June 30th, 2006 by waster
We have now completed a further (Stage 2) of the Deerdykes Composting Facility for Scottish Water Waste Services.
We have therefore uploaded our most recent paper on this work, as presented to the Chartered Institution of Waste Management (UK), and we have issued a Press Release you can get here.
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June 28th, 2006 by waster
The UK’s Chartered Institution of Waste Management is holding an Energy from Waste Seminar this autumn.
5th & 6th September 2006 ~ London
For the full programme and to register go to: http://www.ciwm.co.uk/pma/2349
For further details contact events@ciwm.co.uk or 01604 620426
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June 27th, 2006 by waster
We welcome our first batch of Waste Technology Web Site subscribers to the Wasters Blog.
We hope that you will find our new blog interesting and useful.
Please do post your comments – we like feedback. It’s easy. Click on the “Comments” or “No comments” wording below any posting and a new page will open with a [...]
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June 21st, 2006 by waster
Enviros consultants have created a new web site to assist the waste management industry in coping with the necessary reviews and risk assessments necessary to comply with the ATEX Directive regulations which finally come into force at the end of this month.
Many in the waste industry think that ATEX & DSEAR (UK) compliance means little [...]
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June 16th, 2006 by waster
We are experiencing a late rush for ATEX and DSEAR compliance within the waste industry. This is surprising as implementation has been phased over more than 5 years, giving plenty of time for industry tp prepare, culminating in final full implementation in only 2 weeks time.
We have been advertising our ATEX and DSEAR compliance service to [...]
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June 15th, 2006 by waster
Yes, it’s true, I have just returned from three days in Torbay, at Paignton’s waste manangement exhibition and conference, by the UK Chartered Institution of Waste Management.
This is the time of year when the waste industry take up most hotel accommodation in the bay and overuns the front in Paignton!
Good exhibition, although not quite as [...]
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June 10th, 2006 by waster
I thought it worthwhile airing the subject of landfill development. There is a lot taking place around the world over increasingly more recent landfills, and there is concern that all the necessary care is being taken to prevent landfill gas migration.
The “Waster” thought an article for our independent landfill web site would be useful to [...]
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June 7th, 2006 by waster
The humble earthworm has for millennia lived in our soils largely unseen, improving the quality of these materials to support the whole canopy of ecosystems above. The shear volume of soils on earth which are everyday processed by the earthworms is huge. Is it any wonder that more and more people are realizing the potential [...]
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June 6th, 2006 by waster
I have been working in the waste management consultancy for 20 years, and I still am, but I wanted a blog in which I can muse upon the transition from waste (tips, rubbish, dumps etc) to the whole new world of waste as a resource.
So here it is!
In Europe the parodign shift is underway, and [...]
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