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Industrial shredding specialist UNTHA UK has appointed a new service manager as the North Yorkshire team gears up for its biggest year of projects to date. Rob Carnell has joined the business following ten years working for the world’s third largest forklift truck manufacturer, Jungheinrich. Having progressed through the German-owned …

2017 was a record-breaking year for Recofloor with 563 tonnes of waste vinyl flooring collected for recycling into flooring or other products. Collections from contractors rose by 10.5% compared to last year, diverting even more vinyl flooring from landfill. Distributors and contractors signed up to Altro and Polyflor’s national vinyl …

Steve Millward, General Manager at Bakers Basco looks at how reusable packaging is integral to reducing waste in the food chain. Cauliflower steaks have been all over the news recently. Basically, they consist of two slices of cauliflower in a plastic tray, with a plastic pouch of sauce, all protected …

Among the many machinery and equipment manufacturers exhibiting at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, taking place at RAI Amsterdam on 24 and 25 April 2018, EREMA and WiPa will showcase new specialist plastic recycling technology. WiPa will feature its new WPP flat die press pelletiser and EREMA will present its …

An UNTHA XR mobil-e shredder is now operational at Struber Entsortgung in Kuchl, Austria, as the company prepares to expand its waste management capabilities. Passionate about environmentally friendly waste treatment methods, Struber is no stranger to the resource industry. With a heritage spanning more than 50 years, the medium-sized family …

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 …

Mark Mosby has joined the Vanden Recycling team at its new plastic recycling facility in Peterborough. Appointed to the role of Operations Manager, Mark will lead the Peterborough team ensuring safe and efficient working practices and achieving optimum levels of high quality material outputs. With almost two decades of experience …

The collection and recycling of waste PVC in the UK reached a new high of 120,392 tonnes in 2016, according to latest figures from Recovinyl, the PVC industry’s recycling scheme. It’s an increase of 12% compared to the previous year (2015: 107,593). The window profiles recycled represent the equivalent to …

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 …