green waste News
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Verdant wins £2M contract with Conwy
Waste management firm Verdant has won a £2 million contract to take care of Conwy County Borough Council’s green waste collection service. Verdant’s third local authority contract in Wales will serve 42,000 to 54,000 households for five years, with a free fortnightly collection system. Verdant managing director Roger Edwards said he was, “delighted to deepen Verdant’s relationship with Wales ...
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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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EU targets could apply for business and green waste
Business waste and green waste could be included within the overall 50% recycling target set earlier this year by the European Parliament and EU Environment Council, for EU member states to achieve by 2020. Speaking to delegates at the annual Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) conference last week, MEP and European Parliament rapporteur for waste Caroline Jackson conceded that ...
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EU targets could apply for business and green waste
Business waste and green waste could be included within the overall 50% recycling target set earlier this year by the European Parliament and EU Environment Council, for EU member states to achieve by 2020. Speaking to delegates at the annual Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) conference last week, MEP and European Parliament rapporteur for waste Caroline Jackson conceded that ...
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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 A VES spokesperson said: 'We can confirm that we have withdrawn our potential legal proceedings against Thurrock Council relating to the award of its waste collection and recycling services contract.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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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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Australia’s most efficient waste management facility
Maximum waste handling efficiency Back in 1998, the seven Perth councils that comprise Australia’s Southern Metropolitan Regional Council (SMRC) were fed up with the region’s waste management options. At that time, the SMRC was sending 87% of its domestic waste to landfill. To deal with the problem, the SMRC began work on an advanced new waste management facility. The design called for a ...
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Waste Management Launches First Residential Green Waste Recycling Pilot Program in Nevada
Waste Management of Nevada (WM) announced today the launch of a residential green waste recycling pilot program for Incline Village and Crystal Bay residents. The program, in partnership with IVGID Waste Not, kicked-off July 11, and is designed to assess the feasibility and community interest in an ongoing green waste recycling and collection program. This pilot is the first residential green ...
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Waste management sector told to get serious about Corporate Manslaughter Act
Lawyers have warned that managers in the waste management sector could face jail if they do not know how to protect themselves against prosecutions under the new Corporate Manslaughter Act. Law firm Weightmans regulatory department partner Chris Green said that waste management companies could be fined up to five per cent of their company’s turnover under the Corporate Manslaughter Act or face ...
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FORUS pre-shredder replaces machine from the competition in MBT plant in the Polish town of Marszów, near Zary
Since November of this year, the SE 450 – a pre-shredder of the Eggersmann Group’s FORUS brand – has been found in use in a mechanical-biological treatment plant in Marszów. The MBT realized by the Eggersmann group of companies has been in operation since January 2015 and was to a large degree provided using their own product portfolio. Waren. The large diversity of ...
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FORUS pre-shredder replaces machine from the competition in MBT plant in the Polish town of Marszów, near Zary
Since November of this year, the SE 450 – a pre-shredder of the Eggersmann Group’s FORUS brand – has been found in use in a mechanical-biological treatment plant in Marszów. The MBT realized by the Eggersmann group of companies has been in operation since January 2015 and was to a large degree provided using their own product portfolio. Waren. The large diversity of ...
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Bedfordshire Pauses Food Waste Collections to Clear Garden Refuse Backlog
Central Bedfordshire Council has announced that it will be resuming garden waste collections in October, redeploying drivers from within the food waste service. The change comes after a build-up in garden waste accumulated throughout the region, caused by national HGV driver shortages. The refuse will be collected between 18 October and 30 October, with food waste acquisition being put on pause ...
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Planning permission won for £80m facility in Wakefield
VT Environmental Engineering (VTEE) has secured planning permission for an £80 million facility in Wakefield that will handle up to 240,000 tonnes of waste a year. The company, which is part of the VT Group, won the contract for Wakefield’s £700 million, 25 year private finance initiative contract earlier this year. The facility, planned to open in 2011, will be built at the South Kirkby ...
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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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W2E Announces DHEC Solid Waste Permit for Organic Waste Management Facility in Columbia
$12 Million Project to Process Organic Waste into Green Energy W2E received a solid waste permit from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) paving the way for the construction of a state-of-the-art anaerobic digestion facility in Columbia. The facility will begin construction under the supervision of W2E, and will process organic waste, turning it into ...
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Nottingham man fined for illegal waste activity
Yesterday, Simon Plowright of Top Farm, Barton in Fabis in Nottingham, was sentenced at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court to one charge relating to the operation of a waste facility without an environmental permit. He pleaded guilty at an earlier court hearing. Mr Plowright, 49, was fined £2,000 and ordered to pay £1,561.61 in costs, along with a £15 victim surcharge, for ...
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Donarbon opens new IVC plant
Waste management firm Donarbon officially opened its new £4.5 million in-vessel composting plant, which forms part of its 28-year PFI contract with Cambridgeshire County Council to manage the county’s household waste. Located at its Waterbeach site, the new IVC plant designed and turn-key installed by technology provider Wasteology Systems, will take the county’s mixed kitchen and garden waste ...
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EPA Awards $2 Million for Small Business Innovation Research: Promoting Green Jobs
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced more than $2 million to 25 small businesses nationwide to develop new environmental technologies that will help protect people’s health and the environment. EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program funds innovative research resulting in new commercial products, processes and services that protect the ...
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‘Bonfire party’ was toxic
Piles of waste were stored and then burnt at an illegal site close to the Norfolk to London railway line in Suffolk and today (Thursday 29 August) the man responsible was fined £28,000 by Norwich Magistrates’ Court. The court heard that Ian Dale Garnham (44) illegally stockpiled waste and then set fire to it at The Woodyard in Upper Rose Lane, Palgrave, Diss, between 3 and 6 November ...
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Sita plans to build AD facility in Surrey
Waste management firm Sita UK is proposing to redevelop its waste management site at Benedict Wharf, Mitcham, Surrey. Sita plans to redevelop the site into a modern eco-park. A planning application was submitted in October 2008. The proposed redevelopment includes:* The development of an anaerobic digestion facility (AD) and in-vessel composting facility (IVC), which will process up to 100,000 ...
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