biodegradable waste News
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Ireland will struggle to meet its landfill diversion targets, says new report
Ireland will have great difficulty meeting its Landfill Directive targets, according to a new study. The research called Ireland’s sustainable development model published by Ireland’s Environment Protection Agency suggests that continued growth in and landfilling of biodegradable municipal waste poses “risks to the exchequer” which could face fines due to non-compliance with the EU Landfill ...
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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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Defra launches climate change plan
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published a Climate Change Plan which sets out how the Government will help to reduce emissions in the UK, including emissions from the waste sector, to help tackle climate change. The Government aims to reduce emissions from the waste sector by: Working with industry and consumers to reduce the amount of biodegradable waste produced; ...
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European Commission takes Germany to court over biodegradable waste
The European Commission has decided to refer Germany to the European Court of Justice over a contract for the supply of a software application. The Commission has also decided to send a reasoned opinion to Germany concerning the award of a public service contract for the disposal of biodegradable and green wastes by the municipality of Bonn.Supply of software between public-law bodies. The ...
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Cory wins £80M North Somerset waste contract
Cory Environmental has been awarded a possible 14-year contract worth £80 million to treat and dispose of North Somerset’s waste. Initially the agreement is for a seven-year contract, which has the option of a seven-year extension and commences in March 2010. Cory will be responsible for managing an existing waste transfer station, treating food waste and green waste and disposing of residual ...
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Ireland`s EPA to review waste licences for landfills - comment update
Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will be reviewing EPA licences for landfills, to reduce the amount of biodegradable waste going to landfill. It will aim to: Maximise the use and value of waste before it is disposed of to landfill; Assist compliance with the European Union Landfill Directive; Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from landfills, and Reduce the ...
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Shanks group continues takeover talks
Waste management firm Shanks Group has confirmed confidential discussions are still taking place with the Carlyle Group over a possible take over bid in its latest Interim Management Statement. The statement said: “On 7 December 2009 the board announced that it had received an unsolicited approach from a private equity group regarding a preliminary and highly conditional cash offer for the ...
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Separate collections for biodegradable waste recommended by EU
Countries in the European Union should make strong efforts to introduce separate collections for biodegradable waste in order to facilitate high quality recycling and anaerobic digestion (AD), according to a new communication from the European Commission. The communication on future steps in bio-waste management, published on May 18, looks at ways in which EU member states may further tap into ...
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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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Local authorities encouraged to `utilize flexibility` of landfill scheme to meet waste targets
The unique flexibility of England’s Landfill Allowances and Trading Scheme (LATS) will help local authorities to meet EU landfill targets, despite the sudden fall in demand on the recyclable materials market. A new Environment Agency report released today shows three years into the LATS scheme, England is already within the 2010 target of a 25% reduction (against 1995 levels) in biodegradable ...
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New biodegradable waste management plans proposed and evaluated
Researchers have designed and proposed a new organic waste management plan for Catalonia, Spain, and presented it in a recent study. They say that the plan would reduce a number of environmental impacts that arise from landfilling biodegradable waste, including natural resource depletion, acidification, and eutrophication. To reduce the negative environmental effects of landfilling and to ...
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Marchwood Scientific new range of services for biodegradable waste
Marchwood Scientific Services Ltd (MSSL) the independent Dioxin testing laboratory near Southampton has now extended its package of testing services for biodegradable wastes. The EU Landfill Directive and corresponding UK Landfill Regulations set targets designed to divert biodegradable municipal wastes (BMW) away from landfill. These targets state that by 2010, only 75% of the 1995 quantity of ...
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England mulls ban on recyclable waste dumping
The UK could follow the example set by some other European countries and ban landfilling of recyclable or biodegradable waste, the government said on Thursday. A revised strategy for reducing waste in England includes a promise to consult on the issue. The strategy also sets a series of new 2020 targets for better waste management in England. They include 50 per cent recycling of household ...
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Partnership working key for waste management sector
The waste management industry needs to make better use of partnership working in order to try and save money and deliver best practice, according to the Chairman of the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). In his first official speech as Chair of WRAP at the Futuresource conference, Peter Stone outlined the latest challenges to the waste management sector which everyone involved in the ...
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Good on mercury and waste, bad on climate and enforcement: EEB assesses the Czech Presidency
EEB has released its assessment of the Czech Presidency, which it has done for each presidency since 1998, based on the Ten Green Tests it put before the Czech government when it took over from the French on 1st January. EEB views the six-month Presidency as a convenient period over which progress on the EU’s environment-related policy and legislation can be measured. “The Czech Presidency was ...
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Curate your waste: improving the efficiency of waste recovery
Sustainable urban waste management has progressed over recent decades, with recycling of waste becoming a routine activity across the EU. However, the increasing volume and complexity of waste poses ongoing challenges for policymakers and municipal administrators. New research suggests that a rethink around how household waste is sorted could lead to more resources being recovered from solid ...
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Food waste a priority for Ireland, says EPA
Food waste has been highlighted as a top priority in Ireland to ensure the country doesn’t miss EU diversion targets for biodegradable municipal waste. Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency has published The National Waste Report 2007, stating food waste “is a priority”. Other progress indicators were that overall general waste generation had not increased from 2006. And, recycling rates had ...
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Falling waste arisings help Ireland reach diversion targets
Irish waste management company Greenstar has said that the total volume of waste in the Irish market fell by over 20% in 2009, pushing profits down and it believes this is likely to continue through 2010. Based on the throughput of all Greenstar facilities, the firm has already noted that waste arisings have fallen in the first quarter of 2010. But, the fall in waste arisings combined with ...
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Effective EU waste management can contribute to 2020 CO2 reduction target
A new report by Prognos states that by introducing an ambitious waste policy in EU the waste sector is able to contribute with 16-27% of the total 20% emission reduction target, to be meet by the EU countries under the Kyoto agreement. Mrs. Birnstegel from Prognos stated at the Press Conference 27 May 2008, that politically there is a need to focus on, diverting biodegradable waste from ...
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Welsh Local Authorities hit landfill targets a year early
Wales has hit its European Union Landfill Directive target a year early, and its local authorities have managed to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill. The Landfill Allowances Scheme limits the amount of waste councils can send to landfill. Overall, councils sent 599,703 tonnes of biodegradable municipal waste to landfill compared to the 2008/09 Wales allowance of 788,000 tonnes – this ...
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