April 17, 2008
| Waste & Recycling Newsletter April 17, 2008 |
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| This Week´s Featured News Stories |
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 | GBP 310m to help UK local authorities improve landfill waste management Defra has awarded PFI credits to four projects across England to improve local waste management. The projects will make a significant contribution towards meeting the UK’s landfill directive targets by helping to divert over a million tonnes of waste. Environment Minister Joan Ruddock commented: “These are ambitious yet realistic projects which have risen to the challenge of supporting the whole waste hierarchy. They have contributions to make on minimisation, recycling and waste diversion. A combination of these activities is essential in our drive to tackle climate change. “PFI agreements ... | ||||
 | Serbian nuclear site needs US$25m to clean up leaking waste A global effort to remove dangerous spent fuel and decommission a Soviet-designed Serbian reactor on the outskirts of Belgrade has cleared the second of three major funding hurdles. As part of the Vinča Institute Nuclear Decommissioning (VIND) Programme, the Serbian government and the IAEA recently signed an $8.63 million (EUR 5.46 million) framework agreement with the European Commission to help fund activities related to decommissioning of the aging Cold War-era nuclear reactor. The European donation is the largest in the project’s history, and the infusion of funds is vital to complete ... | ||||
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