Introducing Aerospace Bristol – The new home of Concorde

by Jo Williams | Apr 3, 2018 | General, News

Aerospace Bristol is an exciting brand-new museum telling the fascinating global story of Bristol’s world-class aerospace industry. From the Boxkite biplane through to the modern day, Aerospace Bristol, located in Filton to the north of Bristol, transports visitors...

Reducing Easter Egg Packaging

by Karen Mepsted | Mar 29, 2018 | General, News

Reducing Easter Egg Packaging  A third of Easter egg weight can be packaging, Which? Say As much as a third of the weight of an Easter egg is still the cardboard and plastic packaging it comes in, according to research by Which?. However, manufacturers have made big...

New Charges announced by the Environment Agency for regulatory services

by Karen Mepsted | Mar 26, 2018 | General, News

The Environment Agency has published its new charging scheme for regulatory permits and services, which will be effective from 1 April 2018. The new charges have been introduced so that businesses and organisations cover the full cost of the services they receive...

Hazardous Waste Disposal – Pre-Acceptance Explained

by Jo Williams | Mar 20, 2018 | General, News

Customers often ask us why, when they have provided us with an outline description of what they are looking to dispose of, we then go back with many more additional questions. Put simply, the answer is Safety and Compliance. All UK waste management facilities operate...

Pi Day

by Claire Tily | Mar 14, 2018 | General, News

Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π (pi). Pi Day is on March 14th (3/14 in the month/day date format) as 3, 1, and 4 are the first three digits of π (3.14). The earliest know official celebration of Pi Day was organised by Larry Shaw in 1988...

Soiled Aluminium Foil Recycled into Catalyst

by Claire Tily | Mar 13, 2018 | General, News

Dirty aluminium foil has been recycled into an aluminia catalyst that is more active and cheaper than its commercial counterpart. It’s generally easy to recycle aluminium if it’s clean. But aluminium foil is usually contaminated by grease and oils from food or, in a...