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Underground Refuse

An archive of all APSE articles, briefings and seminars on Underground Refuse Systems 

 

Liverpool City Council Winners at the LGC Awards 2023
Liverpool City Council Winners at the LGC Awards 2023

Redefining “Communities” Through an Underground Revolution
 

Guide to going underground and where to start
Guide to going underground and where to start

As well as the full array of URS units, the APSE/Liverpool URS framework also provides access to value adding technology, specialist collection vehicles and URS maintenance contracts, from the same framework as the bins. 

The Underground 'Super Bin' Showcase in Liverpool
The Underground 'Super Bin' Showcase in Liverpool

Thursday 8 December 2022 Landing Stage Terminal, Princes Parade, Liverpool, L3 1DL

Highlights and presentations from the event. 

A closer look at Liverpool City Council's underground 'super bins'...
A closer look at Liverpool City Council's underground 'super bins'...

Liverpool City Council has become the first local authority in the UK to install URS as a replacement for wheeled bins.

APSE Solutions and Liverpool City Council URS Framework Free Online Event
APSE Solutions and Liverpool City Council URS Framework Free Online Event

8 October 2021

10am to 4pm

Climate Emergency and Waste Collection: Why URS is the Solution
Climate Emergency and Waste Collection: Why URS is the Solution

Waste collection/disposal remains one of the most environmentally damaging functions of local government. How can councils mitigate this whilst maintaining a high quality service? For Ben Parsons, Senior Consultant at APSE Solutions, Underground Refuse Systems (URS) are the obvious answer.

URS and a Planning Guidance: Where to start
URS and a Planning Guidance: Where to start

One of the most important opportunities for using underground refuse systems (URS) is that of ‘new’ housing developments. APSE Solutions has therefore developed a high-level list of factors that authorities ought to consider...

Go underground to go green
Go underground to go green

Andy Mudd, Head of APSE Solutions, explains why more and more local authorities are considering going underground to reduce the carbon footprint of waste collection. 


APSE/Liverpool URS Framework Launch Event
APSE/Liverpool URS Framework Launch Event

A FREE event for public sector workers in Councils, Housing Associations, Universities, Colleges, Schools, and all other public bodies.

10 February 2021

Microsoft Teams

Bringing the benefits of underground bins to the UK
Bringing the benefits of underground bins to the UK

Liverpool City Council, in partnership APSE Solutions, has published an Invitation to Tender for firms to be included on a ground breaking framework for the supply of Underground Refuse Systems.

So take these sunken bins and learn to smile again!
So take these sunken bins and learn to smile again!

Andy Mudd, Head of APSE Solutions, offers a brief overview of the recent Underground Refuse Systems virtual briefing event on Tuesday 14 July.

Underground Refuse Systems Virtual Briefing
Underground Refuse Systems Virtual Briefing

As Liverpool City Council, supported by APSE Solutions, prepares to launch the UK’s first multi-supplier URS procurement framework in the autumn, this virtual briefing event is your chance to find out what the fuss is about - 14 July 2020 10.00am-1.00pm

APSE and Liverpool to bring Underground Refuse Systems to the UK market
APSE and Liverpool to bring Underground Refuse Systems to the UK market

APSE Solutions is supporting Liverpool City Council to create a procurement framework for the supply of Underground Refuse Systems to UK local authorities. Suppliers expressing an interest will be invited to participate in an online supplier event planned for 3 June.

CONTENUR to open its fourth manufacturing plant in Liverpool
CONTENUR to open its fourth manufacturing plant in Liverpool
APSE Approved Partner CONTENUR has started work on a new 56,500 m2 factory in Knowsley, a metropolitan district of Merseyside, to bring local and faster manufacturing of its plastic wheeled bin products to the UK. 

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APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) is a not for profit unincorporated association working with over 300 councils throughout the UK. Promoting excellence in public services, APSE is the foremost specialist in local authority frontline services, hosting a network for frontline service providers in areas such as waste and refuse collection, parks and environmental services, cemeteries and crematorium, environmental health, leisure, school meals, cleaning, housing and building maintenance.

 

 

 

 

 

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