Municipal

Valoriza Servicios Medioambientales, one of Spain’s largest environmental services contractors and part of Grupo Sacyr, took over the waste collection service in Albacete in July 2016. At the time, the city council awarded the contract to Valoriza for fifteen years, with an option to extend it for a further five ...

The Recycling Partnership in Crawley has purchased three brand new refuse vehicles from Gloucestershire-based Refuse Vehicle Solutions Ltd (RVS). These are equipped with the latest bin weighing equipment and installed with new waste management software. Jason Taylor, Group Commercial Manager, The Recycling Partnership said: “The business continues to grow rapidly ...

FACTS columnist and waste management expert Timothy Byrne takes a look back at the waste collection services of UTE RM2 in the eastern part of Madrid City, Spain On 1st November 2016, UTE RM2 won lot two to provide waste collection services to the eastern part of Madrid City. The ...

Go Plant Limited have completed the acquisition of the business and assets of operated sweeper hire company SM Sweepers Limited. SM Sweepers is a family run business started in 2007, operating from Raunds, Wellingborough. Over the years, they have built up a reputation for quality and consequently have a loyal ...

Following the acquisition of Go Plant in the summer by Essential Fleet Services, the successful merger of the two businesses has now been completed. From 1 December 2017, the combined business will operate under the new name of Go Plant Fleet Services Ltd.  The merger brings together two highly complementary ...

Two gritters procured by Doncaster Council have been named Gritsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Anti-Slip Machiney and David Plowie following a Twitter poll which saw a flurry of entries. The Doncaster Council account was snowed under by over 40,000 suggestions from Twitter users, including comedians Rufus Hound and Bob Mortimer, ...

Hako provides technical solutions for your cleaning and municipal requirements. The Hako range of multifunctional sweepers are ideal for use in a variety of working environments and provide year-round capabilities ranging from street cleansing and grounds maintenance through to winter snow clearance and de-icing. Hako pride themselves on delivering a ...

Waste management expert and FACTS columnist Timothy Byrne remembers the days when Cartaways, Clugston Reclamation, Leigh Environmental, and A.Smith and Sons (Waste Disposal) could be found across the Black Country. Do you? All these waste disposal companies used to be a familiar sight on the Black Country’s roads. How did ...

Stock Sweepers’ Tempest Leaf Blower represents an unprecedented innovation for the municipal industry. This technology was born out of the company’s extensive real-world experience of using road sweepers as well as through close collaboration with local authority clients in the UK. “As part of their efforts to downsize their sweeper ...

Editor Joe Wyatt spoke to Robert Davidson, Operations Director at CPD, to discuss RWM, sustainable plans for growth, and how aftersales is core to the company’s offering What have you been showcasing at RWM this year? This year sees CPD adding the Titan Hydrolift to our portfolio of municipal vehicles. ...