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Waste in 2008 a Review of the Year in Rubbish

January 1st, 2009 by waster

A summary of the year in blogging at the Wastersblog. The Waster says what he thinks about EU Legislation, the recession in recycling which has produced the recycling cost scandal, and the wisdom of the UK in signing up as it did to the Landfill Directive reluctantly and only in exchange for a deal with the Spanish on fishing quotas!

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Tags: ambitious plans, city contracts, contract negotiations, GMWDA, greater manchester, incineration, landfill, landfill directive, Maastricht, massive investment, pfi contracts, recycling, secondary resource, stories of success, target, waste disposal authority, waste diversion, waste management companies, wasters

Posted in biowaste treatment, landfill directive, resource management, site waste management plans 1 Comment

Britain’s Recycling Strategy Suffers as Paper Price Colapses

November 11th, 2008 by waster

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.

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Tags: confederation of paper industries, export markets, high risk, incineration, industry, industry organisation, landfill, local authorities, paper recycling, paper recyling strtaegy, paper sector, recycling, risk strategy, Tonnes, UK, waste, worst case scenario

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Time to Send in Your Abstracts for the Next Sardinia Conference

October 15th, 2008 by waster

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Call 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 [...]

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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

Posted in Composting, carbon footprint, efw, environmental regulation, landfill, resource management, waste conference, waste management 1 Comment

Hearing on Meath Landfill Ireland Deferred

October 11th, 2008 by waster

College Proteins has applied under the Irish Strategic Infrastructure Act (SIA) to the board for permission for the development on its existing site in Nobber.
On Thursday, the ninth day of the hearing, landowner David Horgan told Oisín Collins for North East Against Incineration that the field was his and he had not been asked to [...]

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