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24 Local Authority Waste & Recycling February 2014 Pearce Compaction Systems Pearce Compaction Systems has launched a new super-short mill sized baler called HB510ss, after strong demand from its customers for a 'lower' baler. The new baler produces universal mill-sized bales, exceeding 500kgs of cardboard. According to Pearce, the product has a lower height (just over 2.4m) than its original HB510 standard vertical mill baler (3.45m). The firm says its lower height can make it ideal to store in 'hard-to-reach places' such as under mezzanine floors or transportation through low doorways. Some of its features include a counter-balanced door, two scissor rams, and a large loading aperture. The baler also has long ram penetration to ensure maximum ratios on card, paper and plastic. Leafield Environmental Leafield Environmental has designed a new bin to help businesses dispose of their confidential waste. The Wiltshire-based company said that its Mini- Meridian Confidential Bin is a new design which comes complete with a lockable lid, a pull along handle and wheels to make it easy to move to central recycling or document shredding zones. A survey of facilities and compliance managers conducted by Leafield found that 70% of respondents said their firms provide confidential waste bins. However, it also found that only 5% are actually close to their desks. A total of 76% are located in shared recycling zones even though almost half of those questioned (43%) agreed they would be more vigilant and more likely to use a confidential bin if it was placed next to their desk. PRODUCTS & SERVICES We manufacture bespoke Shredders for Shredding... \Clinical Waste \Tyres \Metal \Mobile Shredding \Plastics \Confidential Documents \WEEE \Electronic Media Storage Devices \Textiles \Organic Waste \Fuel Large, coarse, superfine and everything in between at Ulster Shredders. Cogry Works, 65 Creagh Rd, Castledawson Magherafelt. BT45 8EW T. +44 28 7965 0050 F. +44 28 7965 0025 Want to find out more about our range of Industrial Shredders? Email us at info@ulstershredders.com or visit our website. ulstershredders.com Mercedes-Benz GBN Services, a construction waste management and recycling specialist, has purchased three new Mercedes-Benz Arocs trucks. The firm, which operates primarily in London and Essex, is running three Arocs: a double- drive tractor unit and a pair of 18-tonners, one of which pulls a drawbar trailer. The muscular Arocs is the third piece in the Mercedes-Benz truck 'product offensive' jigsaw – it follows the new Actros long distance haulage vehicle and the Antos short-radius distribution model. Available in a huge number of variants, the purpose-designed range comprises tractors and four-wheeled rigids, six-wheeled rigids and eight-wheeled rigids, with gross weights from 18 to 250 tonnes. All variants include Euro VI engines and are equipped with four-way cameras, blind spot proximity sensors, side under-run guards and audible warning alerts to protect cyclists. uBin Green Warehouse has launched a new bin made from UK-sourced post- consumer plastic, such as used water bottles, yoghurt pots and coffee cups. Managing director and manufacturing engineer Will Hayes, who designed, the product claims that it is the first bin in the world made from 100% UK post- consumer plastic. He says: "Our stylish uBin is dedicated to encourage responsible recycling of rubbish in offices, schools, universities, hospitals and other typical working environments." Hayes achieved an EPRO Best Recycled Product award for his uBin last year. He beat 150 companies to win the prize and his bin was the only UK product to be nominated as one of three finalists. February 2014 Local Authority Waste & Recycling 25 COMMUNITY Eastern Waste Disposal (EWD Recycling) has gone pink for 2014. At the start of the year the waste management and recycling company heralded the start of a 12 month campaign to support and raise money for Cancer Research UK. EWD Recycling will make a donation for each delivery made by our pink skip lorry and for each delivery and collection made by our pink tipper lorry for all EWD Recycling customers. The money raised will be used to further cancer research. EWD Recycling's Cancer Research campaign continues as Edward, EWD Recycling's sponsored guide dog, has successfully passed his two-year training and been placed with his owner where he'll continue to provide help and support into the future. To keep up-to-date with the company's progress over the next 12 months check its website www. easternwastedisposal.co.uk to view our current donations. EWD said that it can be contacted on 01206 307070 for those wishing to make a donation. Textile recycling banks at fire stations across Wiltshire have contributed to the Fire Fighters Charity raising more than £1m in the last four years. The recycling scheme, which focuses on textiles - including unwanted clothing, shoes and household items - is managed for the charity by a consortium of textile recycling companies. Wearable items are sent to developing countries to help those who are experiencing extreme poverty, while other items are recycled into day-to- day products such as car insulation and furniture padding. The Fire Fighters Charity said the scheme had seen more than 7,000 tonnes of clothing diverted away from landfill sites, growing year on year. It now receives an annual income of £300,000 from funds raised from recycling of unwanted clothing, shoes and household textiles. First put in place at Kettering Fire Station thanks to Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service, there are now over 500 clothing banks at fire stations across the country. More than 40 fire and rescue services now support the charity's textile recycling scheme. A new head of waste and recycling has been appointed by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Rick Brunt, current head of field operations for the North West of Scotland and Northern England Division, replaces Graeme Walker who retires from HSE after 37 years service. The head of waste and recycling will work closely with industry and will lead a unit of inspectors, policy officials and support staff. According to the HSE, although the number of injuries to workers has fallen over the last five years, waste and recycling remains one of Britain's higher risk industries with 10 people killed in 2012/13, double the lives lost in the previous year. RDS Technology has appointed Angela Simkins as managing director. Simkins has 25 years general m a n a g e m e n t experience and more recently has spent ten years in an electronic engineering environment supplying to both on-road and off- road sectors. RDS is a major supplier of hi-tech electronic monitoring and control systems to the mobile machinery industry. " LARAC chair Joy Blizzard has announced that she is standing down from the organisation – sooner than expected. She said that a secondment opportunity has come up. Blizzard has been involved with LARAC for over a decade as South West Rep, communications officer and then chair. Her highlights for the organisation included many radio appearances, when the issue of waste and recycling was controversial. Andrew Bird has been announced as the new chair of LARAC. Movers & shakers Roaring recycling A pair of African lions have roared with happiness for Christmas trees after a Cambridgeshire zoo appealed for people to donate them for recycling, according to the BBC. The trees are being reused by Linton Zoological Gardens as big cat toys, bio-fuel and, if they still have roots, to enrich the zoo's enclosures. Manager Dawny Greenwood told the BBC that the scented trees are "almost like catnip" for the resident big cats. She explained: "They just love the trees, it gives them hours of fun." Catnip, sometimes known at catmint, is a plant of the mint family and can cause many cats euphoria. The zoo's tigers and snow leopards also play with the trees, those that are "beyond their best" are used for the zoo's bio-burner. Greenwood said: "This provides additional heating and hot water to help run our zoo at this very expensive, cold time of year." Donations have so far ranged from families dropping off a single tree to local nurseries donating unsold stock. Community roundup

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