News Headlines
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Internet of things placed on English trees to see how cope with climate change
Science
Vodafone has partnered with Defra and Forest Research to investigate how Internet of Things (IoT) technology can help monitor tree growth and support research into the role of trees in tackling climate change, with trials currently underway in Surrey and Northumberland.
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Nearly plastic free affordable low carbon homes granted planning in Redditch
Buildings & Cities
Accord Housing Association has secured planning permission for a ground breaking development of virtually plastic free affordable homes in Redditch.
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Throwaway plastic made into roads in Carlisle for Dept of Transport
Transport
An award-winning waste plastic roads company, MacRebur, who got the idea for using waste plastics in roads and car parks after witnessing landfill waste pickers in India melting the scavenged material for pothole infilling, is working with Cumbria County Council to lay the UK's first waste plastic highway in Carlisle.
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First batch of 60,000 wildlife and climate-friendly seagrass seeds cultivated in Plymouth lab
Nature
The first batch of 60,000 seeds of seagrass, one of the UK's most ecological and climate-friendly habitats, have been planted in a cultivation laboratory at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth.
Waste Management
New Recycling Test Facility
Following an increase in the demand for material testing, Bunting Magnetics Europe has constructed a new recycling test facility at their Master Magnets manufacturing operation in Redditch. Initially, the facility will house two models of Stainless-Steel Magnetic Separator and an Eddy Current Separator.
Millions of Dolav plastic pallet boxes assist recycling
Widely used in recycling and waste management, the Dolav Ace withstands harsh use including lead-acid battery recycling. Dolav customers, including recyclers, have bought more than a million Dolav Ace plastic pallet boxes in just ten years. In addition, in the last 42 years, Dolav made and supplied millions of other Dolav pallet boxes globally.
Combined Magnetic Separation Force on display at RWM2017
For the first time, the combined Magnetic Separation force of Bunting Magnetics Europe Ltd and Master Magnets will be on stand 5P80 at RWM 2017 (NEC, Birmingham, UK 12th – 14th September 2017).
IRISH DRAINAGE SPECIALIST CUTS LANDFILL VOLUME COSTS
Irish drainage specialist JC Enviro, looking to significantly reduce its landfill burden, has invested in a mobile dewatering unit will allow the extraction of rag and grit from a variety of waste water systems, including digester cleanouts, storm tank cleaning and gully waste. The new equipment comes from waste solutions company, CDEnviro.
Bunting Metal Separation Module Cleans Recycled Plastic for Recapture Plastics
Bunting Magnetics Europe Ltd has manufactured and supplied a complete Metal Separation Module and Metal Separator to a Kent based company Recapture Plastics to cleanse recycled plastic of metal.
IMPACT AIR SYSTEMS TO LAUNCH 'TRY BEFORE YOU BUY' KITS AT RWM 2016
Global waste extraction and separation specialists, Impact Air Systems, will launch their new ‘try before you buy’ testing kits at this year’s Resource and Waste Management Exhibition 2016, as a leaning towards further innovation.
