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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 [...]
Britain’s paper recycling strategy is under increasing strain after a collapse in waste prices in recent weeks, according to a leading industry organisation. The worst-case scenario is that some material collected for recycling could go to incineration or landfill.
The New Civil engineer Magazine, which is the weekly news magazine of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineers, provides through eMapInform an annual contractor listing and ranking report across all civil engineering construction disciplines.
This years edition provides the following list of the top twenty waste contractors, which in this context means a ranking of the [...]
Tags: amalgamated construction, ascot environmental, balfour beatty, civil engineering construction, construction cycle, construction disciplines, dean and dyball, edmund nuttall, household names, institution of civil engineers, integrated waste management, interserve, landfill development, List of Waste Contractors, management contracts, new civil engineer, new civil engineer magazine, raymond brown, restoration works, top waste contractors, weekly news magazineRecycling Danes show way by laying waste to landfill issue
By Angela Gregory, New Zealand Herald
New Zealand could learn lessons from Denmark, a country with a similar-sized population that has cut its landfills by more than 1000 in the past 30 years, says a visiting waste management expert.
Peter Heydorn, a Danish environmental engineer, said 70 [...]
Are They Dead, or Alive and Living Under a New Name?
Transfer Stations are in reality just conveniently situated depots where refuse collection vehicles (RCVs)discharge their loads to avoid collection vehicles travelling uneconomic and unnecessary distances to distant landfills.
The waste is picked up again and compacted into larger vehicles which may carry up to double the [...]
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 [...]
“In a period in which the Group has implemented substantial changes in preparation for the pre-treatment regulations which came into effect at the end of October, we are pleased to report good growth in revenues, operating profit, adjusted earnings and free cash flow in the first half of this year”
Martin Bettington, Chief Executive Officer of [...]
ACR+ international conference on waste and climate change, is hosted by London Remade
Venue: Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), 66 Portland Place, London W1B 1AD
Description: Explore the role that waste management has to play in climate change in this topical international conference. High profile expert speakers from Europe and beyond will incite debate on a [...]
Increased waste disposal costs, high energy prices and a new emphasis on corporate responsibility means that waste producers, local authorities and policymakers face new challenges.
This thought-provoking 3 day event (site visits on 6 & 7 November, and a one-day conference on 8 November) will provide an opportunity to see waste technologies in action and learn [...]
* 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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