Vehicles/plant news
China's waste quality barrier renews PRN fraud fears
Fears grow as rejected material stokes UK stockpiling with limited reprocessing capacity
Avondale throws in towel on recycling venture
A Scottish MRF is to close after only a year, with its owners blaming falling values and volumes of recyclates.
MRF code 'needs strengthening'
The Resource Association (RA) has called for the MRF code to apply to all facilities and for light touch regulation of consistent good performers.
MRF code 'should apply to all'
Materials recovery facilities should be regulated regardless of their size, the Environmental Services Association has said.
High MRF employee death rate targeted
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has started a series of ‘hotspot’ inspections at recycling facilities in an attempt to reduce the high number of workplace accidents and deaths.
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Features
Waste in Spain takes bespoke route
Geesinknorba Spain has supplied a variety of waste collection vehicles to both public and private companies along Spain’s Mediterranean Coast in recent times. Timothy Byrne takes a closer look at some of the vehicle configurations being used
