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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January 26th, 2009 by waster
The National Audit Office has reported that the English local authorities are too slow awarding PFI contracts for England to achieve the ordered 50% organic waste diversion away from landfill by 2013. This article explains this and why the situation may be getting worse due to the credit crunch.
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January 1st, 2009 by waster
A summary of the year in blogging at the Wastersblog. The Waster says what he thinks about EU Legislation, the recession in recycling which has produced the recycling cost scandal, and the wisdom of the UK in signing up as it did to the Landfill Directive reluctantly and only in exchange for a deal with the Spanish on fishing quotas!
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October 30th, 2008 by waster
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Landfill officially a “last resort” option for EU
EU environment ministers have officially approved a new framework for waste management across their 27 member countries, including a five-step hierarchy for waste treatment which classes “energy-efficient waste incineration a recovery [...]
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September 9th, 2008 by waster
Figures announced today reveal that every local authority in Wales has met strict limits, set by the Assembly Government, on the amount of biodegradable waste it can send to landfill sites. Wales, as a whole is also currently within its 2009/10 target set by Europe. The Landfill Allowances Scheme (LAS) limits the amount of biodegradable [...]
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August 2nd, 2008 by waster
Councils write off “worthless” landfill allowances
28-07-2008
A new LATS market place is to be launched later this year, but both levels of trading and prices remain low, forcing many waste disposal authorities to write off their ever-growing amounts of surplus allowances.
The government-funded Regional Improvement & Efficiency Partnerships, led by Improvement Efficiency South East, is to set [...]
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January 30th, 2008 by waster
Ireland is now in significant danger of missing its 2010 target for diverting biodegradable municipal waste from landfill, according to the National Waste Report 2006 – published by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency.
Overall, the report shows that, although the quantity of waste that was recycled increased between 2005 and 2006, so, too, did the total [...]
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December 10th, 2007 by waster
At present more than 65% of all Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated in England is disposed of in landfills.
The introduction of the EC landfill directive means that the European Commission has set targets to reduce the levels of biodegradable materials going to landfill.
The most significant challenge facing the management of Municipal Solid Waste is how [...]
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November 20th, 2007 by waster
Britain is still topping Europe in use of landfills.
Britain still sends more household waste to landfill than any other European country, council heads warned today.
Following new figures issued by Defra last week showing that English councils are now averaging a 30% recycling rate for household waste, the Local Government Association published research today showing the [...]
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November 8th, 2007 by waster
UK Landfill Gate Charges Will Soon Become More Expensive than Waste Treatment in Waste Facilities
The campaign which started in 2000 to enable the UK to comply with the EU landfill waste reduction targets, reaches a tipping point soon.
Until now we have seen a continuing onslaught of regulations to improve landfill practices and also to comply [...]
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