Milton Keynes City Council has ordered an entire fleet of Dennis Eagle RCVs as part of its roll-out of a new waste and recycling contract. The fleet will be used for the city’s new waste and recycling service to be…
Author: Ann Marie Knegt
Cleaner roads are greener roads
With road dust accounting for up to 10% of particulate matter pollution in urban areas, road sweeping is a low-tech, efficient and affordable solution for improving UK air quality, writes Ben Williams from Bucher Municipal. Air pollution is a significant environmental…
Contract extension for SFS
Spelthorne Borough Council has extended its contract with SFS for another seven years, including maintenance, to replace the council’s current waste, recycling, and street cleansing fleet. This is the second contract award by the council to Specialist Fleet Services, and…
Get on your bike for bowel cancer research!
OWL4BOWELS will raise money by organising a charity bike ride from Oostende to Amsterdam (June 26 – June 28, 2024) for Bowel Cancer UK in memory of Jon Miles, who dedicated more than 30 years to the waste industry. Join…
Element 2 and Anglian Water partner to provide hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles in the UK
As a UK first, Element 2, a UK hydrogen infrastructure business, will purchase hydrogen produced by a new electrolyser using wastewater at Anglian Water’s Milton Road Cambridge water recycling site and supply it to hydrogen vehicles this summer. Producing green…
Applied Driving and VisionTrack join forces to create safe driving solution
Applied Driving has teamed up with VisionTrack, a creator of AI video telematics and connected vehicle data, to develop a video-enabled safe driving solution. The companies will bring the benefits of automated risk reduction together, 360-degree vision and cloud-based video…
Electra launches the UK’s first compact 12.5-tonne electric zero-emission waste fleet platform
Electra Commercial Vehicles, the zero-emissions OEM based in Lancashire, has launched its all-new, 12.5-tonne eCargo, electric waste vehicle platform. These electric vehicles are the first in the industry in their weight class in the UK. They have been designed with…
CTV specifies six new Stertil Koni vehicle lifts
After having had a previous positive experience with Stertil Koni lifting equipment, CTV Commercial Body Repairs of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, has recently taken delivery of a set of six Stertil Koni ST1075FSA mobile column lifts. Each cable-connected lift…
Keith Day becomes the new MD at Dennis Eagle
Waste and recycling vehicle manufacturer Dennis Eagle has appointed long-serving board member Keith Day as the new Managing Director. He has taken over the role from Kevin Else, who retired after ten years in the post at the end of…
VisionTrack joins Together for Safer Roads Board in a stand against the global road safety crisis
VisionTrack, a leading provider of AI video telematics and connected vehicle data, is taking a significant new role in the fight against worldwide road deaths and injuries. CEO Simon Marsh, and President of Global Sales, Richard Kent have been appointed…