Category: Advice

Home is where the recycling is

We read an interesting article this month which reported that whilst UK residents may be recycling at home, they don’t all necessarily continue their efforts in the workplace.

Office firm Avery is said to have commissioned a survey of 1,000 individuals, to help UK businesses discover greener ways of operating. Findings illustrated that whilst eight out of ten employees are encouragingly segregating their recyclable materials at home, four out of ten admitted not using the recycling bi...

Pride in the UK’s pioneering plastics plant

The media has recently been awash with news of the world’s biggest plastic bottle processing plant, which was officially opened by waste minister Lord Taylor in Lincolnshire this month.

A result of the £15m joint venture between Coca-Cola Enterprises and ECO Plastics, Continuum Recycling’s vast Hemswell site is said to now more than double the amount of bottle-grade recycled plastic (rPET) previously created in Britain. Statistics highlighted by industry journal MRW stated that Co...

Government not doing enough to raise awareness of recycling targets

A nationwide survey carried out on behalf of Riverside Waste Machinery has revealed that only 29.6% of respondents feel the Government is taking enough action to raise awareness about the UK’s waste and recycling targets.

Passionate about the country’s ever-changing attitudes to waste management, Riverside managing director Chris Oldfield was keen to understand what the viewpoint was amongst general members of the public. When analysing the results from the 1955 individuals polled, ...

Paper and board guidance sheds light on much-debated industry issue

Guidance was launched last week (as reported by industry title MRW on 5th May) to help the recovered paper industry comply with European legislation surrounding the safety of food packaging. Having welcomed this development, Riverside Waste Machinery managing director Chris Oldfield considers what this could mean for quality standards within the sector...

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Energy from Waste (EfW) progress continues…

Energy from Waste (EfW) has been acknowledged as a valid contributor to the UK’s energy agenda, a recent article in MRW suggested. Riverside Waste Machinery’s managing director Chris Oldfield now waits with baited breath, to see if the coalition Government further embraces the potential that EfW technologies have to offer in this country...

“As a company we’ve been talking about terminology such as EfW, Refuse Derived Fuel and landfill diversion for some time now. Because it’s...

WEEE recycling taking great leaps in right direction

With the UK now reportedly recycling more than ever before – and better still producing less waste in the first place – we should feel greatly encouraged by the country’s ever-advancing approach to waste management.  But what more can we do?

What has particularly stood out to us this month in terms of industry developments is the recast of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive. Targets are set to get tougher so recycling rates will need to increase. But ...

RWM and Futuresource merger a positive step for industry

Emap and CIWM’s announcement to bring together two of the UK’s leading recycling and waste management events marks a positive step for the industry, suggests Riverside Waste Machinery’s managing director Chris Oldfield.

Having both excelled as stand-alone exhibitions over the years, here Chris considers what lies in store for delegates in September 2011 when RWM and Futuresource wi...

Efficiency, Cost-saving and Profitability Consultations at Futuresource

Riverside Waste Machinery – the specialist shredding and baling equipment supplier – is to show Futuresource visitors that with the right waste processing solution it is possible to not only make considerable cost-savings, but to improve profitability too.

Having recently unveiled the revolutionary UNTHA TR series – a pioneering new secondary shredding concept for the processing of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) substances – Riverside has experienced significant interest from clients...

To Shred or not to Shred your Confidential Waste

Chris Oldfield considers the UK market for confidential waste, and shares with you his expert opinion...

• Are companies still going to shredding specialists for their kit or are they starting to go elsewhere?
• Have there been any changes in the way confidential waste is being dealt with?
• Is there more/less of it?

I would confidently say that companies are still turning to shredding specialists, not just for technology, but for the additional expertise they...

The Potential of Refuse Derived Fuel

As tempting as it may be in a recession to ignore EU landfill diversion initiatives while we struggle for economic stability, the current unprecedented pressures on the Government and waste management industry to find alternative solutions for utilising waste, are not about to disappear.

It is now more than ten years since the EU Landfill Directive brought in tough new requirements to reduce the amount of biodegradable municipal waste being sent to landfill. Driven by the need to minimi...

Riverside Welcomes Interest in RDF

Since unveiling revolutionary new technology for the processing of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) last September, Riverside Waste Machinery has been busy dealing with the exceptionally positive interest shown in its new product range.

“We were pretty confident that the new UNTHA TR series would be well received but are absolutely thrilled with just how much of a stir it has caused,” commented Riverside’s managing director Chris Oldfield.

“Europe has the largest energy from wast...