Waste Minimisation 2021-08-03 18:48:30 New Zealand: Discrepancies in waste data calculation skewer figures A roundup of New Zealand’s council waste data proves that establishing major waste perpetrators by area is difficult. read more ...
Waste Legislation 2021-07-26 17:04:38 US: Zero Food Waste Act could combat carbon emissions By passing the Zero Waste Food Act, Congress stands to make progress on a circular food industry. read more ...
Waste Management 2021-07-23 21:54:25 UK: Lack of regulatory oversight leads to spike in waste crime The lack of regulatory oversight in the UK has led to an increase in fly-tipping and illegal waste sites, with waste crime amounting to a net worth of £924 million pounds. read more ...
Waste to Energy 2021-07-22 22:35:32 Indaver to build £400 million Rivenhall waste incinerator A £400 million waste incineration plant is set to be built at an airfield in Rivenhall, near Essex. read more ...
Waste Processing 2021-07-09 15:07:04 Latvian waste sorting facility fitted with new responsibilities A waste sorting plant just outside Riga has been tasked by local government authorities to educate people on recycling. read more ...
Recycling 2021-07-07 20:54:37 New Zealand’s lack of uniform standards hampers national recycling efforts Recycling objectives in New Zealand are difficult to meet as long as there are no uniform national standards. read more ... Landfills 2021-07-01 13:17:12 US identifies "super-emitter" landfills Researchers at the NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Scientific Aviation found that some US landfill sites leak methane at rates as much as six times the facility-level estimates from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. read more ... Waste reduction 2021-05-20 11:49:35 Schaeffler’s UK plant reaches 97% reduction in waste to landfill Schaeffler UK's plant in Sheffield has the aim to recycle as much waste as possible. By the end of 2020 the Sheffield site had achieved 97% reduction of waste to landfill. read more ... EU-project 2021-03-25 12:06:47 Research for waste recycling and sustainable material cycles The project metabolon has created an innovation site with a focus on research, education and circular economy on the Leppe landfill in Germany, where a competence centre for circular economy, resource management as well as environmental and landfill technologies has been established. read more ... Bio mining 2021-03-15 11:47:37 Bio-mining project at Mandur landfill in Bangalore starts late Bangalore now starts its six-year-old lan to biomine 135 acre of landfill in Mandur. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has invited tenders for the project. read more ... Landfill 2021-03-08 13:29:25 Metro Green Recycling opens new Construction and Demolition Landfill A new landfill opened in Franklin County in Carnesville, Georgia. According to a release, the site meets the needs of local commercial and residential construction, road work and homeowners involved in renovations. read more ... Circular Economy 2021-03-04 18:05:05 The amount of waste in EU slightly increased Each EU citizen generated an average of 502 kilograms of waste in 2019, the EU statistics office Eurostat calculated. The disparities within the EU are striking. read more ...
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