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Hydrogen Forklifts – You Heard of Hydrogen Cars But Now It’s Lifts?
Hydrogen forklifts are making inroads into the powered industrial truck market. Thanks to a more eco-friendly mindset and an emphasis on operational efficiency, hydrogen lifts are now found in a variety of job environments. Everywhere from lumber yards to warehouses, from dockyards to ports routinely use hydrogen forklifts. What are the pros and cons of […]
Landfill Mining
We first posted about landfill mining quoting from a CIWM Press Release in October 2008. As below, and now, almost 10 years later we have added our update. So what has happened to landfill mining since 2008? Almost nothing in Europe it seems, but since then, some landfill mining has been implemented, especially in the […]
What is Recycling and What Can We Recycle?
I believe that lots of people still don’t understand what is recycling, why and how we can do it. So, I have decided to write the following piece to inform you and let you know all important things about recycling. I hope you find this informative. What Is Recycling? Recycling, the latest practice for promoting […]
What is Peat Free Compost?
Hello! We understand that you would like to know what Peat Free Compost is? Peat free compost is explained here so read-on! What is Peat Free Compost? The Meaning of Peat Free Explained Peat free compost is available for home garden use and to businesses. In the United Kingdom and many northern United Kingdom and […]
List of 16 US Recycling Systems Companies Which Supply MRF and ERF Equipment
The following US recycling systems companies are believed to supply recycling equipment to the US, and other countries internationally for use in MRFs (Materials Recovery Facilities) and Energy Recovery Facilities (incinerators). The Waster was asked to provide a list of recycling equipment companies recently, by a waste management professional, wishing to obtain quotes for installing a […]
2009 Dawn of the Circular Economy 1st Year Landfill was More Expensive than Recycling
In 2009 in the UK a number of things came together which changed the waste management scene like never before. Waste, Yes! Common rubbish became a resource and an opportunity.
3 Ways to Recycle Plastics – A Taxing Question or “Extended Producer Responsibility”?
We need better ways to Recycle Plastics, because currently improving the dire situation on the sustainability of plastics, just isn’t working, so is it best to see the solution as a taxing question, deposit return schemes, or a need for new extended Producer Responsibility requirements to make the plastics producers pay the true cost of […]
Increasing Recycling Collection in Flats (Apartment Buildings)
Increasing Recycling Collection in Flats (Apartment Buildings) is the next big recycling challenge for cities. “Recycling Is Easy… Unless You Live In A Flat”, Agnieszka Chruszcz wrote recently in the CIWM Journal about Flats Recycling (Apartment Recycling). As a senior consultant at Resource Futures, engaged work on improving recycling collection in flats, Agnieszka says: “Recycling in […]
