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Dedicated ECU body wanted to guarantee enforcement of European waste law, announces Commission study
A European Commission study published on 1 February 2010 counsels setting up a dedicated European body to oversee the execution and enforcement of ECU waste law. The study is a part of a collection of steps being taken by the Commission to [...]
SITA UK has, on September 2 revealed that it plans to lodge an appeal later this month against Cornwall county council’s March 2009 decision to refuse its planning application to build a £100 million, 240,000 tonne-a-year capacity energy-from-waste facility near St Dennis.
The company said that it had received written consent from the council to initiate [...]
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!
Tags: bulldozer, cabs, centre of gravity, compactor, compactors, landfill operators, landfills, life expectancy, mechanical diggers, roll bars, steel wheels, wet weather, wheeled vehicleWASTE DIVERSION FROM LANDFILL – A five-year interim residual waste management contract has been won by New Earth Solutions for the West of England Partnership. Of the 120,000 tonnes fed in to the plant, more than 50% will be reduced through losses in mass.
Tags: disposal operations, landfill sites, Municipal, recycling, UK, waste management, waste processing, WRAPIn the UK we throw away our cheap clothing so quickly that it is a major burden on the landfill industry. Much of this material can be resold and re-used. The UK Government is seeking to encourage this with better awareness of clothing recycling among the public, but will it be enough to meet EU requirements?
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.
Tags: banking, Biodegradable, biodegradable waste, credit crunch, environment, government, government auditor, greater manchester, landfill, national audit office, NCE, new civil engineer, pfi contracts, public spending, renegotiation, waste diversion from landfill, waste processing, wasterAfter an aircraft landed, amazingly without loss of life, in the Hudson River last week at least one landfill operator close to a flight path has announced additional bird control measures. Read this article about the operators of a Newfoundland landfill who are launching an assault on the area’s large seagull population to help reduce bird strikes by flights in and out of St. John’s International Airport.
Reduced landfill saves council £2.1m
MRW – Claire Churchard, 08 Jan 2009
Cheshire County Council has saved £2.1 million by reducing the waste it sends to landfill.
The council has been able to free-up the cash due to a forecast 20 per cent reduction in landfill use, equalling about 50,000 tonnes.
“There has been a significant fall in the [...]
Rubbish dumps set to overflow as waste levels grow
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Herald.ie
By Kevin Doyle
Monday November 17 2008
Ireland country is heading for a major landfill crisis.
Within the next two years, almost a third of Ireland’s 35 landfills will be overflowing with rubbish.
According to figures from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 11 of the 35 landfill sites around [...]
Advantages of BSI PAS 108 Tyre Bales: A New Sustainable Use for a Problem Waste
A simple act by WRAP should revolutionise the use of tyre bales in civil engineering and landscape applications, sustainably using this material where otherwise resources would be wasted in their disposal.
It will be obvious to our Wastersblog readers that the [...]
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