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The misconceptions among consumers of what terms like renewable, bio-based and biodegradable mean pose challenges for companies putting labels on their products and their packaging.
The National Audit Office has reported that the English local authorities are too slow awarding PFI contracts for England to achieve the ordered 50% organic waste diversion away from landfill by 2013. This article explains this and why the situation may be getting worse due to the credit crunch.
Tags: banking, Biodegradable, biodegradable waste, credit crunch, environment, government, government auditor, greater manchester, landfill, national audit office, NCE, new civil engineer, pfi contracts, public spending, renegotiation, waste diversion from landfill, waste processing, wasterCall for Abstracts for the Twelfth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, 5 – 9 October 2009, S. Margherita di Pula (Cagliari), Sardinia, Italy The organisers of the top Waste and resource management conference are once again seeking papers from experts in their fields. To write a good quality paper and present it at the [...]
Tags: Biodegradable, carbon footprint, consultation package, demolition waste, directive, duty of care, environment, environment agency, environmental engineer, environmental permitting, funding, incineration, infrastructure act, landfill, Municipal, power, recyclable waste, recycling, waste management, waster, welsh assembly government£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 [...]
Tags: Biodegradable, carbon, CHP, Defra, directive, Diverted, environment, funding, heat, incentive, landfill, Leicestershire, Municipal, PFI, power, recycling, South West, Tonnes, UK, waste
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