On episode 19 of Rubbish Talk, we speak with Bruce McLean, you can click here to listen now 
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Bruce McLean has been actively involved in recycling of electrical and electronic equipment for over 25 years.
He is Group Managing Director of Optimum Eco Group, parent company of CCL North Ltd (specialising in secure data destruction, IT and WEEE recycling) and Restructa Ltd (leaders in TV and monitor recycling)
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Prior to joining CCL in 2000 his career included design of Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD’s), Microchips and Automation Equipment
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News Items:
Links to the items discussed in episode 19 below 
This week we discussed the Scottish Governments consideration to ban single use vapes as part of plans to protect public health and the environment. Click here to read more. It is now estimated that five million vapes are now being thrown away weekly 
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Valencia Waste Management, the company which operates Viridor’s former landfill sites, has said it has started an investigation into a fire at its Dunbar site last week which lasted for four days 
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Recent research by DEFRA and the Environment Agency identified waste upholstered domestic seating (WUDS) as containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) above the legal threshold limits. This means that WUDS cannot be sent to landfill must be incinerated to destroy or irreversibly transform the POPs content, in accordance with the requirements of the UK POPs Regulations.
When one of our hosts Alasdair was visiting Cardiff at the weekend he discovered the city was in need of a major clean up, as there was mass amounts of litter on the streets 
Our first TikTok video was posted this week and we reached 700 views in less than 30 minutes! You can find us on TikTok @albion.environmental 