November 05, 2009
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Waste & Recycling Newsletter November 05, 2009 |
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UK biomass plans heat up with Peterborough Energy Park
Construction of a new 80MW biomass facility near Peterborough has been given the go-ahead. Located in Storey`s Bar Gate area of the city, the facility will be operated by Peterborough Renewable Energy (PREL), which plans to set up a network of similar sites across the UK. As well as burning waste biomass to generate energy, the facility will also sort through the waste and `remanufacture` the materials to produce renewable energy, glass, building blocks and other compounds, the company states. When completed, Peterborough Energy Park will be capable of saving 600,000 tonnes of CO2 ... |
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EPA adds three hazardous waste sites to superfund’s national priorities list
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is adding three new hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country. To date, there have been 1,610 sites listed on the NPL. Of these sites, 340 sites have been deleted resulting in 1,270 sites currently on the NPL (including the three new sites added in the rulemaking). There are 63 proposed sites awaiting final agency ... |
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