NEWS welcomes delivery

Norfolk Environmental Waste Services (NEWS) has taken delivery of four new JCB Waste Handling machines at two transfer stations in Norfolk.

This million-pound investment from Norse will assist our two NEWS sites deliver our domestic waste contract for Norfolk County Council and Dry Mixed Recyclable contract for the District Councils.

Our sites at Caister and Kings Lynn each received a JCB 437 HT Loading shovel and a JS20 Materials Handler. These sites handle over 100,000 tonnes of waste within their contracts, including black bag domestic, dry mixed recyclables, food waste, garden waste collection, street sweepings and Recycling Centre material.

These machines can move and stockpile materials before loading them for onward transport to treatment facilities across the UK. The end destinations include the NEWS Material Recycling Facility at Costessey and Energy-from-Waste facilities in the Midlands.

These will replace the JCBs, which have served NEWS well for seven years. With continuing long-term contracts, the new machines will allow NEWS to deliver a quality service for its partnering Councils.