November 14th, 2008 by waster
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 [...]
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December 30th, 2007 by waster
High levels of radioactive tritium found in Pembroke landfill MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT – ENVIRONMENT REPORTER – December 26, 2007 The Ministry of Environment has found elevated levels of radioactive tritium in ground water at the municipal dump serving Pembroke, Ont., and several other nearby Ottawa River valley communities. The dump, the Alice and Fraser Township Landfill, [...]
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June 21st, 2007 by waster
The Enviros Leachate Safari takes place on Wednesday and Thursday of next week (27th and 28th June). If any of you planned to join us, but have not yet booked there were just a few seats left this afternoon! Hurry, and you may still be lucky!! The final itinerary is now also available at the [...]
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October 10th, 2006 by waster
This is the Best and Most prestigious Landfill Conference world-wide attracting in the region of 1,000 delegates. We recommend that you must be there. It is biennial so miss it next year and you’ll have to wait 2 years. CALL FOR PAPERS ENDS 30th OCTOBER!!! The Waster has an idea for his paper – if [...]
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September 13th, 2006 by waster
The 22nd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. March 18 – 21, 2007 Has put out a call For papers: Researchers, educators, government officials, students, consultants, managers, community leaders, and others with expertise in solid waste are invited to submit papers for oral presentation at the Conference. Abstracts are encouraged [...]
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August 29th, 2006 by waster
PUTRAJAYA. MALAYSIA: An estimated RM160 million will be needed to close the 16 landfills nationwide which have been deemed unsafe. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the Government had no choice but to spend the amount because the landfills were a danger to health and the environment due to their proximity to [...]
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August 6th, 2006 by waster
4th-5th September 2006 – Burlington Hotel, Dublin The second annual Environment Ireland conference takes place on 4th & 5th September 2006 in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin. Environment Ireland is Ireland’s largest conference on environmental policy and management and is organised in association with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Environment, Heritage & [...]
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August 2nd, 2006 by waster
Due to popular demand! As we have received a number of emails asking for the James Jackson paper, we have now uploaded the paper to our web space, for your downloading convenience. Click here for the leachate paper link.
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