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NEWS October 2014 Local Authority Waste & Recycling 9 Chippendale on scrapheap and boomerang boxes A Chippendale and male stripper has been prosecuted for running an illegal waste site in Manchester, bankrolled by the late Manchester boxing promoter and bare- knuckle fighter Wayne Barker, who died in 2012 while investigations were ongoing. Princeston Valentino Green, who was a member of the Chippendale and Dreamboys troupes, helped to run the unlicensed dump - which was the size of a football pitch and posed a potential threat to public health, the Manchester Evening News revealed. Refuse was dumped on the £2.7m former Lancashire Dairies site and Green Waste Reclamation continued to take in waste seven months after the Environment Agency first warned that operations must stop. At the time of Environment Agency intervention the site was the cause of a major fly infestation to the area and waste leachate threatened to seep into the ground, killing wildlife and poisoning the water supply. Green pleaded guilty to operating a waste site without a permit and was given an eight-month suspended jail sentence, plus 200 hours of unpaid work and a £3,000 fine. A letter addressed to the Daily Telegraph amused LAWR the other day. John Smith from Great Moulton in Norfolk wrote the following. Sir – I recently received a large parcel courtesy of FedEx that looked remarkably like a bundle of old, flattened cardboard boxes. Upon opening it, I was amazed to see that it was, indeed, a bundle of old, flattened cardboard boxes! Closer inspection revealed that the outside box was one I had used to return some goods to a company in Milton Keynes, and it still had my address on it. Clearly the company had put it by for recycling, but the ever-diligent delivery company had seen my address and decided that that was where it should go. I'm all for recycling, but sending 500% more cardboard that I had originally used over a distance of 100 miles is taking things a bit far. A circular economy is regenerative by design and is considered to be at the very heart of the future 'resource efficiency' agenda. Rexam, a leading global beverage can maker, has created a unique infographic (see pic) with engaging illustrations which highlights the three key stages of beverage cans within the circular economy - manufacturing, consumption and recycling. It showcases the infinite recycling potential of the beverage can and its resource efficiency credentials. Recycling Bits and Pieces management Lanarkshire Council, in Scotland, recycle unwanted paint which would normally go housing repairs and maintenance provider. The Mears Group runs a £30m repair and volume of paint left over from its work on council properties. YOUR ROUND-UP OF THIS MONTH'S TOP STORIES ACROSS THE INDUSTRY KILT RECYCLING - Scottish comedian Craig Hill has given a helping hand to the City of Edinburgh Council's street cleansing team. He helped clean up during the busy Edinburgh Festival period. Hill added: "Edinburgh is so gorgeous I'm really pleased that one of the Council's priorities is keeping it clean because it's too beautiful a city to mess up!"

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