Waste

A new partnership between phs Group and FabLittleBag is helping businesses to address the environmental issues associated with the disposal of their sanitary waste, highlighting the need to ‘be a Binner not a Flusher’. On average, it’s estimated that we ...

Results from a comparison beach cleaning and litter surveying programme by Cromwell Polythene as part of its 35th anniversary activity and to mark Recycle Week (24 September – 30 September) indicate levels of seaside rubbish have decreased. This follow up ...

Continuing its commitment to prioritising safety, a happy working environment and quality of service, B&M Waste Services has successfully transitioned to the new standards for ISO9001:2015 and ISO14001:2015 and continued with OHSAS 18001. Ann McMurrie, EQHSC Manager for the Carbon ...

Environmental consultancy and contract manager, Helistrat, has won a three-year waste and recycling contract with Bestway Retail. The deal, worth an estimated £700,000 will see Helistrat manage the waste and recycling for over 200 Central Convenience and Bargain Booze stores. ...

Following the acquisition of a specialist cleaning company in 2016 and a leading Liverpool washroom services company last year, Lancashire-based AM Services Group has announced further growth with the creation of a Waste and Washroom Management arm. The division will ...

Biffa has secured the total waste management contract for one of the UK’s largest leisure operators, Bourne Leisure, providing services for Haven parks and Warner Leisure Hotels across the UK. The national recycling and waste management provider, will be delivering ...

B&M Waste Services has extended its sustainable waste management contract with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). The partnership, which has been in place since 2015 will now continue for at least another two years. The zero to landfill, carbon neutral ...

A young writer who has won a BBC Radio 2 award for a story inspired by the UK’s fatberg menace has been thanked by sewer maintenance specialist, Lanes  Utilities for highlighting the problem in such a creative way. Francesca Wade’s tale of Agent Ramsbottom’s ...

By Dr Peter Barratt, Technical Manager, Initial Washroom Hygiene Monday is Menstrual Hygiene Day, aiming to raise awareness around access to feminine hygiene facilities and products around the world. While ‘period poverty’ is a more severe problem in the developing ...

Buyers of plastic bin liners can now look for the CHSA Accreditation Scheme logo to be certain ‘what’s on the box is what’s in the box’.  The Accreditation Scheme for Plastic Refuse Sacks has been expanded to include these products.   Mike ...