17th August 2020
As a business we’ve been promoting tele-conferencing for internal meetings for over 10 years and more recently video meetings with our introduction of Microsoft Teams. Along with car sharing, it is one of many SUEZ’s initiatives for managing the carbon footprint of our activities. The need to have a fairly large number of our people working remotely has certainly increased
6th August 2020
When going back to work after a summer holiday, maternity leave or being off sick, it’s not unusual to have mixed feelings. After months of lockdown amid a pandemic that has turned lives upside down, those feelings can run to new extremes. Some of our people have been ‘virtually’ hammering the office door to be allowed back in so they
13th July 2020
We know how important outreach work is, especially when encouraging interest in STEM subjects and careers. Going on field trips and listening to assembly talks from outside visitors are amongst my strongest memories from school.
30th June 2020
We must hope that some good comes from the coronavirus pandemic, after all the loss, sacrifice and stress. One positive that businesses and employers can take from the crisis is the value of agility and resilience.
28th May 2020
You would have thought that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were a perfect fit for a waste sector that is going through its own rapid evolution, even before the COVID-19 pandemic hit us. By 2024, expected policy reforms around consistent collections, deposit return schemes and an overhaul of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) are all due to be operational. Though I
22nd May 2020
As we emerge from the lockdown phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and start to look ahead to a gradual return to more normal activities, we progress from the emergency management phase for the waste and resources sector into a staged and planned recovery period.
20th May 2020
For years we’ve been telling our people that their safety is our first priority. Now more than ever, it’s vital that we live up to this commitment.
5th May 2020
Despite the massive changes to our normal way of lives, the waste sector has continued to deliver its core services, day in and day out. Results from ADEPT for the last full week of April 2020 show that 100% of residual and clinical waste services continue to be maintained, as well as almost 90% of food waste collections. Dry recycling
18th April 2020
There is much discussion in the media and our sector on the issue of Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) being closed, and whether they should be reopened right now during the national lockdown.
9th April 2020
The circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic are unlike anything we’ve seen before. We’re having to react to a rapidly evolving environment while ensuring that we are following government and Public Health England’s guidelines to minimise the risk of spreading coronavirus. With no real examples of what’s been done before to draw upon, these challenging times present many questions for those
