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LATEST NEWS
When times are hard, EcoSci are here to help.
We understand that times are hard, we know that there's greater pressure on companies to comply with Environmental Legislation and Commitments whilst costs are escalating elsewhere and we're here to help.
Show us proof of your current green waste gate fees and we will beat the price by 10%, with a like-for-like service until April 2012, for all new clients.
EcoSci offers PAS100 certified composting production for clients all over the southwest.
For more information on how we can help you to reduce your green waste costs, please call the Exeter office on 01392-441-093.
New Contract for the Hill Barton Facility
Glendale have been awarded a 5-year contract to maintain Parks & Open Spaces in Torbay and will be bringing all their Green Waste for Recycling to the Hill Barton Facility in Exeter.
As part of the deal, Compost produced will be sold back to Glendale for use within the Parks and Open Spaces as a soil improver for both Annual Bedding, General Shrub beds and Fine/Sport turf areas.
EcoSci are in a perfect position to support Landscapers, Grounds Maintenance Companys and Sport Turf suppliers in acheiving their Environmental commitments through a unique, closed loop partnership.
Our Waste Experts and Scientists have been working in the West Country for over 20 years and no other Green Waste / Composting company can offer the experience, knowledge and service solutions that our team have.
For more information on how we can help you to reduce your green waste costs, please call the Exeter office on 01392-441-093.
Glendale keeps it local, supporting the Southwest
Glendale hold a 2-day Managers’ Conference every year to allow our Managers to meet up, discuss changes in the sector, share best practice and improve their skills and knowledge.
To support the Southwest Region, the 2011 Conference was held at Weston-super-Mare. The venue, The Winter Gardens, was superb and with nearly 100 Managers staying, offered a fantastic boost to the local economy whilst allowing our colleagues from as far afield as Stirling, Scotland and Hastings the opportunity to visit a beautiful part of the country.
Guests at this year’s Conference included Andrew Gill – Vice President of the Institute of Horticulture as well as a representative from our Charity Partner, Perennial
Glendale Recycling Wont let Devon County Show Go to Waste!
This years Devon County Show is full of tasty bites, but what happens to your leftovers when you through them away? It will be recycled into compost for your garden!
Glendale Recycling, based at Westpoint, Exeter, an organic waste solutions company, are proud to be providing catering waste recycling for the Devon County Show at the Showground again this year.
The scheme will prevent waste food from being sent to landfill and will instead turn it into a valuable nutrient rich compost for use in horticulture, agriculture and tree planting. Making Devon County Show truly sustainable and environmentally friendly.
Glendale Recycling harnesses nature in a fully enclosed and environmentally compliant plant to turn scraps of food into sanitised compost. This is done using an In-Vessel Composting System. The carbon footprint of the operation is minimal, as the waste will travel less than two miles to the composting facility at the Hill Barton Business Park, Clyst St Mary.
The facility is the only one of its kind in Devon developed specifically to address the recycling requirements of the catering, restaurant, food manufacturing, tourism and leisure industries who seek to divert their organic waste from the increasingly environmentally and financially costly option of landfill.
Glendale is working with waste collection companies to provide a bespoke service that will enable catering wastes to be collected from waste producers and delivered to the Glendale Recycling facility at Clyst St Mary for composting. The end result is a potential financial saving for the waste producer, an environmentally sustainable treatment solution for the waste and the production of local PEAT FREE compost that will be used to grow more food locally. Glendale Recycling supports a number of local community food projects including school vegetable gardens and community farms.
Charity Partner 2011 - Perennial, the Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Society
As one of the largest employers in the sector, Glendale understands that our staff are professional in all they achieve during their career.
To further support those in the market we lead, we are proud to have selected Perennial, the Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Society as our Charity Partner for this year, opting to become a Gold Perennial Partner
Perennial is the national charity for those who work or have worked in horticulture and their spouses/ partners when they face adversity or need. People they help include: arborists, gardeners (qualified and unqualified), grounds staff, nursery workers, parks staff, landscapers, propagators... and many others.
Perennial’s history is rooted in the 19th Century, but the charity has moved with the times as both horticulture and the needs of its people have changed. Perennial helps by providing money and services, and by ensuring people get the help they need from government departments, public and private organisations that are there to assist.
Perennial's vision is to be the automatic first port of call in times of need for all those who are working in, have worked in or retired from horticulture.
