Dig A Screener

Hear us on iTunes

Mark Anthony — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:00:13 +0000

Our decision to offer Dig A Screener and Dig A Crusher products for hire as well as sale has found favour with iTunes’ Demolition Podcast Network and with the Demolition News website.

Following an interview with Demolition News’ founder Mark Anthony, you can now hear our rationale for starting our own hire fleet both online and through your iPod, iPod Touch or iPhone.

To hear the standard MP3 version, simply click the blue link below.

Podcast Interview

Alternatively, visit iTunes and download the interview and listen to it at your leisure.

UKCG signs up to waste initiative

Mark Anthony — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:18:36 +0000

Trade magazine Contract Journal reports that members of the UK Contractors Group have agreed to sign up to the WRAP Halving Waste to Landfill Commitment.

The group, which represents 25 major contractors, will individually report progress in achieving their own waste targets through the use of the WRAP Waste to Landfill Reporting Portal. The portal allows monitoring of individual company performance improvement and permits comparison against industry standards.

Read the full story here.

Landfill Tax Consultation

Mark Anthony — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:30:02 +0000

Online waste and recycling resource MRW is reporting that the Treasury has launched a consultation on modernising the landfill tax system which includes plans to change the definitions of taxable disposal of waste at a landfill site and inert wastes.

The document titled Modernising landfill tax legislation cites last year’s Waste Recycling Group vs. HM Revenue & Customs case as a key driver for this change.

Read the full story here.

WRAP Welcomes Additional Funding

Mark Anthony — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:14:32 +0000

WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) welcomes its additional £10 million funding announced in today’s budget for the development of reprocessing facilities for food waste. The funding will enable new composting and anaerobic digestion facilities to be built – processing over 300,000 additional tonnes of food waste every year. It builds on our existing programmes which have been operating for over five years and will divert more waste from landfill, create more renewable energy and produce more useful agricultural products.

This funding is in addition to the £10 million to help build anaerobic digestion demonstration plants announced by Hilary Benn in his speech to the National Farmers' Union Centenary Conference on 18 February 2008.

Read further details here.

Budget Confirms Landfill Tax Hike

Mark Anthony — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:33:26 +0000

Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced that there will be a continued increase in the standard rate of landfill tax by £8 per tonne on 1 April each year until 2013 in this year’s Budget.

This will mean that landfill tax will be £56 in 2011, £64 in 2012 and £72 by April 2013. The Government aims to reduce the UK’s dependence on landfill by encouraging further investment into alternative waste management options, such as anaerobic digestion technology.

Click here for further details.

Scotland Announces Compost Trials

Mark Anthony — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:42:16 +0000

A new series of WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) projects being established across the country mean that Scotland is once again at the forefront of trialling innovative new applications for quality compost that will help shape policy and practice across the UK.

The trials - which are being conducted by Forestry Commission Scotland and SAC amongst others in partnership with WRAP - are designed to determine the commercial benefits of using quality compost in applications that range from soil improvement through to the establishment of woodland and biomass crops on brownfield land.

For further information, please click here.

Manchester Joins WRAP Initiative

Mark Anthony — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:22:33 +0000

Manchester City Council has become the first English council to sign up to WRAP’s (Waste & Resources Action Programme) Halving Waste to Landfill voluntary agreement.

By making this commitment Manchester joins leading clients, contractors and retailers such as Network Rail, Laing O’Rourke, Balfour Beatty, Asda and Marks & Spencer.

Read the full details here.

The Business Case for Anaerobic Digestion

Mark Anthony — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:04:42 +0000

We have just come across this excellent article on the subject of anaerobic digestion, a process that we firmly believe to be the solution to our growing waste management challenges here in the UK.

Please click here for details.

WRAP Strengthens Regional Support

Mark Anthony — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:29:44 +0000

WRAP’s (Waste & Resources Action Programme) expanded business development service will enable small-medium (SME) recycling businesses across England to draw on local expertise through regionally placed business advisors. SMEs in the recycling or reprocessing industry can receive free support and advice from WRAP at any stage of their business development.

Click here for further details.

WRAP Initiative Hits Scotland

Mark Anthony — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:32:18 +0000

Fife Council has announced today it will be the first council in Scotland to sign up to WRAP’s (Waste & Resources Action Programme) Halving Waste to Landfill commitment. Fife Council will join Laing O’Rourke and Hamilton Waste Recycling Ltd to bring the voluntary commitment to the Scottish
construction industry.

Click here for full story.