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Landfill Compactors – Essential Landfill Plant Features and Costs

Landfill compactors can be seen on all landfills, but what features make them so popular, are there any problems with reliability and what about the use of other plant. It’s all here! Visit now!

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Landfill Gas Utilisation

Let’s start by making sure that all our readers understand what landfill gas utilisation is. Just a moment… Landfill gas is a renewable energy resource that can be used for a variety of purposes. It can be used to generate electricity on-site, used to provide heat, or sold for use as a natural gas substitute. […]

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What is Landfill Tax in UK? and How Much is it in 2021?

Please forgive us, we will explain what is Landfill Tax in UK later. But, first, for those visitors just keen to find out how much is the Landfill Tax 2021, we start with that. On This Page Landfill Tax Changes from 1st April 2021 What is Landfill Tax? What are the new Landfill Tax Rates […]

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Halving Landfilled Waste by 2012 Achieved by Major UK Contractors

Halving Landfilled Waste: In 2008 we carried an article announcing that leading UK construction contractors had signed up to halve the waste they sent to landfill by 2012. Now is time to look back an review their performance. We can confirm that they do appear to have done just that! The original article below explains […]

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Landfill Mining

We first posted about landfill mining quoting from a CIWM Press Release in October 2008. As below, and now, almost 10 years later we have added our update. So what has happened to landfill mining since 2008? Almost nothing in Europe it seems, but since then, some landfill mining has been implemented, especially in the […]

Landfill Waste Reduction Targets – EU States Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Malta Failing

Poor EU states are not fulfilling their landfill waste reduction targets, EU Report says. Cyprus, Croatia, Greece, Malta as well as Turkey are still greater than 75% of their waste to landfill. The EU will for certain, have to take Slovakia to court for landfill , and also attain adequate waste diversion and recycling to […]

Clear And Unbiased Facts About Recycling During A Flat Economy

The things we all should really be doing in order to reuse and recycle our own garbage, including when money is tight.

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UK Landfill Tax Exceeds £5 Per Wheely Bin For Average Family Collection

Yes. Incredibly the UK’s Landfill Tax Exceeds £5 Per Wheely Bin collected for average families in the UK! It’s a lot of money on our rates! The UK Landfill Tax rate which has been raised every year since 1999 is now £80/tonne (as of May 2014) for every cubic metre of waste placed in a landfill. […]

Zero Waste Disadvantages – Is Not Sending Any Waste to Landfill Really Such a Good Idea?

Ending Landfill sounds great! But, there are  the Zero Waste Disadvantages. We decided to answer the question: “Is the goal of not sending any waste to landfill really such a good idea?” The idea of “zero waste” has now become very popular with the public around much of the world, but is it really so […]

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How UK Landfill Problems Led To Action And A Plea For More Recycling In YOUR Kitchen

Still millions of people and companies all over the world that have yet to understand the potentially highly negative impact of landfill problems. Plus a plea for YOU to Recycle at home.