PRODUCTS & SERVICES
Workplace managers cannot ignore
Closed loop food waste recycling at The
asbestos risks in 2007
Tower Hotel
Despite a virtual ban on new
Having developed a successful segregation system for a variety
asbestos products and strong Health &
of dry recyclables, the Tower Hotel in Crieff, Perthshire, has seen their
Safety legislation, the problem of
recycling rates soar after installing a Rocket® In-vessel Composter
asbestos in the workplace has not gone
supplied by Scottish Organic Services, the northern
away. It is believed that between 4000
representative[DB1] for manufacturers Accelerated Compost Ltd.
and 7000 asbestos related deaths will
In the first year of operation the Rocket(® has composted some
occur in the UK this year, and this figure
3,000 litres of food waste, saving 1.5 tonnes of
is set to keep on rising until the year
potentially methane-producing material from
2010, when it is expected to peak at around 10,000 deaths per
landfill, and a further 3 tonnes of garden waste -
year. These deaths are not only from people who worked directly
a significant achievement from this picturesque
with asbestos, but from current employees like electricians, plumbers,
hotel that started life in 1792 as a college for
maintenance engineers, etc.
medical students.
The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations have now been
Over 20 tonnes of dry recyclables are saved
replaced by the Control of Asbetos Regulations 2006, which bring
from landfill annually, comprising 24,000 litres of
together three previous sets of regulations covering the prohibition of
glass, 24,000 litres of cardboard, 1,680 litres of
asbestos, the control of asbestos at work and asbestos licensing.
A500 Rocket® In-Vessel Composter with a
paper, 5,760 litres of cans, 2,880 litres of organic
selection of foods grown using compost
These and other legislation like the Management of Health & Safety
produced by processing food waste
kitchen waste, 600 litres of vegetable oil and generated at the Tower Hotel.
at Work Regulations 1999 and the Construction (Design &
3,000 litres of plastic milk bottles.
Management) Regulations 2007 impose a clear ‘Duty to Manage’
The Rocket® In-Vessel Composter eliminates the need for
hazards directly at all those who control commercial or public
traditional food waste disposal routes, removing rotting matter from
premises of any kind.
the waste stream and overcoming these problems while producing
This duty requires company management to protect employees
high quality compost at the end of the process.
who work in these premises, as well as visitors and other users of the
Maintaining an operating temperature above 65°C and
premises, from the risks to ill-health that exposure of asbestos
automatically aerating material by way of an internal auger that not
causes. And there is clear requirement to take reasonable steps to
only serves to aerate the material but moves it along the body of the
find out if there are materials containing asbestos on site, and if so,
machine, the Rocket® can turn out composted material in around
how much is there, where it is and what condition it is in.
14 days.
Adams Environmental is an expert company with accredited
Composted material derived from the Rocket® at the Tower
Inspection Body status, offering a range of survey and consultancy
Hotel is screened at 25mm with oversize being returned to the start
services, including asbestos assessment, ‘sick building’ syndrome,
of the process and the finer fraction stored for maturation for a
and dust & fume monitoring.
further two months.
info@adamsenvironmental.co.uk
www.quickcompost.co.uk
Tana Water takes steps to reduce carbon
Maximise Recycling Collection
footprint
Glasdon UK’s exciting new Nexus 100
Recycling Bin system has been designed to
Tana Water UK Ltd has announced that it has initiated a carbon
help maximise the collection of recycled
rating programme with co2balance.com to help the company to
material and help organisations achieve
reduce its overall environmental impact and become a “Carbon
higher levels of waste recycling.
Zero” company.
Designed to meet diverse recycling
To carry out the assessment, co2balance.com considered Tana
requirements, this new range of recycling
Water’s carbon emissions from energy consumption in its UK
bins offers excellent flexibility. An extensive
premises; company vehicles; air travel to its supplier; product import
range of options helps create a one-stop
and logistics. It then provided advice on the company’s overall
recycling point for the collection of various
environmental policy. Figures were calculated using co2balance’s
recyclable materials, such as paper, cans,
Business Carbon Calculator against industry benchmarks for energy
bottles or confidential waste. All units are front-opening and have
usage and best practice.
removable wheeled doors to assist handling of heavier waste such
Preliminary findings on Tana Water’s environmental
as paper.
performance are that it is operating efficiently for a business of its
The sleek, contemporary design of the Nexus 100 range will
size. In order to reduce its carbon emissions, co2balance.com has
complement any environment, with user-friendly colour-coded
recommended that the company changes one of its company
apertures and clear graphics. The large 100 litre capacity is ideal
vehicles for a model with lower environmental impact; reduces
for creating recycling collection stations. Units can be customised
heating in the Bracknell warehouse and continues with its import
using optional side pods for the collection of other recyclable waste.
policy, which has a 68% lower carbon footprint than companies
The stylish Nexus Cup Bank collects used drinks cups for
shipping in products from farther a field.
recycling and stores waste liquid separately. A unique stacker
To achieve a Carbon Zero rating, Tana Water
moulding inside the unit collects cups neatly and compactly. Nexus
has agreed to offset its carbon emissions by
Cup Bank is supplied with an 8ltr reservoir side pod as standard, to
funding afforestation programmes in the UK.
collect waste liquid. The option of an additional waste pod is ideal
Unlike other carbon offsetting products,
for collecting teabags or stirrers.
co2balance.com’s planting programmes are
Nexus 100 Recycling Bins provide a variety of siting options and
completely financed by offsetting and trees would
can be supplied with Sign Kits to further promote your recycling
not otherwise be planted without the involvement
message.
of carbon rated companies.
sales@glasdon-uk.co.uk
www.tanawater.co.uk
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