February 4th, 2010 by waster
In 2009 in the UK a number of things came together which changed the waste management scene like never before. Waste, Yes! Common rubbish became a resource and an opportunity.
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April 10th, 2009 by waster
Two big Waste Processing Facilities have been halted after UK County Council plans have been derailed well into these projects. The question is asked when our society which produces so much waste will take responsibility for dealing with it in their local area, even when enormous sums are about to be spent on a new generation of vastly improved Waste Treatment Plants.
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May 3rd, 2008 by waster
May 2 — Wastequip, a Cleveland-based company that manufactures equipment and containers for use in the waste handling industry, has announced a restructuring plan that will close several older plants while implementing environmental initiatives.The company hopes the efforts will reduce costs, energy use and carbon dioxide emissions.
Wastequip operates 35 manufacturing facilities nationwide. The company has [...]
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February 24th, 2008 by waster
In Cornwall, SITA as the County Council’s PPP Waste Contractor, is now 12 months into their circa. 20 year contract and they are progressing the planning stages to develop an energy recovery centre near St Dennis, in the centre of the county
The waste centre will be called the Cornwall Energy Recovery Plant (CERC) and will [...]
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February 6th, 2008 by waster
Greenhouse gas emissions produced from Europe’s household waste are set to drop “significantly” by 2020, according to the first study into the net impact of Europe’s waste on climate change.
Landfill sites are believed to be responsible for most of Europe’s current greenhouse gas emissions which derive from household waste.
However, the report from the European Environment [...]
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September 15th, 2007 by waster
* Policies * Treatments *Technologies
Thursday 11 October 2007 SAS Radisson Hotel, Dublin
Accessible through a range of treatments and technologies, residual waste – particularly the biodegradable element of it – can be a valuable, low-carbon, energy source.
This top-level conference considers the energy potential of Ireland’s residual waste – that which is left after reduction, reuse [...]
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June 1st, 2007 by waster
We are told (New Civil Engineer 24 may 2007) that Peterborough City Council has plans to announce a new approach to financing which it has devised with the Collaborative Working Centre. This will include financing models for a new £56 million energy from waste (EfW) incinerator.
It appears that two facilities are to be built in [...]
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February 28th, 2007 by waster
With all the recent developments in Resource Management in the past few weeks the Wastersblog nearly missed this one.
The Waster is reliably informed that last week the European Parliament voted to stop all landfilling of paper, glass, textiles, plastic and metal by 2015, and also by 2020 no recyclable waste will be sent to landfill by [...]
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February 13th, 2007 by waster
Here is a News item from Canada:-
‘Proven technology turns waste into valuable resource for electricity production’.
TORONTO, Jan. 31 /CNW/ – A leading operator of Energy From Waste (EFW) facilities says Canada is missing out on the untapped value of EFW technologies, which uses residential and commercial waste to generate electricity and reduces the [...]
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February 8th, 2007 by waster
Local authorities planning to use incinerators to divert waste away from landfill should check that proposals meet forthcoming EU energy efficiency criteria.
The warning came ahead of next week’s European Parliament vote in Strasbourg, on a Directive that could shape the next 50 years of EU policy on waste management (see letsrecycle.com story).
If you are planning [...]
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