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An initial reading of yesterday’s budget suggests that although in some areas the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Brown has brought forward green taxation, there is nothing which specifically assists the introduction of waste technologies. The rise in landfill tax is welcome as it will continue to make waste processing options look less expensive than they [...]
Enviros was acquired by Alfred McAlpine plc on 1 February 2007. Alfred McAlpine is one of the fastest growing support services organisations in the UK. They develop, finance, design, build, manage and maintain the buildings and infrastructure that enable individuals and organisations across the UK and Ireland to go about their business. Enviros will be [...]
Viridor/Laing Selected as Preferred Bidder for Greater Manchester PFI Waste Contract Viridor is delighted to announce that the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) today (29 January 2007) confirmed that it has selected the consortium between Viridor Waste Management and John Laing Infrastructure (a division of John Laing plc) as preferred bidder for the PFI [...]
Pollution from Waste-to-Energy Incinerator: The environmental impact of waste-to-energy technology outweighs the benefits when it comes to a proposed garbage incinerator in Greater Vancouver, according to a leading pollution researcher. The new trash incinerator would be 80 per cent larger than the existing garbage burning facility in Burnaby. The primary concern is the contaminants in [...]
here is a promotional opportunity for companies in waste management: CIWM is working with Special Report Publishing on a waste management supplement in The Daily Telegraph. The supplement, which will go to selected regions, has a circulation of 710,000 copies (over 1.5 million readers). The editorial content will also be available for two months on www. [...]
WRG Holdings has announced that it has today (27 September) completed the sale of Waste Recycling Group (other than its waste to energy business) to Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas S.A. (FCC), one of Spain’s leading construction and services groups. Jim Meredith, Chief Executive of Waste Recycling Group, commented: “From today, WRG faces an exciting [...]
Waster says: At last UK organic waste derived compost producers look like gaining a well deserved opportunity to escape the “waste” classification for their compost products, if this consultation becomes part of the UK regulations. A quality protocol developed by the Environment Agency and WRAP will see composters making a product that is not classified as waste [...]
OK. Occasionally the Waster indulges in the hard sell for his employer. So here it is:- We are pleased to report that once again Enviros Consulting comes out well in the 2006 edie.net environmental consultancy survey, outperforming many of its larger rivals. In the key questions of awareness, size and reputation Enviros is ranked consistently [...]
We have added two new pages to the AD intro section of www.anaerobic-digestion.com to help those planning an AD project. These each contain a list. The first is a list of Common AD Plant Feed Materials and the second is a ist of Objectives for proposing an AD Plant. We hope that these lists are helpful, and do let [...]
The call for papers has been sent out for the Waster’s favourite beach side event! Now’s the time to send in those Abstracts for next year’s event. All abstracts must be submitted by 30th October 2006. Visit their web site at http://www.sardiniasymposium.it/ (or UK residents only can email me mailto:info@landfill-site.com with full postal address for a hard copy of [...]
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