industrial waste News
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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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Call for waste industry to keep a close eye on revised WFD and redefinition of municipal waste
The waste industry needs to keep a close eye on the Government’s plans to redefine municipal waste and its interpretation of Article 11 of the revised Waste Framework Directive, according to an industry expert. Speaking to MRW, Veolia Environmental Services environmental and regulatory affairs director Gill Weeks said that the UK is doing well in increasing its recycling rates and diverting ...
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End of Waste Conference provides help on the challenges of implementing complex EU criteria
The End of Waste and Quality Protocols Conference will address the impact of end of waste regulations, intended to divert waste materials from landfill. The specialist forum takes place on 30th January 2014, at 76 Portland Place, London, and is directed at businesses within the waste and recycling industry. The event will provide a detailed analysis of criteria regarding sectors involved with ...
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New CEMS Catalogue: Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems
With decades of industrial experience, the ENVEA Group designs and produces a full range of Continuous emissions monitoring systems (gas and dust analyzers, flue-gas flow and particulates monitors, dioxins samplers & mercury CEMS instruments, etc.) for emission regulatory compliance. Our systems are designed and developed as a complete turnkey solution. From sample extraction, through ...
By ENVEA
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End of Waste Conference to help the waste and recycling sector with the challenges of implementing complex EU criteria
The impact of end of waste regulations, designed to divert waste materials from landfill, will be addressed at the End of Waste and Quality Protocols Conference. This specialist forum for businesses within the waste and recycling industry takes place on 30th January 2014, at 76 Portland Place, London. The event, organised by the Environment Media Group and supported by the Environment Agency ...
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Waste Management World Scoops Prestigious WTERT 2012 Award
PennWell Corporation's Waste Management World (WMW) magazine has been awarded the Waste to Energy Research and Technology Council's (WTERT) award for making a significant contribution to global sustainable waste management during the first decade of the 21st century. WTERT is part of Columbia University's Earth Engineering Center in New Yorkand the award - an original bronze statuette by ...
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Biowaste challenges and opportunities in the coming decade
Facing up to the challenges of dealing with biowastes over the next decade will need the right balance of controls and incentives to encourage the reuse of waste while protecting the environment and human health, according to the UK Environment Agency. The United Kingdom produces over 100 million tonnes of biodegradable waste every year, enough to fill approximately 25 Wembley stadiums, and most ...
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Chronicle: The government must speed up the low-emission society
The resources in our biological waste can be an important piece in the work towards the low-emission society. Read an article from Avfall Norge and Norsk Vann on the topic here. Norway has set itself the goal of cutting emissions by 40% and being climate neutral by 2030. We also have a statutory goal of being a low-emission society by 2050. At the same time, Norway needs increased value ...
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MEPs give green light for new EU waste legislation with binding 2020 targets
The EU will have new waste legislation which includes targets for re-use and recycling of waste to be attained by 2020 after MEPs adopted amendments. The directive sets out rules on recycling and requires Member States to draw up binding national programmes for waste prevention. Waste prevention targets will be considered by the Commission in the future. Incineration of waste will be categorised ...
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Managing waste for a greener tomorrow
Growing population and infrastructural changes world over has given rise to the waste being accumulated. The waste aggregate in Middle East has increased over the years and per capita waste generation for the region is expected to boost up to 18 billion tons by the year 2020. Abu Dhabi based marine contracting company Khamis Al Rumaithy (Kare), is planning to come up with a deepwater ship ...
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New CEMS catalogue: Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems
With decades of industrial experience, the ENVEA Group designs and produces a full range of Continuous emissions monitoring systems (gas and dust analyzers, flue-gas flow and particulates monitors, dioxins samplers & mercury CEMS instruments, etc.) for emission regulatory compliance. Our systems are designed and developed as a complete turnkey solution. From sample extraction, through ...
By ENVEA
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Industry debates EU end of waste criteria
Letsrecycle.com organised an End of Waste conference which consisted of debates regarding the figures from the glass, organics, paper and plastic recycling sectors. Concerns were raised about the EU criteria for paper and also that the status for glass is only eligible for materials used in remelt. Ulrich Ix, president of the European Federation of Glass Recyclers, which has more than 32 members ...
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Our Frictional Heat technology in India
Bhilwara Bio-medical waste and waste coming out of MGH will soon get rid of. Hospital expenses will be saved and diseases will also be stopped. On Monday, a bio-waste machine from Italy was performed in collaboration with the district administration in the hospital. Directive Chaudhary, who is in charge of the Swachh Bharat Mission of the Zilla Parishad, told that this machine will recycle 40 to ...
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NGOs welcome European Parliament vote on recycling and waste prevention
The European Environmental Bureau and Friends of the Earth Europe strongly welcomed vote in the European Parliament’s Environment Committee reasserting the need for EU-level targets on waste prevention and recycling. Voting on the Waste Framework Directive, an overwhelming majority favoured targets for Member States to stabilise waste generation by 2012 and to establish EU-wide recycling targets ...
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Bio Energy - a Hot Topic of the South-East European Forum on Green Energy and Waste Management
Bio Energy - a Hot Topic of the South-East European Forum on Green Energy and Waste Management Key industry players will join the South-East European Forum which will be held in the period 28-30 March 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event's aim is to encourage the know-how transfer and business cooperation and to outline investment opportunities in the region of ...
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EU waste legislation recognises benefits of bioplastics
Berlin, 28 February 2018 – The provisional agreements reached by the European Council and Parliament on the EU waste legislative package published by the Commission in 2015, recognise the benefits of bioplastics. The new legislation acknowledges that bio-based feedstock for plastic packaging as well as compostable plastics for separate bio-waste collection contribute to more efficient waste ...
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European Parliament Adopts Strict Waste Reduction Law
STRASBOURG, France (ENS) - The European Parliament today tackled Europe's growing waste mountain when it strengthened the new framework legislation on waste proposed by the European Commission, the EU's executive branch. Despite existing legislation, Europeans are producing more waste every year. Currently, in some member states, up to 90 percent of municipal waste goes to landfill sites. ...
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Solving London’s Food Waste Issue is on the Menu
GPT Waste is serving up a solution to London’s food waste issue. According to the Feeding Britain report, 4.3 million tonnes of surplus food is being thrown away in Britain every year. Approximately 18 million tonnes of food in the UK will end up in landfill annually, with the value being close to £23bn. The total value is rising rapidly due to soaring prices in fuel, which in ...
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