State to Investigate Birth Defects in Kettleman City Landfill Suspected

January 31st, 2010 by waster

The Waster has picked up the following news item about a new landfill birth defects scare. This is getting quite a lot of publicity, and of course it is always possible that the proximity of the landfill to these elevated birth defect rates might in some way be caused by the landfill. However, this has [...]

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UK Government to Add Landfill Tax on Contaminated Soils

October 30th, 2008 by waster

Contaminated soils to be subject to Landfill Tax
The Landfill Tax exemption which applies to waste material arising from the reclamation from contaminated land is to be phased out by 2012, a House of Commons committee agreed on Monday (October 27).
The move, which is expected to generate an additional £40 million in revenues for the [...]

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