European Commissioner for the Environment Janez Potočnik has stated in a recent speech to a major plastics industry summit that energy recovery is a barrier…
Author: Shlomo
According to a Confederation of Paper Industries Press Release (18 September 2012) the UK paper industry is of the view that: “Subsidies for Energy from…
The answer to a ministerial question has revealed that the Government has not been keeping a close eye on incineration capacity, despite a European Commission…
The planning application for the highly controversial King’s Lynn incinerator has been called-in by the Secretary of State for his consideration and will therefore go…
A 2011 report by a Sita executive available from http://www.iswa.org/uploads/tx_iswaknowledgebase/Berthoud.pdf is well worth reading for an insight into how the waste industry view the issue…
The HMRC landfill tax data is out for the first half of 2012. The data shows that non-inert landfilling from Jan-June was 9.1m tonnes which…
Congratulations to locals for getting the 80,000 tonne Gasification-type incinerator intended for C&I waste from the Greater Manchester area turned down by a planning inspector.…
The From Waste to Resources: Recommendations for Developing the Resource Security Action Plan outlines the initial first steps that a number of business groups, professional…
It is always worth keeping an eye on WRAP research, and their latest work is a study into the re-use potential household bulky waste:
New waste data shows that recycling continues to rise whilst ‘residual’ arisings continue to fall.
Victory in Newport as the planning committee voted 8-1 to refuse Veolia’s application for a ~256ktpa incinerator at Bowlease Common, Llanwern. Congratulations to local campaigners for…