waste management News
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A Free Online System is launched to streamline Waste Reporting Processes
The initiative was launched by a partnership of waste industry and government bodies led by the Environment Agency and is expected to save organisations across the UK a total of c£8m a year by providing a new electronic alternative to burdensome paperwork. All UK businesses are required to produce waste transfer notes, which describe the nature of their waste and who they pass it on to. ...
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Waste Management Announces The SmartEnergy(SM) Compactor
Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE:WM) today announced the new SmartEnergy(SM) Compactor which could reduce electricity consumption by as much as 70 percent versus traditional compactors, resulting in lower operating costs and a lower carbon footprint for customers. The SmartEnergy Compactor is the latest innovative technology from North America's leading environmental solutions company, helping ...
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GPT Waste announce increase in diversion from landfill
GPT Waste ensures that providing sustainable waste services to their clients remains the focal point of their business, therefore they carry out regular assessments to ensure they are meeting targets set by their clients and remain flexible in an ever-changing market. Following a recent review of the percentage of waste they are diverting from landfill, in comparison to 2015/16, GPT Waste are ...
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GPT wins total waste management contract for a leading European Generics Manufacturer
GPT Waste, the largest UK independent provider of waste management solutions and sustainable waste services has won a three year, total waste management contract with one of Europe’s leading generics manufacturers GPT – The Waste Solution has been employed directly by the client who manufactures and distributes prescription medicines throughout the UK. They will work with the ...
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GPT wins total waste management contract for a leading European Generics Manufacturer
GPT Waste, the largest UK independent provider of waste management solutions and sustainable waste services has won a three year, total waste management contract with one of Europe’s leading generics manufacturers GPT - The Waste Solution has been employed directly by the client who manufactures and distributes prescription medicines throughout the UK. They will work with the ...
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Clinical Win for GPT Waste
We are proud to announce that we have secured a 2 year, clinical waste management contract for St John & St Elizabeth Hospital This prestigious two year hospital waste management contract will see waste streams including all healthcare waste and eventually the GMW and recyclable waste. There will also be the opportunity for GPT Waste to implement a total non clinical waste service by April, ...
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GPT wins 2 year total waste management contract with the Corbin & King Group
We are pleased to announce that we have won a two year, total waste management contract for three of the restaurants within the Corbin & King portfolio. The restaurants within the Corbin & King portfolio provide some of London’s most iconic and best-loved dining establishments. GPT Waste will initially work with the group to provide total waste management services to The Delauney, ...
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Improving resource efficiency with waste management from GPT Waste
Planning the waste management and recycling for all of the rubbish produced in this country is an enormous task which involves both logistical planning and scientific knowledge, it also requires a certain understanding in order to balance the impact on the environment and the cost effectiveness of the process. Waste management and recycling companies are also feeling an extra pressure to perform ...
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CIWM suggests making edoc mandatory
Six months on from the launch of edoc - the innovative new online system for recording waste transfers - the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has suggested that the UK government seriously considers making edoc mandatory. Developed by the Environment Agency in partnership with the waste sector and government bodies from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, edoc offers a quick, ...
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GPT Waste embraces National edoc programme
On Wednesday 11th September, we were present at the preview of the National electronic duty of care programme (edoc) which was unveiled at the CIWM RWM Show in Birmingham. The edoc programme is a four year initiative that began development in January 2011 and will run until December 2014. The programme is an EU LIFE+ funded initiative set up by Environment Agency, Chartered Institute of Wastes ...
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Normandy 2.0: Hello automation. Goodbye manual waste entry.
Tacoma, WA. With 20 years of applied knowledge and research on the deep costs of industrial food waste, Feed Commodities LLC and Normandy Waste Management Systems are pleased to announce their latest 2015 service plan, Normandy 2.0. The goal: actually add value to the food waste processing industry with streamlined, user-friendly waste tracking software. Best of all, it is completely ...
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Industry surveys reveal that SMEs may be disposing of waste incorrectly
The research set out to discover how well-informed Britain’s businesses are about their obligations under the Hazardous Waste Regulations (2005). It makes good business sense to manage waste in the right way, and this research has shown that while Britain’s business owners are keen to do their bit, they need more help to get it right. The survey asked 1,000 small and medium-sized ...
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Waste management comes under the spotlight at Gulf Environment Forum
Organisers of the Gulf Environment Forum have announced two key sponsors, SAES Enviro and SEPCO, as the issue of waste management comes under the spotlight. Initiated by the Presidency of Meteorology & Environment, the event returns to the Jeddah Hilton after huge success in 2010, which was held under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz. A ...
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New requirements in waste management
September will be extremely important for waste operators because they literally have the last months to adapt to new business requirements. Until September 5, they have time to submit applications for changing their waste decisions. It is about integrated permits, permits to collect or process waste and permit to produce waste. In practice, this means that if the entity does not submit a ...
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Arc21 gets green light to build MBT plant in Belfast but not EfW plant
Belfast City Council has backed proposals from an umbrella waste management group, for a mechanical biological treatment plant to be built at the council-owned north foreshore site in Belfast. But the council voted against its land being made available for an energy-from-waste plant to be built there. Arc21, an umbrella waste management group for 11 councils in eastern Northern Ireland said it ...
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Hazardous waste management from Intelex Technologies Inc.
Each day organizations are confronted with the responsibility of effectively handling, tracking, and disposing of hazardous waste materials such as chemicals, water, and old computer equipment. To manage these hazardous items according to corporate standards and government regulations, organizations need a comprehensive set of tools that will enable them to manage, track, and report on the ...
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Integrated waste management represents promising solution in South Africa
The South African solid waste management market currently lacks proper regulation, and illegal dumping remains a common occurrence across all waste market segments. Potential growth opportunities through waste-to-energy projects and the clean development mechanism initiatives remain unexploited. At the same time, integrated waste management is emerging as a promising solution to the challenges ...
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The Latest in Landfill Training
The Chartered Institution of Waste Management and the Environmental Services Association will bring you four landfill training courses in the coming months. So if you or anyone within your company needs training in Leachate, Geology or Landfill Gas Management then we have the course for you. Geology, Hydrogeology and Hydrology - 19 March 2014 - Shrewsbury Are you involved in the protection of ...
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HSE announces planned inspections of waste management vehicles
A wave of inspections of transport risks in waste management operations will take place in 2010-11, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced. The inspections will focus on skip-hire operations and waste management companies where waste is hand sorted, two areas that represent a disproportionately high level of accidents. A HSE spokesperson said: “The waste and recycling industry ...
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Coast guard and EPA send directive to BP on oil spill waste management plan (HQ, AL, FL, LA, MS)
Today, the U.S. Coast Guard, with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency agreement, issued a directive to BP on how the company should manage recovered oil, contaminated materials and liquid and solid wastes recovered in cleanup operations from the BP oil spill. The U.S. Coast Guard, along with EPA, and in consultation with the states, will hold BP accountable for the implementation of the approved ...
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