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WEEE recycling is booming. Frost & Sulliven have recently reported that earned revenues in Europe from the industry were roughly $1.3 billion last year and that they predict that by 2020 this could have reached nearly $2 billion.
They cite EU laws, environmental awareness and increasing landfill prices as being the main reasons why the demand for WEEE recycling has shot up in recent years.
Leading waste shredder provider UNTHA UK is dispelling any concerns that demand for recycling and waste management technologies is stagnant in the UK. Statistics from the first 12 months of the company’s online activity have been analysed, and the level of traffic is not only strong, it is continuing to grow.
The UNTHA UK website was launched on 31 August 2012, in anticipation for last year’s RWM event. In less than a week, the team dominated Google’s natural listings for key search terms, and that search engine governance has increased as the year has unfolded. Active in the world of social media, UNTHA UK’s Twitter and Linked In accounts have also delivered an increasing amount of referral traffic to the website.
A new website is set to help the UK’s construction industry dispose of its polythene waste in a greener, more sustainable way. www.bpirecycling.co.uk has been launched by Europe’s largest polythene waste recycler, bpi.recycled products, to outline the impressive breadth of material it can recycle and to highlight the lower carbon footprint nature of its operations and its second life products.
With a brand name that is synonymous with innovation, it is perhaps no surprise that waste shredding experts UNTHA UK have some exciting things planned for RWM 2013.
Visitors to stand H39-G38 will get an exclusive look at the new UNTHA S25 compact shredder, when it is revealed in the UK for the first time. Operating as a complete CE-certified system, this two-shaft machine has an incredibly small footprint, making it perfect for businesses with restricted site space. It is cost-effective too, dispelling the myth that industrial waste shredders represent significant capital outlay.
Schoolchildren brought along their old toothbrushes to help build Britain’s first house made almost entirely from thrown-away waste.
Pupils from St Andrew’s CE Primary School in Hove (17 July) were joined by Brighton MP Caroline Lucas as they slotted brushes into wall cavities to help with insulation in the house which is under construction at the University of Brighton’s Faculty of Arts campus in Grand Parade, Brighton.
A 10,000m2 cell at a landfill site with extremely steep sides in Switzerland is currently being lined by hydraulic asphalt engineering experts WALO. The company is using its own specialist machinery and highly skilled operating team to line the slopes with Dense Asphaltic Concrete (DAC), formulated in its laboratory in Zurich to a design mix specific to the project.
Shanks Group plc (‘Shanks’), a leading sustainable international waste management business, is pleased to announce that it has commenced building work on its new state-of the-art waste treatment facility in Wakefield.
Shanks and Wakefield Council marked the occasion by hosting a ground breaking ceremony to signify commencement of construction of the facility which is set to revolutionise waste management in the Wakefield District.
It is an exciting time for recycling products specialist Alpha Waste Solutions, as they prepare to give RWM delegates an exclusive first look at their newest commercial waste management product.
Whilst details of the release are being safely guarded until September, with over 20 years’ experience providing premium recycling products to all commercial sectors, Alpha will surely not disappoint.
