October 22, 2009
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Waste & Recycling Newsletter October 22, 2009 |
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GBP 200M biomass plant approved
Plans to build a £200million biomass power plant at Tees Valley have been approved. Gaia Power’s plant will be powered on recycled wood chippings, generating 50MW, which is enough to supply over 80,000 homes. Around 275,000 tonnes of pallets, MDF and chipboard will be diverted from landfill to fuel the facility each year. Gaia power founder and chairman Michael Fox said: “We have worked long and hard with the region’s stakeholders, local industry and residents to ensure that our projects ticked all the right boxes and addressed any concerns raised. “Planning permission ... |
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Government makes proposals for civil sanctions for environmental offences
Under new proposals being drawn up by the Government, waste companies that commit waste offences could risk being fined up to 10 per cent of their turnover, warn lawyers. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has been consulting on proposals to introduce new civil penalties to aid in the enforcement of environmental offences in the form of the Environmental Sanctions Order 2010. These powers will be in addition to existing criminal penalties. The consultation ended on 14 October and the new regulation is intended to be laid before Parliament in January 2010, with a likely ... |
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