Waste Minimalisation

Viridor Waste Management is one of the UK's leading waste management companies. Currently operating 22 regional landfill sites, numerous regional recycling facilities and 158 waste processing sites UK-wide, it provides a full range of waste management services. These include:

* Recycling
* Composting
* Household waste recycling site management
* Transfer Stations
* Power generation
* Energy from waste incineration
* Clinical and confidential waste services
* Hazardous waste treatment
* Commercial liquid and dry waste collection
* Site restoration and remediation of contaminated land
* Safe and efficient landfill disposal
* Waste auditing and minimisation services

Viridor has recently won Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM) awards for the best-run waste facilities three times in five years, and has been shortlisted twice in the industry's Awards for Excellence.

42 operational centres are accredited to the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System, the highest recognised international standard, covering over 100 operational facilities. This ensures continual improvement in environmental performance and provides assurance to customers and communities alike.

Aggregates Industries UK Ltd is a major producer and supplier of a wide range of construction materials including aggregates, asphalt, ready mixed concrete and precast concrete products, as well as importing, storing and supplying cement. To complement our diverse product portfolio, Aggregate Industries also provides a national road surfacing and civil engineering contracting service. Aggregate Industries is committed to being a good neighbour in all the communities where we have operations. Establishing good relationships is achieved through planned engagement with our stakeholders in these local communities. Maintaining a positive perception is achieved through a combination of performance and openness, which meets the expectations of our stakeholders.

We will be a good neighbour by:
* Using operating practices which minimise the negative impact we may have on neighbouring communities.
* Listening and responding to the needs and concerns of community stakeholders.
* Explaining our decisions in an open and clear manner.
* Investing in communities for immediate and longer term mutual benefit.
* Actively seeking partnerships which effectively combine the resources and skills of all involved to the benefit of the local community.
* Responding promptly and effectively to justified complaints regarding inappropriate performance on our part.
* Giving back to communities in proportion to our impacts.
* Supporting and providing opportunities to the most vulnerable members of society.
* Monitor and review our performance to allow continual improvement.

Peter Brett Associates (PBA) operate as a private partnership offering a multi-disciplinary range of services. Our expertise encompasses all aspects of land development, civil engineering, buildings, transport, water and the environment. We deliver total solutions for public and private sector clients worldwide.

PBA were recently awarded 17th place in the Top 100 'Best Companies To Work For' in the UK, making us the highest ranking multi-disciplinary consultancy. Corporate Social Responsibility is a key part of our ethos. Our commitment to our clients', suppliers, our employees and the communities in which we work are of paramount importance to us.

Whilst delivering our services we seek to support the needs of our stakeholders in an ethical and empathetic way. By encouraging
innovative thinking and pioneering new concepts, we at PBA have embraced our economic, social and environmental responsibilities on a local, regional and international scale. We seek to deliver sustainable benefits through the work that we do, and the way in which we operate.

Culm Valley FM is an example of innovative thinking and a pioneering concept. We hope that it strengthens community ties and encourages the building of partnerships with business and local authorities. In this way we hope that the project inspires people to take the initiative in protecting their environment and creating new opportunities for the communities of the Culm Valley.

We hope that you will visit our website so that we can share some of the innovative projects we have been involved with in Britain and around the world. Importantly we hope that those at school and those looking for a future career will visit our site to explore the exciting work that is done by engineers and scientist engaged in both building for the future and protecting our environment.

 

Shout Out!

Information

This program for the youth of the Culm Valley is meant to entertain yet inform in a way that doesn’t make you want to throw the radio out of the window (or computer if you’re online). Everything was done by a crack team of special people chosen for their outstanding abilities in their areas of radio program creating.

All the Interviews were on topics that hopefully the Culm Valley lads and lasses want to know about or want to continue to find out more about once they’ve heard about it. We’ve got everything from skate parks to youth cafés trying to get set up so tune and find out if any of this is what you’re after. All the music played on the show is also performed by local bands that are of a similar age to you the listeners so get tuned in and check out the next hot thing to hit the charts (fingers crossed!)

The programme was devised, made and edited by Phil, Max and Kit who are keen to keep Shout Out going and broadcasting.

Get Involved

If you would like to get involved in future Shout Out! Programmes, or other aspects of the media then get in touch. As long as you are between the age of 13 & 25 and live in Mid-Devon, then you can be involved in this project.

Email us:

culmvalleyradio@hotmail.com or adrian.bull@involve-middevon.org.uk

Thanks

To everyone who helped make the programme, especially everyone at The John Tallack centre in Cullompton, Youth Krew, and all the crew in Bradninch.

Special thanks to the bands and musicians who made their music available for the programme. We are also very grateful to the folks at Culm Valley FM for giving us the chance to air our programme.

If you heard the great guitar playing of 13 year old, Elliot Alderman-Broom, and are looking for a guitar player he is looking for a band. If you email us at culmvalleyradio@hotmail.com we will pass on your details to him.

Finally

Thanks for listening.