waste management Articles
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LGA advisor questions idea of recycling consistency
A senior adviser on waste issues for the Local Government Association (LGA) has suggested that councils will be resistant to measures to enforce a ‘consistent collection system’ across England. The cautionary note over consistency came from LGA adviser Hilary Tanner during a debate titled ‘Localism vs Consistency’ at the LARAC – Local Authority Recycling Advisory ...
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Cooperation among small urban centres in the Lake Victoria Basin as a necessary strategy for managing solid waste: the case of Kisii, Homa Bay and Migori municipalities
Solid waste management remains a daunting task for small municipalities found in the Lake Victoria Basin. The situation is aggravated by low prioritisation of solid waste management, limited revenues for financing waste management and the ever increasing population in these municipalities. Cooperation offers an option that can be considered as it would allow neighbouring municipal councils to ...
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A UK county sustainable waste management programme
The UK Sustainable Development Strategy requires that society makes prudent use of resources so as to protect the environment and at the same time maintain high and stable levels of economic growth and employment. The key to sustainable waste management is waste minimisation, the reduction of waste at source. Waste minimisation clubs have been a central feature of the UK program to encourage the ...
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Information on Waste Management Practices
The European Topic Centre on Waste (ETC/W) has prepared this technical report on the design of catalogues on waste management and waste minimisation. During the initial stages of the work, it became evident that basic work related to data, structure and definition of common code-lists was necessary to ensure that the catalogues, at a later stage, can be used as integrated parts of the ETC/W data ...
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The impact of an environmental disamenity on land values: case of Kiteezi landfill in Uganda
The discourse on waste management is increasingly becoming important especially in developing countries. Landfill use is one of the most preferred methods of waste management yet it has various negative effects on people's welfare and livelihoods. This study uses hedonic price model to quantify impacts of proximity to a landfill. It uses primary data on property characteristics and other factors ...
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Why Exceptional Customer Care Matters-for you and your Business Growth
No matter the type of relationship-professional or personal-trust and communication are key. That holds especially true in the waste management world. Your suppliers rely on you, and you rely on them. But it’s a relationship that should be built on more than transactions. It’s about partnership-and, ultimately, a partnership that drives your business growth. Let’s face it: ...
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Hazardous Waste Management
In today’s environment, there is a need for efficient Hazardous Waste Management (HWM) to manage the transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of huge quantity of generated Hazardous Waste (HW) from industrial and commercial facilities as well as from smaller household sources as they can also pose an immediate and significant threat to environment and personnel. This article ...
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Redefining Waste Management
Why the right software is critical to success in the waste management business. People that come to the waste management business with a background in waste hauling or recycling, often think of it as a service business. So it’s no wonder that choosing business software is often a second-thought. However, with the vast amount of data that needs to be managed, processed, and analyzed, not to ...
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Total Waste Management to the Caravan Club case study
Client: Caravan Club Location: Multi Site Location Date: 23/03/2012 Sector: Leisure About the Project: GPT facilitate total waste solutions to over 120 Caravan Club sites. The waste streams managed include general, mixed recycling, glass, green waste andad hoc hazardous waste. The Caravan Club provide modern membership run facilities and are seen as the UK’s leader incaravanning ...
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Roll out of new contract for Total Waste Management Private Healthcare case study
Client: Ramsay Healthcare Location: Nationwide Date: 01/03/2012 Sector: Private Healthcare About the Project: Ramsay Healthcare Ramsay has a network of 22 private hospitals in the UK as well as 9 treatment centre's and 3 Neurological Units. GPT National Account Executives visited the hospitals, produced site reports with photographic evidence of current incumbents and produced a report with ...
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Why waste management
Since 1973 we are a part of environmentally friendly and economical shredding systems for all types of waste. Since 1973 MERCODOR GmbH Sondermaschinenbau KG (Special Products), Frankfurt/Main, The company’s shredding systems are used for the reduction of waste volume in various commercial and industrial applications, including hotels, hospitals, commercial kitchens and cruise ships, ...
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Cost savings for Healthcare Estates delivered through improved waste management
We are pleased to announce the launch of our latest White Paper for the Healthcare Sector. The whitepaper “Cost savings for healthcare estates delivered through improved waste management“ seeks to educate FM and Estates Directors of the savings that are available through improved waste management. Click here to download the full Whitepaper The White Paper is provided as a reference ...
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Waste management regulations
In recent years, utilisation of biowastes (especially biowaste composts) has gained greater significance in the Federal Republic of Germany. Whereas less than 1 million tonnes of biowaste was source separated and utilised in 1990, more than 6 million tonnes of biowaste are currently used as fertilisers after composting or digestion. Since composting of source separated biowaste has gained a ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Gasplasma®: Revolutionizing the Waste-to-Energy Landscape – APP featured in Waste Advantage Magazine
Advanced Plasma Power CEO Rolf Stein has written an article for Waste Advantage Magazine discussing how its Gasplasma® process is one solution to growing concerns of waste management in the ...
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Recovery, Recycling and Revenues
Earlier this year, the UK’s Local Government Association (LGA) revealed that almost 615,000 tonnes of material is disposed of in England, even though it can be reused. It was calculated that by reusing this household waste, British tax payers could save up to £60 million. Most industries produce some form of waste whether it’s broken machinery, surplus food, or unused ...
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Benenden School - Case Study
2,000 litres of food waste per week. BioNova A5 installed within estates equipment shed. End product used as soil improver by grounds staff. Machine supplied as part of waste management ...
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Waste Management Solutions for Queens Hospital case study
Client: Queens Hospital Location: Romford, Essex Date: 01/03/2012 Sector: Public Healthcare To implement a service provision that included a Food and Dry Mixed Recycling Service About the project: GPT Waste has been providing waste service provision to Queens Romford since contract award in August 2010. The services are provided to our partner Sodexo Healthcare. On contract start GPT managed ...
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FORUM: Waste management is a people game
The international waste management community is well aware of the necessity, with all its reasons, to divert urban waste from landfills. It so happens that the rest of the population does not share or have access to our knowledge, and consequently exhibits patterns of behaviour with respect to its waste that diverge from our expectations. This short forum suggests that this divergence may be ...
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Environment Agency Environmental Management Quality Protocols: converting waste into non-waste products
Many organisations are unaware of how waste impacts their bottom line. The EU Waste Framework Directive outlines 5 core steps for dealing with waste and when ranked according their environmental impact, they make up the ‘waste hierarchy’. With an increase in demand for resources and increasing input costs, businesses could benefit substantially from adopting the waste hierarchy. The ...
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