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Veollia seeks high court injunction against Thurrock Council
Veolia Environmental Services is seeking a High Court injunction against Thurrock Council in Essex after it awarded its bin collection contract to its own in-house bid. Veolia has been in charge of Thurrock’s bin collection services for seven years under a large contract, which incorporated kerbside collections, collecting recyclates, green waste processing, residual waste disposal and managing ...
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Need of Fresh Waste Management at Landfill in India
Did you know India alone generates more than 62 million tonnes of waste every year? Out of which only 60 percent is collected and less than 15 percent is effectively processed. Looking at the severity of waste, the Landfill Management authorities have given strict warnings that there is an urgent need to reclaim or permanently close the prevailing more than 3,000 dumpsites in India. If not, then ...
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Veolia drops all legal proceedings against Thurrock
Veolia Environmental Services has dropped all legal proceedings against Thurrock Council. A VES spokesperson said: 'We can confirm that we have withdrawn our potential legal proceedings against Thurrock Council relating to the award of its waste collection and recycling services contract. “The company looks forward to continuing to operate both Thurrock's household waste recycling centres ...
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Mobile shredder supports Austrian firm’s passion for carbon neutral waste management
An UNTHA XR mobil-e shredder is now operational at Struber Entsortgung in Kuchl, Austria, as the company prepares to expand its waste management capabilities. Passionate about environmentally friendly waste treatment methods, Struber is no stranger to the resource industry. With a heritage spanning more than 50 years, the medium-sized family business specialises in waste management and disposal, ...
By Untha UK Ltd
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SMF Servicios Limitada company - interview with Forrec Chilean Dealer
Mirko Franceschi is the owner and sales manager of the SMF Servicios Limitada company together with the partner and technical manager Mr. Cesar San Martin. The interview is to Mr. Franceschi, Italian origin who has been transplanted for many years in Chile, who coordinates the business activities, moves throughout Chilean territory but also in neighbouring areas such as Peru, Bolivia and ...
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Morocco: GTZ advisory services spur new waste legislation
Eschborn, 21 March 2007. Morocco’s modern national waste control law, on the books since the beginning of this year, is a basis for regulated waste management. 'What we're doing now is breathing life into this law,' says Mohamed El-Khawad, head of the Moroccan-German environmental programme, a cooperative programme with the KfW Entwicklungsbank (KfW development bank) financed by the German ...
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Canadian Construction Association Presents Environmental Achievement Award to Maple Reinders Construction Ltd.
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario – The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) on March 9th presented the CCA Environmental Achievement Award to Maple Reinders Constructors Ltd. of Mississauga, Ontario for their ground-breaking Hamilton Centralized Compost Facility project. The award was presented as part of the National awards breakfast held during CCA’s 89th Annual conference held at the Westin Rio Mar in ...
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Carbon capture in soil could reduce CO2 emissions
To help mitigate climate change, it is possible to capture carbon in soil to avoid its release into the atmosphere. Breakdown of organic matter by organisms in the soil bacteria, releases carbon and incorporates it into the soil as soil organic matter (SOM). A new review has explored different EU strategies for capturing carbon in soil. As part of the Kyoto1 protocol, the 15 member states that ...
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Rocket Composter enables college to process 26 tonnes of food waste on site
City of Glasgow College has invested in equipment to compost an estimated 26 tonnes of food waste per year, on site. The A900 Rocket Composter, from Macclesfield based organic waste and Waste-to-Energy solutions firm Tidy Planet, will enable the college to process its food waste at source. It will also reduce the twin site super campus’s carbon emissions – omitting the need for weekly ...
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Penton´s Waste Industry Group Announces 2013 WasteExpo Conference Program
Penton's Waste Industry Group today announced the conference program for WasteExpo, North America's largest trade event for the solid waste and recycling community. The program, which is produced in partnership with the Environmental Industries Associations (EIA), includes three days of dozens of sessions and workshops taught by industry experts on the most relevant topics in the sustainable ...
By Informa PLC
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What Are the Ways of Solid Waste Management?
There are different ways of solid waste management. The following are some of the recognized ways: 1. Sanitary Landfill This is the most popular solid waste disposal method used today. Garbage is basically spread out in thin layers, compressed and covered with soil or plastic foam. Modern landfills are designed in such a way that the bottom of the landfill is covered with an impervious liner, ...
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Questions & Answers: Safety standards for nuclear waste disposal
Why is the Commission proposing the Directive? More than 50 years after the first nuclear power plant become operational (1956 Calder Hall, UK), there are still no final repositories for nuclear waste in the whole European Union. Some Member States such as Sweden, Finland and France are in the planning phase. To minimize the risk of contamination, the EU is proposing high safety standards ...
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DTSC Releases Revised Proposed Safer Consumer Products Regulations
On January 30, 2013, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) released revised proposed Safer Consumer Products Regulations (Revised Proposed Regulations). The Revised Proposed Regulations are subject to a 30-day comment period, ending February 28, 2013. Memoranda providing background information are available online. The Revised Proposed Regulations are available online. ...
By Acta Group
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DTSC Releases Revised Proposed Safer Consumer Products Regulations
On January 30, 2013, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) released revised proposed Safer Consumer Products Regulations (Revised Proposed Regulations). The Revised Proposed Regulations are subject to a 30-day comment period, ending February 28, 2013. Memoranda providing background information are available online. The Revised Proposed Regulations are available online. ...
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