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Archive for September 2011
Lord Mayor Visits City’s Advanced Recycling Site
Posted 30 Sep 2011
The Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Councillor Dr Sylvia Dunkley has visited Viridor’s Salmon Pastures recycling facility in Attercliffe. The site was officially opened in April this year by the recycling minister, Lord Henley [1]. The Lord Mayor’s visit included a tour of the state-of-the-art Glass Recycli...
Fortnightly Collections
Posted 30 Sep 2011
‘Any recycling and waste collection system from households or businesses should aim to make recycling simple and convenient, in order to encourage high levels of participation. Residual waste collections should work in tandem with this. The frequency of collections remains a matter of choice for local a...
Funding secured for Trident Park
Posted 29 Sep 2011
Viridor has secured funding from its parent company Pennon for an Energy from Waste (EfW) Combined Heat and Power facility at Trident Park in Cardiff, and is due to begin construction in 2012. When completed, this essential facility will safely handle 350,000 tonnes of residual waste a year and pr...
Corporate Responsibility Report Launched
Posted 28 Sep 2011
The waste industry is changing, and Viridor is at the forefront. The Corporate Responsibility Report 2011 demonstrates how we’re transforming waste, delivering added-value services and contribute towards the environment and the communities in which we operate. The Corporate Responsibility Report’s new loo...
AD Facility To Transform Somerset Organic Wastes Into Power
Posted 27 Sep 2011
Viridor is looking forward to progressing its first anaerobic digestion facility in the South West, complementing the facilities the company currently operates and plans to develop elsewhere in the UK. The plant will be located at Viridor’s Walpole Recycling and Landfill site, near Bridgwater in Somerset&...
Incident at Sandfold Lane HWRC, Manchester
Posted 19 Sep 2011
Sandfold Lane Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) in Levenshulme, Manchester is currently closed to the public due to a vehicle fire on site. Three engines from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue service are currently in attendance to manage the incident. A spokesperson from Viridor said; “At aroun...
South Lanarkshire Council announce Viridor as preferred bidder
Posted 7 Sep 2011
Commenting on the decision by South Lanarkshire Council to announce Viridor as its preferred bidder for the development and delivery of a twenty-five year solution for the treatment and disposal of residual waste, Colin Paterson, Viridor’s Scottish Regional Director, said: “As Scotland’s leading r...
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