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Macclesfield-based Tidy Planet has shipped four of its A900 Rocket Composters and a bespoke Dehydra Dewatering system to an oilfield in Kazakhstan, to compost the site’s 255 annual tonnes of food waste.
Situated in Western Kazakhstan in the Burlin region, the remote 50km² facility is a major producer of oil and gas and has 4,000 employees working on the premises at any one time.
Multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has invested in an A900 Rocket Composter from Tidy Planet, to process its 100-acre manufacturing site’s 24 tonnes of annual food and green waste.
The investment forms part of the organisation’s wider sustainability target to reduce waste and embrace a circular economy. As part of this environmental commitment, the company is also aiming to achieve zero-carbon status at its 4,000-person-capacity campus, by 2025.
Industrial shredder specialist UNTHA UK has revealed a number of team changes and plans for the year, as managing director Marcus Brew (pictured) gears up to record £15m turnover by the end of 2021. The promotions, hires and product launches follow a landmark year for the business, which reached £10.5m revenues despite the economic backdrop.
Communications professional Katie Mallinson – a long-standing supplier – has been appointed as marketing director, to build on the firm’s brand voice in both the UK and overseas. Founder of her own PR and copywriting firm, her contribution to the board will support the strategic development of UNTHA UK’s external and internal dialogue across a range of communication channels.
Rob Andrews – a prominent name within the waste and recycling industry, specifically when it comes to alternative fuel production – has joined UNTHA UK as sales manager for the north.
The move sees his 21-year career coming full circle with a return to the machinery sector, where he will once again deliver transformational change for clients.
A new confidential waste shredder has been commissioned at Revive IT’s headquarters in Leeds, as the national computer recycler prepares to double in size in 2021.
Investment in a containerised UNTHA RS40 represents the team’s move to bring its WEEE shredding services entirely in-house, for added peace of mind when it comes to secure data destruction.
