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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.
CIWM’s Great Waste Survey 2008 gives you the chance to have your say on the industry’s hottest topics.
For example, are you one of the 78% so far that see energy from waste as a no-brainer? Or are you in the minority that thinks the new Department for Energy and Climate Change will help clarify [...]
Landfill officially a “last resort” option for EU
EU environment ministers have officially approved a new framework for waste management across their 27 member countries, including a five-step hierarchy for waste treatment which classes “energy-efficient waste incineration a recovery operation”. The directive also sets new recycling targets.
By 2020, EU member states must recycle 50% of [...]
Tags: council of the european union, demolition waste, environment, environmental objective, eu member states, framework directive, greenhouse gases, landfill, landfill disposal, landfill sites, prevention programs, recycling, resort option, secondary resource, waste incineration, waste legislation, waste management, waste management operations, waste oils, waste policiesThe 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 magazineThere 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 Defra funded New Technology Demonstrator Programme (NTDP) features in many of the events. The NTDP sets [...]
02-10-2008 from LetsRecycle News
Companies handling construction waste in Wales can now sign up to a standard recognising that they are disposing of it correctly and in line with their Duty of Care.
Launched by Constructing Excellence in Wales (CEW) and Jane Davidson, Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing, the ‘Green Compass’ standard is the first of [...]
Tags: british standards institution, carbon, carbon footprint, cew, constructing excellence, construction industry, construction sector, construction waste, demolition waste, duty of care, environment, funding, jane davidson, landfill, pilot scheme, public consultation, schem, waste, waste managementRecycling 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 [...]
£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, wasteFigures announced today reveal that every local authority in Wales has met strict limits, set by the Assembly Government, on the amount of biodegradable waste it can send to landfill sites. Wales, as a whole is also currently within its 2009/10 target set by Europe. The Landfill Allowances Scheme (LAS) limits the amount of biodegradable [...]
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