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Two big Waste Processing Facilities have been halted after UK County Council plans have been derailed well into these projects. The question is asked when our society which produces so much waste will take responsibility for dealing with it in their local area, even when enormous sums are about to be spent on a new generation of vastly improved Waste Treatment Plants.
Tags: efw, environment, landfill, PFI, planning permission, Technology, UK, waste, waste management, waste processingThe Welsh Assembly Government has announced a £800,000 package to help reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfills in Wales of which £100,000 to help Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. In Merthyr Tydfil, the funding will be used for a door-knocking campaign to encourage more households to recycle.
The remainder of the £800,000 is expected to be used to support plastics recycling in Wales and develop “Zero waste places”.
Tags: environment, landfill, Municipal, recycling, rubbish, waste recycling, welsh assembly governmentThe 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, wasterPlanning Bill receives Royal Assent…
Michael Donnelly, PlanningResource, 27 November 2008
The Planning Bill has completed the legislative process after receiving Royal Assent last night.
The government says the Planning Act 2008 will enable decisions on major infrastructure projects in areas such as energy, aviation, road and rail transport, water and waste to be taken much more speedily [...]
Tags: approval, Bill, carbon, climate, Commission, energy infrastructure, environment, generation, government, Hazel Blears, infrastructure, infrastructure planning, infrastructure projects, legislation, national infrastructure, national policy statements, planning decisions, Planning Resource, power, practice, rail transport, transport water, UK, windA 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 new document is expected to become a key reference document for waste professionals in the UK [...]
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 policiesCall 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 conference [...]
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 government02-10-2008 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 [...]
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