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S Norton & Co Ltd, one of the UK’s leading metal recyclers, has prioritised investment in new materials handling equipment and supporting its independent customer base after reporting a healthy return to profitability in its latest published accounts for 2016. New cranes are arriving at Barking as part of a …

Chris Oldfield – chairman of waste shredding specialist UNTHA UK – has announced his retirement from the recycling industry following a career spanning almost 50 years. He now fully hands over the reins of the company to managing director Marcus Brew. With mechanical engineering, works and industrial management qualifications under …

Ecosurety, one of the UK’s leading packaging compliance schemes and resource efficiency specialists, has pledged their support to MetalMatters, the metal packaging industry’s flag ship behavioural change programme. As part of their support package, Ecosurety successfully introduced the programme to Bristol City Council and The Bristol Waste Company who launched …

S Norton & Co Ltd, one of the UK’s prominent metal recyclers, has returned to profitability after poor results the previous year, according to its latest published accounts for 2016. Annual turnover increased to £205 million for the year to 31 December 2016, up from £147 million and the company …

Teamwork between S Norton & Co Ltd and its customer AR Demolition successfully completed the demolition and clearance of redundant processing plant at a remote granite quarry on the west coast of Scotland. The Liverpool-based metals recycler provided specialist support for the Midlands demolition company in processing and transporting more …

Austrian-headquartered shredding specialist UNTHA has just dispatched its 150th waste shredder. The XR mobil-e is heading to France where, when commissioned, it will process 25 tonnes per hour of C&I waste down to 80mm particle size. But this machine had a particularly special ‘send-off’ when it left UNTHA’s manufacturing plant …

Secure waste destruction specialist Manchip3Media (M3Media) has geared up for further growth by installing a new shredding system. The DIN66399 certified UNTHA RS30 shredder will make light work of the old-format media that M3Media is processing on behalf of key customers including Sky, the BBC and Channel 4. Capable of …

The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has announced that Ball Corporation is becoming a direct funding partner of MetalMatters; the packaging industry’s communications programme in the UK which aims to boost the capture rates for metal packaging collected at kerbside. Ball, a leading supplier of innovative, sustainable beverage, food and …

Innovation and ensuring compliance with growing industry regulation will be vital for the future success of the scrap metal recycling sector, claims one of the UK’s prominent metals recyclers, S Norton & Co Ltd. Warning of potentially challenging times ahead, Managing Director Roger Morton suggests organisations that fail to maintain …

The largest UNTHA four shaft shredder has been installed at renowned waste management firm LKM Recycling. The RS150 has been procured to maximise materials recovery and revenue generation at this increasingly diverse recycling specialist. Over 40 years ago, LKM started out as a scrap metal business but fast forward to …