Cerebra Integrated Technologies, one of India’s premier total IT Solutions retailers, announced a new partnership with Cimelia Resource Recovery Pte Ltd, India’s biggest e-waste recycling firm. The alliance will allow Cerebra Integrated to begin work on its proposed e-waste recycling facility, set to be constructed near Bangalore. Located on 10 acres of land in the region, the new electronic waste recycling unit will be set-up entirely by Cimelia including machinery. The recycling firm will also aid Cerebra in the managing of the new facility. Appropriately dubbed the E-waste plant, the new recycling unit will allow Cerebra Integrated to double its e-waste recycling ... Full Story

A team of 60 firefighters are tackling a large fire at a recycling facility in Horwich. After being called to the Armstrong Group recycling plant, fire crews have continued to try to contain the blaze that broke out at 2 am after hundreds of tonnes of plastic refuse caught fire. Traffic has been shut down on Chorley New Road and the plume of smoke resulting can be seen for miles outside the facility. A support vehicle and eight of the county’s fire engines have been called to the scene. A Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said that crews arrived to ... Full Story

A proposal for a series of waste plants in Basildon, Rivenhall and Colchester has been met with controversy after a new document revealed the initial plans. Essex County Council will launch a consultation detailing where the county’s waste is being sent and how best to manage it. County Hall has requested that companies begin submitting proposals for ways to better handle household black bag waste. The winning scheme will be selected by the council to receive a £100million in private grant funding. Initially reports indicated that just one major waste processing facility, which would encompass recycling, treatment, composting and energy recovery would ... Full Story

Firefighters are battling a large blaze at a recycling plan in Edinburgh that began yesterday. With smoke clouds visible as far away as Fife, the blaze has so far required the efforts of six fire engines and four specialised appliances. The Biffa plant, located on West Shore Road, has already had its roof cave in and the steel structure is beginning to buckle. Furthermore, the fire, at its height, required eight firefighters to enter the building in oxygen masks. Fire Group Manager Robert Taylor said on the scene that the call about the fire came in around 5.25 am and personnel were ... Full Story

A waste company has been placed in administration following a large fire that has ruined the firm. With the North Yorkshire-based company going into administration, more than 30 jobs in the area are expected to be lost. The firm, which was forced to make 33 of its 37 staff redundant this week, suffered staggering losses after its facility at Marston Moor Business Park in Tockwith was consumed by the blaze. BCB Environmental Management Ltd will retain the remaining five members of its staff to oversee clean-up at the site, but then will make them redundant as well. Sheffield’s P&A Partnership will take ... Full Story

The plan’s for the controversial new waste processing plant proposed for North Yorkshire will be released to the public during the next few days, councilors have said. Aimed at diverting waste in the area from landfill, the proposed waste incinerator has met with protests from local residents and environmental groups. The facility, which will include a multi-million pound incinerator, will be able to process hundreds of tonnes of rubbish per year for the council. However, the facility, to be built at Allerton Waste Recovery Park, has met with large amounts of public disapproval. This has prompted those supporting the scheme to ... Full Story

Villagers in Caerphilly are planning a protest after odour from rotting food waste at a local compost centre has become a burden. Residents in Gelligaer, Nelson and Penybryn said that they can smell the Bryn compost site causing them to be unable to open their windows during the summer. They aim to protest and force the firm to take immediate action. The rally will be held at Greenhill school in Gelligaer on Wednesday. The composting firm said that it is already working alongside the Environment Agency for a more long term solution to the problem. However, Ray Matthews, a resident from Gelligaer ... Full Story

Residents in North Yorkshire have taken to protesting as councillors gear up to make a decision on a proposal for a controversial waste incinerator in the borough. A decision will be handed down next month as to whether or not to approve the plant, which will be built nearby to Knaresborough and Harrogate, amidst calls for improved recycling rates as an alternative to the incinerator. The county council has said that the site will only serve to complement its plans to boost recycling efforts in the community. Cllr John Savage is adamant, however, that if recycling rates ... Full Story

Private waste operators have called for a public planning hearing in regards to Dublin City Council’s mandatory purchase order for property needed for the proposed Poolbeg incinerator. According to the local authority, it made the CPO due to delays in securing a foreshore licence from the Department of the Environment. However, the Irish Waste Management Association has spoken out against the move, with Brendan Keane of the association calling the move cavalier and arrogant. In response several operators have requested a public hearing. US-based energy firm Covanta is in charge of work on the Poolbeg incinerator, which has been halted once a ... Full Story

A recycling firm in County Durham has finally been given the green light for an extended programme that will see household waste composted more regularly in the area. The Environment Agency and Defra have both given the go-ahead for the plans, which are sponsored by Premier Waste Management. The waste, which will encompass up to 60,000 tonnes, will be treated at a facility in Thornley near Peterlee. The firm will use bio-processing technology in order to break down common household waste into ... Full Story

The Health and Safety Executive will begin its investigation into a large waste transfer plant fire that broke out in North Yorkshire. Crews responded to word of a fire after BCB Environment Management Ltd. Located in Marston Moor Business Park in Tockwith reported its facility was on fire during the early morning on Wednesday. During the peak of the blaze, at least 30 fire personnel were on hand using an aerial ladder platform and five fire engines. North Yorkshire fire services said that overnight it would keep one engine at the scene in anticipation of any further outbreaks. The remainder of the ... Full Story

Construction has begun at the $9 million Flint Wastewater Treatment Plant facility, which will use human waste to generate electricity. Owned and operated by Swedish Biogas, the international biogas firm will use the site as a pilot for future endeavors in the conversion of human waste to energy. Two years after the initial groundbreaking ceremony, the new plant has finally begun to be built. Organisers of the facility have said that the Flint, Michigan-based plant will help the US move away from foreign dependency on oil and make the region a centre for biogas technology. According to Mayor Dayne Walling, the negotiations for ... Full Story