Commercial Industrial waste News
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Defra develops policy statement on commercial and industrial waste
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is developing a policy statement setting out its approach to commercial and industrial waste. It intends to publish what actions it will take to tackle commercial and industrial waste and on encouraging greater convergence in the drivers to address both waste from households and businesses. The policy statement is intended to be published ...
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TfL Metro contract ambiguous about recycling measures
The lucrative contract retained by the Metro on Transport for London’s network includes new measures to further encourage newspaper recycling, TfL has claimed. The contract, which begins on 6 April, allows distribution of the free morning newspaper on weekday mornings at around 250 underground stations and 14 London bus stations for the next seven and a half years. London Underground interim ...
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Call for `sensible` timetable to build infrastructure to tackle C&I waste
A 'sensible” timetable will need to be put in place to allow the waste industry to build infrastructure to tackle commercial and industrial waste in the light of the Government’s proposals to change the UK’s definition of municipal waste, according to an industry expert. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is currently reviewing the UK’s landfill diversion targets after ...
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UK government told to crack down on business waste
Waste reduction policies should concentrate on reducing the high levels of commercial waste instead of focusing solely on consumers. The House of Lords Science Committee has called on Government to restructure local authority waste targets to allow them to address commercial and industrial waste. In a report entitled Waste Reduction, the committee said ministers must also take steps to ensure ...
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BREW provides new round of funding for councils to tackle C&I waste
The Business Resource Efficiency and Waste Centre for local authorities has asked councils to apply for funding for projects that will support small to medium-sized businesses tackle climate change and save them money through resource efficiency. Organisations can apply for up to £30,000 for funding and it must be used by the local authority to assist their business community to reduce waste to ...
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edoc - The New Paperless Way of Recording Waste Transfer
edoc, launched in January, is an innovative new online system that provides businesses with a quick and easy way to record their transfers of commercial and industrial waste. Supported by CIWM, over 1300 businesses across the UK have already registered to use the system www.edoconline.co.uk [http://www.edoconline.co.uk] , recognising the cost and time saving benefits moving over to edoc can bring ...
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Lindner’s Urraco 4000 Series At RecyclingAKTIV 2023: Robust Shredding Technology Meets the Perfect Particle Size. Maximum Machine Availability Thanks to Lindner’s Full-Service Packages
Spittal an der Drau/February 2023. Efficient, powerful, versatile and with a comprehensive full-service package – that's how the Urraco 4000 will be showcased at this year's RecyclingAKTIV trade fair in Karlsruhe, Germany. From 27 to 29 April, the mobile Urraco 4000DK twin-shaft shredder and the Zeta Star 4000DK screen will be operating daily at the demonstration area Wood & Biomass ...
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Call for defra to `urgently` tackle commercial and industrial waste
The Government’s Waste Strategy 2007 has been slammed for focusing “disproportionately on domestic waste” and having “vague ambitions” in tackling commercial and industrial waste, according to a new report by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee. EFRA is a cross-party select committee that tracks and assesses the work of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. ...
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International Thermal Treatment Conference
Untitled Document The deadline for Technical Paper Abstracts for the International Thermal Treatment Conference has been extended to November 1, 2004. The International Conference features technical papers and presentations by world renowned scientists, engineers and policy makers on a broad range of environmental health and safety topics associated with thermal treatment ...
By AECOM
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Summary of Proposed Rule Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units
What has EPA proposed? EPA has proposed a New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) regulation under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act that will cover carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new sources in the category defined as new “Electric utility generating units (EGUs)”. What units are covered by the proposed rule? EGUs ¡§with a base load rating2 of more than 73 ...
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New report slams BREW
The Committee of Public Accounts chairman Edward Leigh MP has slammed the Government’s Business Resource Efficiency and Waste Programme for having “little perceptible impact” in helping to tackle business waste. His scathing comments follow the publication of a report by the National Audit Office entitled Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Reducing the impact of business waste ...
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WRAP launches £5m in grants for West Midlands recyclers
A £5 million boost for recycling businesses in the West Midlands has been announced by the Waste & Resources Action Programme. Small-scale capital grants worth up to £187,000 and free business development services will be available under a programme run by WRAP on behalf of Advantage West Midlands. The programme will run until 2011 and is open to companies investing in new or expanded waste ...
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Shanks: Waste industry should hold on to recycling agenda
Now is not the time to lose sight of the recycling agenda and material prices will bounce back again next year, claims Shanks’ UK managing director. Speaking to MRW Shanks UK managing director Ian Goodfellow said: “As an industry we were not prepared for the sudden downturn in material prices. But we have been fortunate that we have long term contracts, partly based on private finance initiative ...
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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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England raises recycling rates
English household recycling rates have increased to almost 40% for the year ending September 2009, new Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) figures show. The quarterly recycling rates illustrate an increase in household recycling rates from 37.6% for the year ending March 2009 and 38.8% for the year ending September 2009, while residual household waste decreased from 295kg ...
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Industry approves of Spelman`s waste policy review
Industry figures have welcomed the Government’s decision to undertake a review of waste policy, announced by the environment secretary Caroline Spelman last week. The waste review will focus on creating a zero-waste economy, increasing public awareness about waste, focusing more on commercial and industrial waste, reducing retailers’ food waste and packaging and central government ...
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Tony Baker of GPT Waste becomes accepted as Chartered Waste Manager by The CIWM
We are pleased to announce that Tony Baker – Compliance Manager, has been accepted as a Full Member of The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) following an application process and Professional Interview held in Manchester on the 2nd July. He is now recognised as a Chartered Waste Manager (MCIWM) by the Chartered Institution of Waste Management. The Chartered Institution of ...
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UK Government rejects calls to protect waste reduction funding
Recommendations to ring-fence funding for waste reduction and restructure local authority weight-based targets have been rejected by the Government. This was the Government’s response to recommendations made in the House of Lords Waste Reduction report, published in August. The Government welcomed the report for highlighting the issue of business waste and waste reduction. But in its response, ...
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Government rejects calls to protect waste reduction funding
Recommendations to ring-fence funding for waste reduction and restructure local authority weight-based targets have been rejected by the Government. This was the Government’s response to recommendations made in the House of Lords Waste Reduction report, published in August. The Government welcomed the report for highlighting the issue of business waste and waste reduction. But in its response, ...
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TODAY: EPA Holding Public Meeting Regarding Lee’s Lane Landfill Site in Louisville, Ky.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a public meeting today regarding the Lee’s Lane Landfill Superfund Site in Louisville, Ky. EPA, the Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection (KYDEP) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) will provide information about the history of the site and its current status. WHO: EPA, KYDEP and ATSDR staff ...
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