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 operationâ€. The directive also sets new recycling targets. By 2020, EU member states must recycle 50% […]
List of Top Waste Contractors UK
Here is our list of List of Top Waste Contractors UK operating in the United Kingdom. The New Civil engineer Magazine, which is the weekly news magazine of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineers, provides through eMapInform an annual contractor listing and ranking report across all civil engineering construction disciplines. This years edition provides the […]
First Use of Biomethane – Upgraded Biogas Gas Used 1st by Camden Council, London
The historic first use of biomethane (now known as rCNG) in a council vehicle in the UK was in the London Borough of Camden. The fuel is now increasingly used for powering buses. A main reason for using it is its comparatively clean burning characteristics, which make it a far cleaner fuel than diesel. Back […]
First UK Site Waste Management Plan Template (SWMP) Issued by WRAP in 2008
The following is our archived post in which we introduced the idea of a Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) template, which would be used to develop consistently high quality Site Waste Management Plans (SWMPs) at the start of all constrcution projects over £300,000 in value. “WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has launched (on 26 […]
Landfill Gas Utilisation – US Still Waking Up to LFG Profits and LMOP
In 2007, when we first posted this article about Landfill Gas Utilisation for LFG Profits, we said that the US was still waking up to the potential to make money from collecting and selling landfill gas energy. However, it was not until 10 years later in 2017, that the US government instigated the LMOP programme. LMOP […]
The Problem with Recycling It’s Ineffective to Fight Climate Change
The Problem with Recycling, as presently practised throughout the EU, is it’s ineffective to fight climate change. It’s not just the WastersBlog saying this. The UK Environment Agency has been saying it! Nothing has changed since we first posted the following article on this subject back in 2007, except that the problems are now more […]
Recycling Problems – Is Recycling A Waste Of Time, Money And Energy?
Guest Author: Davis Green I am going to be very politically incorrect and discuss the recycling problems, and whether recycling might actually be a waste of time, money and energy. There are many problems with recycling. Why is nobody talking about them? Most of us feel guilty if we do not take the trouble to […]
Anaerobic Digestion “Big Opportunity” for Municipal Waste
Urban-based local authorities should consider the anaerobic digestion big opportunity, as an alternative to in-vessel composting for the recycling of municipal biodegradable food waste, according to researchers at WRAP. Speaking today (23 April 2007) at the annual Recycling and Waste Forum in Birmingham on Thursday, WRAP’s organics supply programme manager Louise Hollingworth said: “In-vessel composting […]
What a “Waster”! My new Blog’s First Entry
I have been working in the waste management consultancy for 20 years, and I still am, but I wanted a blog in which I can muse upon the transition from waste (tips, rubbish, dumps etc) to the whole new world of waste as a resource. So here it is! In Europe the parodign shift is […]
