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Jan 17
‘Spoil to Soil’ at Womersley
The colliery spoil tip at Womersley near Darrington, south of the A1/M62 interchange, had acted as the disposal point for spoil from the nearby Kellingley Colliery which was the last operational deep coal mine in the UK. Due to the…
Nov 20
Land Bank Pressures for Non-source Segregated Organics
Pressures on reducing the amount of biodegradable waste sent to landfill remains a key focus across Europe, with targets to significantly reduce volumes set out in the 1999/31/EC Landfill Directive. Waste operators employ a range of…
Nov 08
Excellent Scores in Achilles Verify Accreditation
We are pleased to announce that we have once again achieved excellent scores, Health and Safety (100%), Environmental (100%), Quality (100%) and Corporate Responsibility (100%) in our fourth annual audit for Achilles UVDB B2 Verify…
Oct 24
European Biosolids and Organic Resources Conference
We are delighted to be joining industry experts at this year’s European Biosolids and Organic Resources conference on the 13-14th November in Leeds. On day two, Dr Chris Ash, Environmental Consultant will be part of the speaker panel on…
Oct 02
Bittern Spotted on Spoil Tip Restoration Site
On Saturday whilst walking over a spoil tip near Castleford restored by 4R in 2016 Mike spotted an extremely reclusive Bittern flying low over one of the reed lined ponds on the site. To confirm that it was a Bittern he asked a bird watcher in…
Sep 18
RWM – Until Next Year
What a productive and successful time we had at RWM last week. Over the two days we welcomed a significant number of visitors onto our stand due to increased footfall throughout the show. We are now busy following up on all these enquiries…
Sep 06
Compost Recycling
In the summer of 2017 4R were called in to assist a client recycle a substantial volume of off specification compost. We located new land in the North West for over 23,000 tonnes of material and deployed our EA mobile land spreading permit to…
Aug 30
Paper Crumble Spreading
It’s spreading time for paper crumble on to the Skelbrooke restoration site in Yorkshire. The former landfill site will be returned to agricultural use following the application of paper crumble and other nutrient rich materials which…
Aug 29
Two New Appointments to the Board
4R Group is gearing up for the next phase of its growth plan with the promotion of two senior members of the team to Board status. Founded in 2006, 4R Group provides specialist nationwide services, recycling and recovering a wide range of organic…
Jul 26
Sponsorship of the Vale of Glamorgan Agricultural Show
4R Group is proud to be sponsoring the Vale of Glamorgan Agricultural Show again this year which takes place on Wednesday 8th August at Fonmon Castle Park, near Cardiff Airport. 4R has been working with the local agricultural community in…
