If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!There have been a number of events and conferences that have taken place so far this Autumn in the waste field that have been set up with the key driver of reducing waste sent to landfill.
The UK government’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Environment Agency has released a consultation assessing the diversion of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) from MBT.
The consultation concerns the sampling and testing needed to achieve adequate quantitative monitoring of the reduction in biodegradability in the treated BMW.
The consultation should be available shortly at:
The Environment Agency’s current consultations page.
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 [...]
As new regulations are introduced there is a heavy requirement to train all personnel involved. The following seminar will be particulalry well recieved. - The Waster
On the 26th October CIWM are holding a low cost 2 hour seminar to provide delegates with the information they need to comply with the landfill directive requirements to pre-treat waste before [...]
The Governments Comprehensive Spending review announced a change in funding levels for Private Finance Initiatives for waste management. PFI funding will rise from the 280 million pounds available in 2007/08 to 700 million pounds in 2010/11.
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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 [...]
Almost half of waste treatment solutions on the UK market have not been “proven” to work effectively, a newly-published report has revealed.
Gloucestershire-based consultancy firm Juniper analysed around 300 processes offered by companies across 25 countries for the report, as well as the individual companies offering the technology.
It said the aim was to provide an “independent [...]
In July 2007, Oaktech Environmental signed a contract with Avondale Environmental Ltd. to commence the Design Development of a 70,000 tonnes per annum ArrowBio facility at the Avondale Landfill Site in Falkirk, Scotland.
The ArrowBio process is described as a unique, water-based mechanical-biological treatment for solid waste, which includes anaerobic digestion stages.
ArrowBio’s strengths are stated as [...]
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