May 2nd, 2009 by waster
ICE responded to the announcements in Alistair Darling’s budget on Wednesday welcoming many of the measures but with a number of caveats and additional calls. The ICE statement commented:
“There is much to be welcomed in this budget. The commitment to maintaining capital investment to 2012 will hopefully reduce the danger of a double dip [...]
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April 10th, 2009 by waster
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.
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March 20th, 2009 by waster
The Waster was hoping to hear that the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority and Cumbria have completed their PFI deals, but time to achieve the goal of signing within the 2008/9 financial year is fast evaporating. Here is what the New Civil Engineer magazine was saying back in February:
Manchester waste PFI deal to be done [...]
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January 28th, 2009 by waster
Energos Appointed Preferred Bidder to Derby Gasification Project
26-01-2009
Gasification specialists Energos have been appointed to provide the technology for a multi-million pound waste treatment facility being built in Derby.
The company, which is part of Manchester-based renewable energy firm ENER-G, will help to develop a 140,000 tonne-a-year gasification facility on Sinfin Lane in Derby on behalf of [...]
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October 3rd, 2008 by waster
£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. [...]
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