Programme sets out how businesses and households in Wales can reuse or extend the life of products, and reduce the environmental impact of waste, whilst saving money. Waste management SITA UK signs new contract Announced as preferred bidder last April, a consortium led by SITA UK has signed a Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract with the West London Waste Authority to recover energy from residual waste over the next 25 years. SITA UK, along with its partners Scottish Widows Investment Partners and the ITOCHU Corporation,

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