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We have added just one post about the New Waste Strategy which has just been published: To find out more about the Waste Strategy 2007 we recommend a visit to the Letsrecycle web site here. STRATEGY: Specific material type landfill bans on agenda The first three chapters of Waste Strategy 2007 contain a number of key [...]
BRUSSELS – A spontaneous flame from a green box/compost container has cost the life of an 81-year-old man from the Flemish town of Hamme. It is possible that explosive gases had built up in the green box/compost container. The flame caught fire on the man’s clothes, which then burned him. "Next to the vegetables, fruit [...]
Urban-based local authorities should consider anaerobic digestion (AD) as an alternative to in-vessel composting for the recycling of municipal biodegradable food waste, according to researchers at WRAP. Speaking today (23 April 2007) at the annual Recycling and Waste Forum in Birmingham on Thursday, WRAP’s organics supply programme manager Louise Hollingworth said: “In-vessel composting is obviously [...]
The Environment Agency has issued a briefing note updating the situation with the use of higher landfill waste acceptance criteria limit values for hazardous wastes. The Agency will consider time limited variations to PPC permits for specific wastes streams under certain criteria to allow for higher levels of Total Organic Carbon. If the higher limits [...]
An initial reading of yesterday’s budget suggests that although in some areas the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Brown has brought forward green taxation, there is nothing which specifically assists the introduction of waste technologies. The rise in landfill tax is welcome as it will continue to make waste processing options look less expensive than they [...]
ESA Welcomes European Parliament’s Progress On Waste Framework Directive Commenting from the European Parliament in Strasbourg, ESA Chief Executive Dirk Hazell said, in broadly welcoming today’s votes by the European Parliament at the First Reading of the new Waste Framework Directive:- “Today’s marathon vote was progress in several respects. While some technical aspects (such as [...]
It is time to book for this years Chartered Institution of Waste Management (CIWM) NGG National Event with the particularly pertinent theme of No Time to Waste – given the recent publication of the latest worrying UNFCCC Climate Change report – and, is highly recommended.NGG stands for the New Generation Group, who organise this event [...]
New Technologies for the Diversion of Biodegradable Municipal Waste from LandfillA new CPD accredited training course has been developed by Enviros Consulting – with support from FÁS – for personnel at all levels, who have a role in the waste decision-making process. A new training course has been developed by – with support from FÁS [...]
The Waster is back: Happy New Year! WASTE, RESOURCE, CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT, “LIVING IN A MATERIAL WORLD” Wednesday 14 March 2007 at One Great George Street, London. For details contact the events department on events@ciwm. co.uk
Here’s something to think about over the holiday period. Maybe you could write a paper for this event? From 24 to 27 September 2007 the annual congress of the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) takes place in Amsterdam. For details visit the website www.iswa2007.org , this gives details of submission guidelines.
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