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Mayson: looking forward to a new challengeSITA UK has formed a new, dedicated energy recovery division following an internal restructuring of the business.
The Waterbeach MBT plantAmey and its joint venture partner Cespa (AmeyCespa) have acquired the waste management business, Donarbon, for an undisclosed sum.
» Biffa names Wakelin as ceo
» Wales smashes landfill diversion targets
» Welsh authorities to get funding boost
» Leicestershire reopens centre after building demolition
» Merseyside gives away more green bags
» Council uses leftovers to fuel vans

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Different waste strategies were highlighted at the Singapore summitBywaters' David Rumble recently returned from an event in Singapore, where he discovered wildly different approaches to waste management around the world
» Lessons from Europe at Futuresource

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» Food waste - I'm hungry to recycle!
» Litter - it's bugging me!
» From glass factories to Futuresource
» Talking rubbish (literally)
» Landfills - a nuclear option?

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Lee: calling for alternative fortnightly collectionsIf councils would accept side waste in black bags with fortnightly bin collections everyone would benefit, argues James Lee
Play safe with less haste: Timothy BryneIt's about time task and finish was abolished on collection rounds - it not only puts speed before safety, but results in illegal working practices, argues Timothy Byrne
» Time for WEEE to take centre stage
» Cam-Clegg: Partners in grime?
» How to get an editor's attention
» Why being human could prove suicidal
» How Twitter is breaking the ice
» Clamp down on clothing cowboys

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Both authorities will benefit from increased recycling rates through Project ReduceThere are now just three bidders left in the running for a 25-year residual waste contract, part of Project Reduce, a partnership between Milton Keynes Council and Northamptonshire County Council.
L to R: Eric Wright, chairman, Eric Wright Construction; Albert Atkinson, deputy leader, Lancashire County Council; Howard Rushton and Richard Matthewman of Neales Waste ManagementLancashire County Council has awarded two new six-year contracts to Neales Waste Management.
» Serco wins £650M Sandwell deal
» Staffordshire agrees £1bn deal with Veolia
» Biffa and M+W in £1bn MBT facility deal
» Veolia strikes deal with Medway
» Interserve completes City and County Council build
» Gateshead welcomes new wheelie bins

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