Alison Stephenson Local Democracy Reporting Service BBC The system can identify heat spots before fires are noticeable to the human eye Planning consent is being sought for a new fire prevention and suppression system at Plymouth’s largest recycling and waste facility. Biffa Waste Services, which runs the Chelson Meadow facility for Plymouth City Council, said...
A suspected World War Two bomb has been found at a Plymouth recycling centre, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police were called to Chelson Meadow Waste Reception Centre at about 14:30 BST on Friday after the item was discovered. Officers said said the Royal Navy ordnance disposal team had been called to assess the...
In his regular feature, Denis the Dustcart explores how Exeter’s approach to recycling focuses on quality, circularity, and ethical value. It’s not just about reducing waste – it’s about making sure that what we recycle becomes something useful again, and again, and again. You can follow Denis on his Facebook page to keep up with information about...
I haven’t had one of these stories in a while to fuss over, with everything going on in the world and that’s a good thing. Plus, there’s the fact that the Trump administration has been cooling some serious jets on the renewable scam side of the house, so perhaps the potential for building bigger and...
Scott Bingham BBC News, South West BBC The company recovers critical metals from old electric vehicle batteries The UK’s first electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling plant has secured millions of dollars of investment to help scale up its Plymouth-based business. Altilium Clean Technology employs 50 staff across three locations in the city and Tavistock. The...
Ten carmakers and two industry groups have been fined a combined total of nearly £78m for withholding information about vehicle recycling. BMW, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Peugeot Citroen, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Renault, Toyota, Vauxhall, and Volkswagen, and two trade bodies were fined by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The carmakers and trade groups were found...
Anna Meisel and Paul Kenyon BBC File on 4 Investigates Getty The UK ends up with about 50 million waste tyres in need of recycling every year Millions of tyres being sent from the UK to India for recycling are actually being “cooked” in makeshift furnaces causing serious health problems and huge environmental damage, the...