If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!A new Waste Design Guide titled; “Designing Waste Facilities, a key guide to modern design in waste”, has been produced by Enviros Consulting for Defra, in partnership with the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). This [...]
£181.6m for project to save 391,000 tonnes of landfill waste
Waste facilities in Leicestershire and the South West will see major improvements thanks to a combined £181.6 million in funding announced by Defra today.
In Leicestershire, the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) project is expecting to divert 98,000 tonnes of Biodegradable Municipal Waste from landfill in 2020. [...]
Tags: Biodegradable, carbon, CHP, Defra, directive, Diverted, environment, funding, heat, incentive, landfill, Leicestershire, Municipal, PFI, power, recycling, South West, Tonnes, UK, wasteIt is looking increasingly unlikely that the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority will sign its £3billion waste treatment contract today, despite plans for a long-awaited financial close.
“The negotiations for the new contract are progressing in a positive manner towards a close and the start of the new contract”; said Pam Taylor, GMWDA.
On April 11, the [...]
Ruddock: Infrastructure in place to meet 2010 landfill target
In the week the Planning Bill received its second reading in the House of Commons, Minister Joan Ruddock has told MPs that enough waste infrastructure is now in place to meet the 2010 Landfill Directive target.
And, responding to a question from Tory MP Anne McIntosh, Mrs Ruddock [...]
The signing of Manchester’s multi-billion pound waste disposal contract has been put back for the third time, following difficulties completing negotiations over refuse derived fuel.
A report which went before the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority on Friday revealed that the deadline for closing the deal with preferred bidders Viridor and Laing has been put back [...]
Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to get its policies on waste sorted to boost recycling and composting and avoid building any new incinerators. This follows a fortnight of confusion over whether the Government will allow councils to give financial incentives to those who recycle more.
Friends of the Earth’s senior waste campaigner, [...]
It’s coming soon - it is a major event and it is on 14th and 15th November, in Telford, UK, and the keynote address will be given by Ben Bradshaw MP, Environment Minister, Defra.
Tailor-made to provide solutions to the UK’s biggest waste problems, the LARAC Conference 2007 offers practical and strategic guidance to transform your [...]
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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