For more information on the wonderful work Perennial do for people please visit and support Perennial
UK Drought - Woodland Creation & Watering Advice
More rain fell in England and Wales in the last week than at any time since the start of February, alleviating the drought that has affected areas across the middle of the country. Most of the rainfall came in south Wales and the south-west of England, two of the areas worst hit by the dry spell.
In general terms it is best to let trees find their own water, and it would have to be in extreme circumstances that watering established plants would be required. However, across much of the country, the soils are "exceptionally dry" after England's driest spring in a century. This means it will take much longer than usual for the land to recover, even if strong rainfall continues.
Below are some tips and ideas for maintaining your young woodland over the summer months.
Mulch
The use of mulch around plants has two main benefits
It suppresses weeds, reduces competition and gives the plant a better chance of growth, but it also retains moisture in the ground, reducing the need for watering.
Well-applied mulch will permit all available water to soak through to the roots as well as preventing water loss through evaporation.
When carrying out planting projects, you should always apply a good 100mm layer of mulch, EcoSci is able to source the best products for all your planting needs.
Hedges
Similar to the maintenance of woodlands mulching hedge lines will assist in keeping things cool and moist in normal circumstances.
If a constant water supply is easily accessible, the installation of a drip pipe, or leaky hose will produce benefits. These are very simple and easy to install and will assist young plants throughout the establishment period. The drip pipe should be installed prior to mulching and then covered. This ensures that the water reaches the soil quickly, and reduces evaporation, whilst hiding the hose and leaving a natural look to the hedge base.
Larger Trees
During a typical warm summer, (if there is such a thing these days) a tree with a one-metre canopy will require approximately 40-80 litres of water per week.
When planting a larger tree we always install a watering tube around the rootball to ensure that any water goes directly to the roots.
After planting, trees will need watering once or twice per week, depending upon conditions. This should be sufficient to wet the soil thoroughly, but not to the point of saturation.
As with all trees, dressing of mulch will reduce water loss from evaporation, and act as a weed suppressant.
Our sister company Civic Trees is the longest established tree moving and specimen tree supply company in the UK. No-one know more about planting and maintaining large trees than the team over at Civic.
Newly Planted Woodlands
In many cases where large numbers of smaller trees have been planted, it is not economically viable to water them. In such cases it may be more cost effective not to water at all, but simply to replace failures. Our sister company Coblands has an amazing selection of the best trees & shrubs available in the UK and Silvanus can plant and maintain them for you!!
For the best mulch and composts please call the office on 01392-441-093
EcoSci Recieve 1st AfOR PAS 100 Certification for In-Vessel ABP Compost in the South West!
Ecosci are proud to announce that we have been awarded the AfOR Pas 100 certification for compost produced from recycled food and green matter in an In-Vessel (IV) Composting System. Ecosci is one of only three producers using an IV System to be awarded the certification in the UK. The certification is a quality standard that allows the product of the In-Vessel Composter to be able to be sold on the commercial market.
West Country Compost Enhanced is ideal for Professional use in Turf Growing, Turf Dressing, Landscaping and in Commercial Nurseries. It is available in a range of grades.
West Country Compost Enhanced is now available !
If you would like to trial this high in potash, and nutrients compost please give us a call and we will visit you with a sample.
Contact Jasmine Ball on 01392 441093
EcoSci Team Up with One Planet Food Project
EcoSci & West Country Compost is sponsoring Torbay Coast and Countryside Trusts One Planet Food Project at Occombe Farm in Devon. Glendale’s Recycling Division EcoSci, has provided the project with over 40 tonnes of compost for use in the community fruit and vegetable garden.
The garden provides a outdoors community learning space, and its hoped will go on to provide a community veg box scheme to the local area directly from the project. The income from this will enable the project to become sustainable in the longer term and encourage local people to get involved in a hands on way. EcoSci’s West Country Compost is Peat Free and suitable for organic use, so it was perfect for the job of enriching the new plots and creating raised beds in the poly tunnels.
For full details please take a look at the Occombe Farm Website where you can join up and become a friend of Ocombe Farm. http://www.occombe.org.uk/blog.cfm
New Food Waste Composting Site Opened
Gardeners World Lead presenter Toby Buckland cut the ribbon to the new food waste composting site nr Exeter. This site will take commercial and household food waste and process it to make a high quality soil conditioner and growing media for the horticulture industry.
If you run a food based business and are looking for somewhere to have your waste recycled then please get in touch with us and we would be pleased to talk to you about a complete collection and recycling service.