Suez wins £144m Southend contract
03/10/2024 Southend-on-Sea City Council has awarded Suez a £144m contract to deliver recycling, waste, and street cleansing services over the next eight years. |
Kingston signs £9.4m deal with Veolia
27/09/2024 Kingston Council has reappointed Veolia as its waste and recycling collection, street cleansing and winter gritting contractor in an eight-year deal worth £9.4m. |
Leicester welcomes new street-cleaning machines
29/08/2024 Leicester City Council has spent £763,000 procuring nine new street-cleaning machines. |
Great Yarmouth welcomes two diesel road sweepers
24/05/2024 Great Yarmouth Borough Council has taken delivery of two diesel mechanical road sweepers for its street cleansing fleet. |
Sutton council appoints Veolia to deliver waste and street cleansing services
24/05/2024 The London Borough of Sutton has appointed resource management experts Veolia to deliver waste and street cleansing services as part of a new eight-year contract starting in April 2025. |
Council maintenance fleet to go electric
20/02/2024 Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council is looking to replace its maintenance fleet with electric vehicles. |
New electric vehicles to clean up Wood Green
12/02/2024 Electric-powered equipment will soon be cleaning the streets of Wood Green, Haringey Council and resource management firm Veolia have announced. |
Brent rolls out new electric vehicles
19/01/2024 Brent Council is rolling out nine electric collection and street cleansing vehicles in partnership with Veolia. |
Horsham adds two electric sweepers to fleet
04/08/2023 Horsham District Council has updated its street cleansing fleet with two electric sweepers, which replace diesel versions. |
Blackpool launches fleet of tricycles
13/07/2023 Tricycle manufacturer, Jorvik Tricycles, has partnered with Blackpool Council’s waste and environmental services company, Enveco NW Environmental Services, to provide them with a range of tricycles. |
Overcoming the challenges of summer sweeping
30/06/2023 With summer upon us, local authorities are gearing up to tackle the unique challenges of road sweeping during this warm, dry season. Paul Beddows, sales director at Dawsongroup emc, highlights how the firm's electric fleet can contribute to keeping our towns and cities clean and safe, while limiting the environmental impact. |
Urbaser pulls out the stops for King’s Coronation celebrations in Windsor
11/05/2023 Staff at Urbaser Ltd, the environmental services company responsible for delivering street cleaning for the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (RBWM), worked tirelessly over King Charles’ Coronation weekend to ensure the Borough remained in good order throughout the festivities. |
Veolia rolls out fleet of e-street cleansing bikes
27/09/2022 Veolia, in partnership with Westminster City Council, have rolled out their new fleet of electric street cleansing bikes in time for World EV Day. |
Council saves £27,000 with milk float-to-street cleaner conversion
07/06/2022 An old milk float in poor condition and destined for scrappage has been given a new lease of life as part of ODS’ growing electric vehicle fleet. |
Rugby waste and street cleaning strikes end with new pay deal
30/05/2022 Industrial action affecting Rugby Borough Council’s waste and street cleaning services is set to end today as the council and Unite reach an agreement. |
Northumberland set to be ‘greener’ thanks to new road cleaners
26/04/2022 Northumberland County Council has unveiled its new fleet of greener road cleaning machines. |
Interim fleet delivers new ‘in house’ services in Wellingborough
13/04/2022 North Northamptonshire Council has taken delivery of an interim fleet of 30 vehicles to carry out the local authority’s new 'in-house' waste, recycling, street cleansing and grounds maintenance service. |
Carbon cutting fuels trialled by FCC Environment in Wychavon
31/03/2022 New ways to power street cleaning and waste and recycling collection vehicles are being trialled in Wychavon as part of efforts to cut carbon emissions. |
Behind the Scenes: West Lindsey’s £5m depot
11/02/2022 West Lindsey District Council has opened its new multi-million-pound depot, which was two decades in the making. LAPV goes behind the scenes. |
Schmidt Multigo provides year-round solutions for councils
08/10/2021 Aebi Schmidt’s articulated Multigo 150 sweeper is a remarkably versatile machine which can meet the varied needs of local authorities. LAPV reports. |
Water Jetting Association marks its 40th anniversary
08/10/2020 The Water Jetting Association is marking its 40th anniversary by inviting more contractors and service users to join its drive to promote water jetting excellence across all industrial sectors. |
Street cleansing in a time of Covid-19
28/09/2020 Johnston Sweepers joined the global response to the pandemic by making it easier to turn a normal sweeper into a street washer. LAPV finds out how it was done. |
Scarab's 'single-engine ethos'
22/07/2020 Scarab firmly believes that single-engine sweepers provide the industry with the best green sweeper solution. LAPV finds out why. |
Cardiff's route to intelligent cleansing management
15/04/2020 After Cardiff awarded a tender for a new sweeper fleet on contract hire, the council found that close cooperation between suppliers and the implementation of smart telematics could help achieve significant savings and improve efficiency. LAPV reports. |
Kärcher launches new MC 250 municipal sweeper
18/09/2019 Kärcher’s new MC 250 sweeper has been designed for municipal use in urban areas and is equipped with a low-emission Euro 6 or Stage V engine. |
