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Shredding firm ploughs £250,000 investment into UK test centre

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Investment in test centre Industrial shredding specialist UNTHA UK has boldly kick-started its new financial year, with a £250,000 investment in its North Yorkshire test centre.

The team has refurbished its on-site trials facility and procured four new demonstration machines, allowing organisations from across the country to see what the shredders are really capable of, and test them with their own materials.

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York Handmade wins grant to build a greener future

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YHB-New Plant 1The award-winning York Handmade Brick Company has been awarded a grant to improve its energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.

York Handmade, which is based at Alne, near Easingwold, has successfully applied to the “game-changing” Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF) for £38,800 to pursue its sustainability agenda.

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Access contract hire specialist seizes chance for green transition

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0n6608Head of access Stuart Lambert at Contract Plant Rental has added lithium electric LGMG boom lifts to the company’s fleet to help access clients transition smoothly to a carbon-neutral future.

The contract hire specialist, based in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, has invested in new LGMG T20JE telescopic boom lifts for rental clients to use flexibly as they pivot to zero-emissions operations.

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B Corp’s giant ‘B’ is stopping for a G&T at Warner’s Distillery

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0n6624Iconic B standing for ‘benefit for all’ is popping up in 10 locations across the UK.

Its stop at family-owned Warner’s Distillery, will see a large group of local B Corp certified businesses coming together to celebrate the movement.

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Jacqueline O'Donovan named as Business Leader of the Year at the Global Irish Diaspora Awards

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R4Mari7Jacqueline O'Donovan, the trailblazing managing director of O'Donovan Waste has done it again and has been honoured at the inaugural Business Post Global Irish Diaspora Awards in London. Known for being a disrupter and innovator in the construction and waste sector, not only in the UK but in Ireland and the USA, Jacqueline was awarded the Business Leader of the Year title at the glittering event.

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O'Donovan launches hazardous waste management service

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0n6683O’Donovan Waste is thrilled to announce that it has successfully added hazardous waste management to its already comprehensive portfolio of wide-ranging waste services. The new hazardous licence will allow the award-winning business to handle an array of different hazardous materials such as asbestos sheeting, paints, aerosols and other chemically contaminated wastes. O’Donovan will deal with the hazardous materials from ‘cradle to grave’ including free site visits, completion of required legal documentation, the provision of instructions for different wastes segregation as well as the transportation and final disposal requirements.

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O'Donovan achieves Mission Zero accreditation

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Mission ZeroO’Donovan Waste, a leading waste management company specialising in construction and demolition waste continues to surpass industry standards in terms of compliance and safety. Having achieved multiple accreditations including numerous ISO standards and FORS Gold, the multi award-winning firm has now added the new Mission Zero accreditation after meticulously meeting and surpassing all audit requirements.

Mission Zero is a comprehensive quality standard for the road fleet sector. Based on a full legal compliance audit, Mission Zero incorporates industry best practice and is officially recognised as meeting contractual requirements including TfL Work-Related Road Risk (WRRR) and CLOCS.

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Cranfield study establishes soil health benchmark for British Sugar TOPSOIL products

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Taking samples of TOPSOIL product 002A year-long scientific study into the amount of soil microbiology in TOPSOIL products has resulted in data that will assist product development and help customers to understand more about the health of the soils they specify or use.

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HVO becomes the norm at O’Donovan

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ODonovan switch to solely HVO 002The chair of the COP 27 committee has pleaded with world leaders to step up and make good on their COP 26 pledges for action by 2030 following on from the devastating news that global temperatures rise is set to hit 2.5 degrees by the end of this century.

O'Donovan Waste has taken action to put the environment before profit and switched to using solely Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) biofuel for its entire fleet of 100 lorries. The first waste company to exclusively use HVO, O'Donovan has raised the bar in terms of sustainable working practices.

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