anaerobic composting News
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Gloucestershire CC cuts waste PFI shortlist down to four
Gloucestershire County Council has more than halved the list of bidders for its £171M waste PFI from ten firms to four. Left to compete for the contract are: Complete Circle – a consortia of John Laing, Keppel Seghers and United Utilities Cory Environmental Management Urbaser Viridor. The companies have already put forward ideas to deal with between 150,000 and 175,000 tonnes of waste, ...
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New funding for food waste processing guide launched by WRAP
The Waste & Resources Action Programme has launched a new guide to funding for waste processing activities, such as composting and anaerobic digestion. The guide lists potential sources of funding from a range of organisations covering areas such as environmental improvements, business development, and research, as well as detailing other grant aid schemes which may be of interest. This is ...
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Managing PFAS Chemicals in Composting and Anaerobic Digestion
A lot of media attention is currently given to the issue of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The issues for composting and anaerobic digestion facilities are the presence of PFAS in finished compost or digestate products, and the presence of PFAS in facility storm water runoff. Composting or digestion facilities that take in biosolids, industrial residuals, and food scraps containing ...
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Association for organics recycling appoints Jacobs as MD
Jeremy Jacobs has been formally appointed as managing director of the Association for Organics Recycling (AFOR). His appointment was confirmed at AFOR’s annual general meeting on December 10. Association chairman Peter Mills said: “Jeremy has worked with immense enthusiasm and dedication to represent the interest of the association’s members. I am delighted that he has accepted the role of ...
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Straight wins £1.3M worth of contracts
Recycling container supplier Straight has been awarded £1.3 million worth of contracts to service four local authorities. The firm is to supply kitchen caddies to Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Newcastle Under Lyme and Stockport. In total, it is supplying 212,000 homes with its seven litre caddies and 149,000 homes will receive its 23 litre kitchen caddies. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council will ...
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Thurrock council awards £45m of contracts
Thurrock Borough Council has awarded all its contracts for its waste and recycling services in the area. The £45m seven-year contract was split into six parts following the council’s decision to review the existing services, which were all provided by Veolia Environmental Services (VES). MRW reported in February that VES was planning on bringing High Court proceedings against the ...
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Ecomondo 2020 - Let`s start again from Safety
This year with renewed commitment and trust we invite you to visit our stand at Ecomondo from November 3rd to 6th. You will be able to preview the Doppstadt, Sennebogen and Tiger Depack news as well as all the news on Composting and Anaerobic Digestion Plants built in the last year. To make your presence at the fair more pleasant and safe, we recommend that you register at the link we sent you ...
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Municipal waste recycling up to 44% in EU
Municipal waste generation in the EU was down to 475kg per capita in 2014, 10% less than 2002 levels, with 44% being either recycled, composted or anaerobically digested. New data from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, shows that Municipal waste generation has been falling every year since 2007, with a peak in 2002 of 527kg per person. The amount of municipal waste generated varies ...
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EU Biowaste Directive moves a pace closer
European Union Member States have asked the European Commission to table a directive on biowaste in 2010 “if appropriate” and consider local conditions when drafting the new law. In December 2008, the Commission published a Green Paper on biowaste management in the EU and launched a consultation process to gather opinions on the possibility of a new Biowaste Directive. The EC defines biowaste ...
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Practical benefits of sustainable soil management
A four-year AHDB Cereals and Oilseeds research project has unearthed invaluable results for growers, into the benefits of adopting sustainable soil management practices. One element of the Soil Programme - which involved an overall investment of £2.6 million - investigated how different types and quantities of organic matter in the soil can increase crop yields. Early findings have shown ...
By Certis UK
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Plan A progress positive for waste and recycling
All of the targets relating to waste and recycling set out by retailer Marks and Spencer (M&S) as part of their Plan A sustainability initiative have either been achieved or are on target, according to a report published today. The How We Do Business Report details the progress of the Plan A initiative, which was launched in 2007, three years on and demonstrates significant progress has been ...
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The UK’S hospitality and food service sector bill tops £2.5bn
WRAP identifies astounding £2.5 billion food waste bill in the UK’s hospitality and food waste service sector An astounding £2.5 billion food waste bill in the UK’s hospitality and food service sector has been identified by WRAP, the organisation that supports businesses and individuals in developing sustainable products, reduce waste, and use resources in an efficient ...
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Hospitality and Food Service Agreement (HaFSA) first year results published
The first year results of the Hospitality and Food Service Agreement (HaFSA) published today by WRAP, show signatories have made over £10 million worth of savings by reducing food waste alone. The progress made against the waste prevention target shows a reduction in CO2e associated with food and packaging waste of 2.5%, against the overall target of a 5% reduction by the end of 2015. ...
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Open-Bio: Clear standards for bio-based products
Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research investigates standards for biobased products as part of the Open-Bio project commissioned by the EU. There is some ambiguity concerning bio-based products which frequently have different functional properties and end-of-life options from petroleum-based products. To develop and improve these standards, however, misconceptions will first have to be ...
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London waste and recycling board welcomes huge response to funding call
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson, chair of the London Waste and Recycling Board welcomed the response to the Board’s call for innovative ideas to boost recycling and cut landfill waste. The Board confirmed that 142 proposals have been submitted asking for its support for its competition for funding from waste projects in the capital. This included proposals which would divert London’s waste ...
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Biffa named as preferred bidder for GBP 1bn waste treatment and disposal contract
Biffa has been announced as the preferred bidder for a GBP 1 billion waste treatment and disposal contract with West Sussex County Council. The 25-year deal is expected to create 80 jobs and will see Biffa develop a mechanical/biological treatment (MBT) facility to recover value from around 300,000 tonnes of residual household waste per annum through resource recovery and the creation of a ...
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SEPA welcomes Energy from Waste report findings
Two reports published by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), evaluate waste treatment technologies and their benefits to sustainable waste management. The reports, which have been carried out by leading environmental research consultants AEA and Jacobs, bring together key recommendations on the future of energy recovery in Scotland. The Evaluation of Energy from Biowaste Arisings ...
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TAIM WESER’s waste treatment business receives its second major order in the UK
AmeyCespa is one of the leading providers of recycling, composting, anaerobic digestion and waste management services. In August 2010 AmeyCespa acquired the British waste disposal service Donarbon, a family owned company, well established in the field of waste management in Cambridgeshire. By this acquisition AmeyCespa took on the 28 year Cambridgeshire Waste PFI, making the company responsible ...
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Councils told to consider all LATS disposal options
Local councils with growing stock piles of waste paper have been advised to consider all disposal options under the flexibility of the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme (LATS). According to the Environment Agency (EA), paper could be disposed of with other biodegradable municipal wastes (BMW) such as food waste and garden waste through composting or anaerobic digestion. This method, although ...
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Penton’s WasteExpo 2016 explores a future without food waste
Penton’s WasteExpo, North America's largest solid waste, recycling and organics industry event, today officially announced it will host the Food Recovery Forum, a special two-day event centered on this booming industry. The conference program was developed in collaboration with Dr. Stuart Buckner, former Executive Director of the U.S. Composting Council. WasteExpo is scheduled to take place ...
By Informa PLC
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