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Wales cuts household waste
Wales is now producing less household waste and recycling more, according to new figures. Latest figures for the fourth quarter of 2008-2009 show that households produced four per cent less waste (68,221 tonnes) than they did for the same period in 2007-2008. The overall share of municipal waste that was recycled, re-used or composted for the whole of 2008-09 was 36 per cent, an increase of ...
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Recycling rates reach 34.5% in England for 2007/08
The recycling rate in England has risen to 34.5% for 2007/08, the Government has revealed. This is an increase of more 3% from 30.9% in 2006/07 and refers to collections of dry recyclates and green waste. Figures show local authorities are closer to achieving Waste Strategy targets to reuse, recycle or compost 40% of household waste by 2010. The data also revealed a decrease in the amount of ...
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Northern Ireland household recycling rates increase
New figures show that Northern Ireland recycled 39.3% of its household waste between July 2009 to September 2009. This represents a 0.5% increase compared with the same quarter in 2008 to 2009 (38.8%). In contrast, Wales recycled 41.1% during the same period. The figures have been published by the Department of the Environment in a new report called Northern Ireland Municipal Waste Management ...
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London councils notice dip in household waste levels
London councils have noticed a slight drop in their household waste collections due to a combination waste minimisation campaigns and the recession. Speaking to MRW, Westminster City Council waste strategy manager Mark Banks said: “I attended a recent Association of London Cleansing Officers meeting last week and councils have reported that they have noticed a slight decline in household waste ...
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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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Defra confirms green waste target
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has reconfirmed that green waste will count towards the 50% target for municipal waste set out in the revised European Waste Framework Directive (WFD). Defra’s clarification came in a letter sent in December 2008 to County Surveyors’ Society Waste Panel chair Julia Barrett, who raised concerns expressed at the panel’s meeting on ...
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Scotland could recycle more of its household waste
Significant volumes of recyclable materials are still going into Scottish household rubbish bins destined for landfill, according to a new survey. The survey, The Composition of Municipal Solid Waste in Scotland, was published by Zero Waste Scotland working with WastesWork and supported by AEA and was based on the results of a composition analysis carried out in eight of the 32 local authorities ...
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EA approves application to export RDF for first time
Refuse derived fuel (RDF) is to be exported for the first time after the Environment Agency recently approved an application for the move. Shanks Waste Management will export 40,000 tonnes of the fuel pellets to Holland and Germany in the next 12 months to be used as feedstock in energy from waste facilities. RDF is made from treated municipal solid waste, which adds calorific value, making it ...
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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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Recycling up 1% in latest quarterly results
A one per cent rise in recycling rates to 35.5 per cent in England has been welcomed, as WasteDataFlow figures for the latest quarter have been published. To avoid seasonal distortion, comparisons were made between the year April 2007 to March 2008 and the year July 2007 to June 2008, which includes the provisional results for the quarter April to June 2008. Data collected from local authorities ...
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Defra: Waste arisings down and recycling figures up
New municipal waste figures published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs show a total decrease in waste arisings in England by 1% and an increase in recycling by 0.7% during the first quarter of the 2009/10 financial year (April to June 2009). These results are based on information supplied by local authorities to WasteDataFlow. The results are provisional estimates from ...
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Extreme recycling in rural Japan little goes to waste in this environmentally conscious county
Imagine a community where residents voluntarily separate their household wastes into 24 discrete categories for recycling, where recycling centers are located in almost every neighborhood, and where local coordinators actively promote recycling and waste minimization. It’s happening now in Oizumi, a small rural community about 75 miles (120 km) northwest of Tokyo, Japan. Oizumi, like many ...
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Circular Economy plan high on EU’s 2017 priorities
The Commission’s Work Programme for 2017 outlines 21 ‘key initiatives to implement 10 political priorities in 2017’. The Circular Economy package includes proposals for a 65% recycling target for municipal waste. Second to top among the proposals, and under the heading ‘A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment’ is implementation of the action plan on the Circular ...
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Preferred energy-from-waste sites revealed for Merseyside
Two potential sites for large energy-from-waste facilities have been identified by the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority. The MWDA revealed its two preferred EfW locations in a public consultation response. One site is close to the junction of the A580 and M57, inside Liverpool Council boundaries on the East Lancs road. The other is near the junction of the M57 and the M62 within Knowsley ...
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Leading lime producer teams up with Energos to build energy-from-waste facility
Singleton Birch, the UK’s leading lime producer, has appointed Energos as preferred technology partner for its £40 million advanced thermal technology facility. The plant will be built at the Singleton Birch site in North Lincolnshire and the firm hopes to cut its carbon footprint by producing renewable electricity. The facility will treat 80,000 tonnes of local waste and biomass materials per ...
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Household waste bonfires are significant source of toxic dioxins
Open bonfires and home boilers burning waste are a significant source of dioxins, a report commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs reveals. Dioxins are toxic, persistent in the environment and tend to accumulate. According to the report, there is “considerable” international concern over the potential effects of dioxins released into the environment and their ...
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EA approves application to export RDF for first time - update
Refuse derived fuel (RDF) is to be exported for the first time after the Environment Agency recently approved an application for the move. Shanks Waste Management will export 40,000 tonnes of the fuel pellets to Holland and Germany in the next 12 months to be used as feedstock in energy from waste facilities. RDF is made from treated municipal solid waste, which adds calorific value, making it ...
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EC refers Germany to Court of Justice over award of waste disposal contract without competitive tender procedure
The European Commission has decided to refer Germany to the European Court of Justice over a public service contract for the disposal of biodegradable and green wastes that the municipality of Bonn had awarded to a private waste disposal undertaking without a competitive tender procedure.Under a combined waste disposal arrangement concluded in 1997 and running until 2016, the municipality has to ...
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Where Does the Municipal Solid Waste Come From? What Kind of Shredder Is Used for MSW Processing?
Municipal waste (MSW) comes from a wide range of sources and includes household waste such as food waste, plastics, films, clothing, cans and product packaging. With the limitation of the shortcomings of landfill, the disposal of municipal solid waste is facing increasing pressure. In recent years, Municipal waste reduction and recycling of recyclables have become popular methods of disposal. GEP ...
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Room for improvement for recycling in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has failed to significantly improve 2008’s recycling rates, after it increased the percentage of municipal waste sent for recycling by just over 1% in a year. In total, 29.9% of municipal waste was sent for recycling and composting in the final quarter of 2009, a slight increase over the same period in 2008, which stood at 28.3%. Of the 234,683 tonnes of municipal waste ...
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