Waste-handling firms face tougher background checks in crackdown on crime

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Waste management Firms that handle waste face more rigorous background checks under government plans to tackle fly-tipping, illegal waste exports and other environmentally damaging crimes. Illegal dumping by organised crime gangs costs the UK hundreds of millions of pounds each year while illegally exported waste tends to be sent to poorer countries that lack the […]

Plastic firm ploughs £750,000 into new recycling facility

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Plastic reprocessing business, Bright Green Plastics, which recycles over 40,000 tonnes of household and commercial waste each year, has invested £750,000 in developing a plastics sorting plant. It will be fully operational by the end of July 2020. The plant, installed at the company’s Castleford site, will enable the firm to take bales of mixed […]

Open For Business COVID-19 Pandemic

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#BusinessRecovery | Under government guidelines the following ‘essential’ retail businesses are authorised to stay open: food shops including supermarkets and market stalls; pharmacies; petrol stations; home and hardware stores; garages; car rentals; pet shops; corner shops; newsagents; post offices; banks; bicycle shops; off licences; laundrettes and dry cleaners. From 13th May, garden centres may re-open. […]