Seminar: Pretreatment of Waste Before Landfill

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 [...]

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UK Gov’t Comprehensive Spending Review: Waste Gets Big PFI Increase

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. See More Here…

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Conference: Generating Energy from Residual Waste

* 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 [...]

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43% of Waste Technologies “Unproven” in United Kingdom

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 [...]

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New ArrowBio MBT & Anaerobic Digestion Facility Project Starts

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 [...]

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UK Waste Strategy 2007 Published

We have added just one post about the New Waste Strategy which has just been published: To find out more about the Waste Strategy 2007 we recommend a visit to the Letsrecycle web site here.  STRATEGY: Specific material type landfill bans on agenda The first three chapters of Waste Strategy 2007 contain a number of key [...]

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CIWM North East Centre Food For Thought Waste Seminar

Will take place on Friday 25 May at Millshaw Leeds, the seminar will examine the current waste  practices, explore latest technology advances, and identify opportunities for industries and Local Authorities to work collaboratively in achieving cost reductions and revenue gains. Click here for details.

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Lucky 13 Contractors in Running for Cheshire’s £1bn Waste Contract

Cheshire county council yesterday unveiled a list of 13 companies in the running for its largest ever contract, a PFI-backed waste deal worth £1 billion. The companies will now engage in competitive dialogue with the waste disposal authority with the expectation of appointing a preferred bidder in autumn 2008. Cheshire’s PFI bidders: – Amey Ventures [...]

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Provisional Backing for £750m Cambridgeshire Waste PFI Deal

Cambridgeshire County Council chiefs have given the preliminary go-ahead to a £750 million project which will include an MBT and a visitor centre. The 28-year contract with local company Donarbon Ltd has been agreed by the council’s decision-making body, the cabinet, this week. This recommendation will now go before the full council who will decide [...]

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Recycling Row for World’s First “Zero Waste” City

The first city in the world to adopt a “zero waste” policy to stop sending waste to landfill is facing accusations of abandoning the principle. Australia’s capital city Canberra first committed to stopping sending waste to landfill in December 1996, setting the target to be reached by 2010. It has reported achieving a 75% recovery [...]

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