LARAC has announced that John Coates of Lincolnshire County Council is to take over as one of the LARAC Vice Chairs from Dan Roberts of South Staffs Council.
All essential workers in England, and members of their households who are showing symptoms of coronavirus will now be able to get tested, the government has announced.
LARAC is a co-developer of WasteSupport, a virtual marketplace where local authorities facing resource challenges during the COVID-19 crisis can flag up where they need service capacity support, as well as other requirements such as PPE or vehicle maintenance engineers.
Read the launch press release (below) sent to all our members today (17.04.20), take a look at the website and see if it can help you.
Rebecca Pow, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Defra, has sent a letter of gratitude to all those on the front line of waste and recycling sector for their hard work and commitment during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak.
The letter is quoted in full below.
In this document Stuart Hayward-Higham seeks to set out in a clear and structured way, the considerations that SUEZ believes are necessary with regard to the regulatory conditions around HWRC opening, as well as some of the practical issues of self-distancing when applied to HWRC layout and operation.
The ideas are clearly separated into the core issues of: