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One Man’s Waste? 22 Aug 2013 | 01:32 pm
One thing I am certain of this month is that nothing is certain! Consistency doesn’t exist and should we even expect it? Over 20 years ago, as an Environmental Resources student I answered an exam ...
August 2013 Skip Hunk 21 Aug 2013 | 08:52 pm
Donald, where’s your trooosers? The sun is shining in Bonnie Scotland, so this fine young(ish) hunk is flashing some leg for you all. How kind! Tam follows in the tradition of Rob Roy, Sean Connery an...
Skip Chick 21 Aug 2013 | 01:48 pm
It’s August, we’re feeling generous – so here’s a Buy One, Get One Free on our Skip Chicks this month. This was all thanks to colleague Amber Woolmington, who was commissioned by her co-workers to mak...
Where the streets are paved with gold 20 Aug 2013 | 08:19 pm
Veolia Environmental Services have announced they are sweeping the streets for precious metals after realising they are uncovering around £1million worth of platinum, gold and silver a year. Their ne...
61-year old wedding album found in skip 19 Aug 2013 | 08:14 pm
When Patrick and Rose Roach lost their wedding album weeks after their modest wedding in 1952, they feared they would never see their precious photos again. However, the album reared its head after a...
Cheque This Out 19 Aug 2013 | 01:55 pm
By Peter Hill, Verifiid Since the cash ban under LASPO 2012 (Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012) came into force on 3rd December 2012, a number of organisations have, (includin...
Long, hot summer 19 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
This summer has seen a spate of fires all over the UK in recycling centres, waste transfer stations and skip yards. Although official figures for fires at waste sites in 2013 won’t be released until ...
The Bards of the Bin 19 Aug 2013 | 01:09 pm
When a London residen t realised his bin hadn’t been collected, rather than get angry, he decided to get creative and get his point across through the medium of poetry. His verse was sent to Veolia th...
Jayplas “could not have prevented £6m fire” 18 Aug 2013 | 08:06 pm
The plastics factory that was engulfed by a fire that caused £6m of damage in Smethwick, Birmingham, last month, has been told that there was nothing they could have done to prevent it. The fire was ...
Pickles cracks down on green belt waste management plans 17 Aug 2013 | 01:59 pm
The Communities secretary, Eric Pickles has announced that local authorities will be banned from allowing any building of slurry pits, landfills or incinerators on green belt areas. The green belt id...
