9th October 2018
Posted by Dr Adam Read. It seems a long time ago, but August was busy this year. Busier than normal given the ongoing work Defra have been doing in preparation for the hotly anticipated Resources & Waste Strategy, now expected in November. Given the workloads, I was both dreading and feeling quite excited about September, a month where I was
1st October 2018
Post by Dr Adam Read. SUEZ has operated Pinbrook Road Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) for five years and the contract was renewed in April 2017. We operate 18 HWRCs on behalf of Devon County Council managing 90,000 tonnes of waste per year – and approximately 80% of that waste is recyclables. In addition to the HWRC’s, we operate two
1st October 2018
Posted by Dr Adam Read. I felt it was time to get back on the road to see some more sites, this time I returned to the south west, but rather than going as far as Cornwall, my destination was Devon, and in particular Exeter. In the early 1990s I called this home as I was based at the University,
20th September 2018
Posted by Dr Adam Read. I spent the day yesterday with over 100 delegates from some of the biggest brands in the world of flexible packaging, and having had a chance to reflect on it as I journeyed over to Manchester, I thought I should share my experiences. SUEZ hosted the workshop for the partners of CEFLEX, one of several
5th September 2018
Posted by Dr Adam Read. Local authorities have suffered over recent years due to ongoing austerity and have been asked year on year to do more with less. This has in some cases put services at risk, allowed contamination levels to rise, restricted communication campaigns to the bare minimum and increased tension between authorities and their contractors. This backdrop has
3rd September 2018
Posted by Dr Adam Read. It is only three months ago that a few colleagues and I met with our CEO, David Palmer-Jones, to discuss the complexity of our sector and the possible headaches facing Defra as they grappled with developing their new Resources & Waste Strategy. He was keen that we support them in any way possible and committed
29th August 2018
After the three hour journey down from Inverness I arrive at Binn Farm where I am keen to see how the processes work here, and how they differ to the site in Aberdeen that I visited yesterday. Stop four | Binn Farm landfill and material recycling facility The last stop of the day, on route to Edinburgh Airport was at
24th August 2018
Following a successful and busy morning at the Aberdeen materials recycling facility (MRF) and refuse derived fuel (RDF) site, checking out the processing engineering my next stop was at the local household waste recycling centres that SUEZ operate on behalf of Aberdeen City Council. Stop two | Aberdeen Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) SUEZ recycling and recovery UK operate five
21st August 2018
Some months in to my new role at SUEZ and I had only been north of the border once, which was back in October 2017 to speak at the Scottish Waste & Resource Conference about Deposit Return Schemes. It seemed only right that I get myself up to Scotland to see a number of our sites, and to see how
14th August 2018
Posted by Dr Adam Read. I have just come back from two weeks in Cyprus where I have been trying to ‘down tools’ and relax after what has been a hectic few months in our sector. But it was harder than ever to switch off, what with social media being omnipresent these days (my fault for turning my phone on
