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Archive for October 2010
Merton and Viridor show residents what happens to their waste
Posted 29 Oct 2010
Merton Council has taken a group of residents to a materials sorting centre - known as a materials recycling facility (MRF). The facility, located in Crayford (Kent), is owned by Viridor, the company which the council contracts to recycle all the paper, card, cans, glass and plastic bottles it collects f...
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh opens Lakeside Energy from Waste (EfW) facility
Posted 27 Oct 2010
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh today opened the Lakeside Energy from Waste (EfW) facility at Colnbrook, near Slough and Heathrow Terminal 5 and received a tour of the plant. Welcomed by the Rt Hon Mrs Bayliss, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire and local civic dignitaries, His Royal Highness saw how the plant exports en...
Response to the Government’s ‘strategy for growth’ at today’s CBI conference
Posted 25 Oct 2010
Mike Hellings, Viridor Managing Director, said: “Leading UK recycling, renewable power and waste management company, Viridor, welcomes the Government’s intended support for technology, innovation and infrastructure in these economically challenging times. "It is important for the Government to recognise t...
Oxfordshire agrees Energy from Waste plant
Posted 25 Oct 2010
Oxfordshire County Council’s planning and regulation committee has approved Viridor’s application to build an Energy from Waste (EfW) facility at its existing landfill and recycling site in Ardley, north Oxfordshire. The proposed EfW facility will have a capacity to process some 300,000 tonnes of res...
Coca-Cola Enterprises’ Sustainability Week gets recycling boost
Posted 20 Oct 2010
For the second year in a row, leading recycling company Viridor has worked in partnership with the largest producer of soft-drinks in Europe, Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd (CCE), to raise awareness about sustainability and responsible waste management among employees across the UK. CCE’s ‘Corporate Responsibi...
Viridor Announces Second Phase of Runcorn EfW Plant
Posted 11 Oct 2010
EPC Contract signed Leading UK recycling, renewable power and waste management company Viridor Waste Management Limited (‘Viridor’), has signed the Engineering Procurement and Construction (‘EPC’) Contract for Phase II of the Energy from Waste (‘EfW’) plant at Runcorn in Cheshire with Keppel...
Viridor supports Kent Wildlife Trust
Posted 11 Oct 2010
Recycling and waste management company Viridor, with regional headquarters in Kings Hill, is delighted to partner Kent Wildlife Trust. As of this month, Viridor has become a corporate partner of the Trust and will investigate working opportunities to support local wildlife initiatives and raise awareness am...
Viridor welcomes CBI Energy from Waste report
Posted 8 Oct 2010
Viridor today welcomed the CBI’s briefing document entitled ‘Going to waste – Making the case for energy from waste’. The report acknowledges that the UK can no longer rely on landfill to deal with waste and must also meet energy security needs posed by climate change. For both these challenges, e...
Rubbish to refuge
Posted 5 Oct 2010
Viridor has been awarded ‘Biodiversity Benchmark’ status by the Wildlife Trusts for three of its South West landfill sites. Tatchells and Warmwell in Dorset and Odcombe in Somerset are all now closed landfills that have been restored to encourage wildlife and enhance habitats and the wider environment. Th...
Spikey Sorts out Greater Manchester's Recycling
Posted 4 Oct 2010
Local comedian Dave Spikey will soon appear in homes across Greater Manchester as part of a campaign that aims to boost recycling. Recycle for Greater Manchester, a partnership between the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) and Viridor Laing (Greater Manchester) Limited (VLGM), will launch ...
Public Consultation in Lostock Gralam
Posted 1 Oct 2010
As part of Viridor’s on-going public consultation concerning the proposed Lostock Works waste treatment facility, a public consultation will be held at Lostock Sport and Social Club between 4pm and 8pm on Monday 11th October 2010. Letters will be sent out shortly to all local residents to invite them to the...
Operations at landfill site in West Sussex to continue
Posted 1 Oct 2010
Viridor confirms that it intends to continue safely disposing of waste at its Horton landfill site in West Sussex following submission of planning application to change a planning condition last month. Speaking on behalf of the company, regional director Graham Warren commented: “We remain committed to full...
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