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Treasury proposes changes to landfill tax system
The Treasury has launched a consultation on modernising the landfill tax system which includes plans to change the definitions of taxable disposal of waste at a landfill site and inert wastes. The document titled Modernising landfill tax legislation cites last year’s Waste Recycling Group vs. HM Revenue & Customs case as a key driver for this change. The case debated what constituted a ...
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Using the Unusable: More Landfills Becoming Sources of Renewable Energy
The EPA’s RE-Powering America’s Land Initiative is picking up steam. The effort, launched in 2008, encourages the reuse of contaminated lands, landfills and mine sites for renewable energy generation. The agency’s Action Plan 2.0, released last fall, details how far the program has come and what is being done to expand it. “The cleanup and revitalization of contaminated ...
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EPA invites public to discuss changes in Muskego Sanitary Landfill cleanup plan
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 will hold open house-style availability sessions Thursday, Sept. 9, to discuss with residents proposed changes to the cleanup plan for the Muskego Sanitary Landfill site. There will be two sessions: 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at the Muskego Public Library, S73 W16663 Janesville Road., Muskego, Wis. EPA is modifying its previous cleanup decisions on this ...
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NEW JERSEY landfill owners agree to comply with clean air act ; new landfill system maximizes gas collection for potential energy recovery (NJ)
The second of two agreements to resolve longstanding problems with landfill gas emissions and their negative impacts on air quality at the Middlesex County and Edgeboro landfills in New Jersey has been reached to bring them into compliance with the Clean Air Act, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The two settlements together resolve all outstanding ...
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EPA Completes Construction Work at W.R. Grace Superfund site in Acton, Mass.
EPA has completed construction activity at the W.R. Grace Superfund site in Acton. Completed work includes the Northeast area groundwater treatment system, the Landfill area groundwater treatment system and the dredging and proper off-site disposal of over 11,899 tons of contaminated sediment from the North Lagoon Wetland and Sinking Pond. During 2011 and 2012, EPA and the Massachusetts ...
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Landfill gas quality SMS alerts on Cory Environmental site
Cory Environmental wanted ‘smart’ gas monitoring for times when the site is not manned to avoid weekend and overnight staffing or lone working. Cory now has a system to monitor landfill gas concentrations and pressure continuously and send SMS alert messages. Cory Environmental took over the Hafod Quarry and Landfill in Wrexham, a mature landfill site, in 2008 and carefully ...
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Sunrise Landfill Repairs Completed After Damaging 200-Year Storm / Feb 5 Tour
On Tuesday, February 5, officials will gather at the Sunrise Landfill, located on the eastern edge of Las Vegas, to see the newly completed construction and repairs to the 440 acre landfill. The $60 million project includes new erosion and stormwater controls, a new cover system, landfill gas and groundwater monitoring systems, and a long-term maintenance and management program. Technical ...
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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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EPA Begins Construction of Water line in Chester and Washington Townships, N.J.; $7.3 Million Project Will Provide Safe Drinking Water to Residents and Businesses
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is constructing a water line extension in Chester and Washington Townships in New Jersey that will provide a safe source of drinking water to 73 homes and businesses potentially impacted by contaminated ground water from the Combe Fill South Landfill Superfund site. The 65-acre Combe Fill South Landfill in Morris County served as a municipal landfill from ...
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Thailand: waste as a resource
The South-East Asian market proved to be the revelation of 2016 for Forrec. The local presence of a qualified and efficient partner gave the right importance to the professionalism and technology offered by Forrec and applied to the selection and treatment of municipal solid waste. Two lines have already been produced and will be delivered in the month of December, with another 4 lines ...
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EPA Completes Construction of Water line in Chester and Washington Townships, N.J.
Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today marked the completion of a water line extension that will provide a safe source of drinking water to 73 homes and businesses threatened by contaminated groundwater from the Combe Fill South Landfill Superfund site in Chester and Washington Townships in N.J. As a result, those homes and local businesses will no longer need treatment ...
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UK landfill methane emissions among the highest in Europe
Methane emissions from UK landfill sites were among the highest of any EU15 country in 2008, a European Environment Agency (EEA) report warns. The European Union greenhouse gas inventory 1990–2008 and inventory report 2010, which sought to assess whether EU countries are on target to meet Kyoto Protocol emissions targets, found that in 2008, UK landfill contributed 20,150 gigagrams (gg) of ...
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Waste management: regional-scale is better than local, according to EU research
Large-scale waste management on a regional scale can have greater environmental benefits than smaller-scale, local programmes, according to a new Finnish study. Regional facilities provide greater opportunities for power generation and efficiency. The study designed a model to estimate and compare the costs of a number of different waste management systems including: local landfill, regional ...
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NPL’s remote sensing of methane capability enhanced.
Following the successful construction and launch of their latest enhanced Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) system this summer, NPL has moved on to calibrate its new DIAL truck and to apply its capability to a key European project. The DIAL (Differential Absorption Lidar) facility is a highly mobile truck-mounted, sophisticated laser-based system that provides rapid, accurate measurements ...
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EPA finalizes cleanup plan for cortese Toxic site in Sullivan County, NY
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its plan to clean up areas of contaminated liquid waste and ground water at the Cortese Landfill Superfund site in Sullivan County, NY. The ground water was contaminated by hazardous waste disposed of at the site when it was operating. “The cleanup plan for the Cortese Landfill Superfund site will address the recently discovered ...
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Biothermica Sells 325 000 Carbon Credits to the Government of Luxemburg
First Trade of Carbon Credits: Biothermica Energy Inc Sells 325,000 Carbon Credits to Luxemburg, Credits Generated by a Landfill Project in Latin America. Montreal: Evolution Markets Inc. announces today it has brokered a trade of carbon reduction credits under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) between the Government of Luxembourg and Biothermica Energy Inc. The sale ...
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EPA proposes plan to clean up the source of groundwater contamination at the cortese landfill site in Sullivan County, NY
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a plan to clean up recently discovered areas of contaminated liquid under the landfill and near some contaminated lagoons at the Cortese Landfill Superfund site in Sullivan County, NY. The ground water beneath this closed landfill was contaminated over several decades by hazardous waste disposed of at the site and it continues to be ...
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MACPRESSE @THE GREEN EXPO, Mexico City, Mexico, 26-28 October 2016
From 26th to 28th October, Mexico City shall play host to THE GREEN EXPO©, Latin America’s premier environmental sustainability event. The exhibition shall welcome the leading companies from the environmental, renewable energy and water treatment sectors. The most influential public sector and academic decision-makers shall also be in attendance. Macpresse will be in Mexico City to ...
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EPA reaches agreement with General Electric Company and SI Group, Inc. to protect drinking water at the Dewey Loeffel Landfill Superfund Site in Nassau, New York
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it has entered into an agreement with the General Electric Company and SI Group, Inc. (formerly Schenectady Chemical) to collect and properly dispose of contaminated ground water and liquid leaching from the Dewey Loeffel landfill that is threatening several nearby drinking water wells. The liquid seeping from the landfill, called ...
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Aerial Survey Shows Radiological Wastes Contained in Secure Areas of West Lake Landfill; No Public Health Risks Posed
A March 2013 aerial survey of the West Lake Landfill at Bridgeton, Mo., has determined that radiologically-contaminated wastes buried there in the 1970s remain contained within secure, fenced areas of the Superfund site, and do not pose public health risks, according to a report issued today by EPA Region 7. Region 7 requested the survey, which was conducted March 8 by EPA’s Airborne ...
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