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Seven preferred bidders have been named by the UK Government‘‘s Environment Minister Elliot Morley in the first round of a programme which aims to fund pilot schemes of cutting-edge waste technologies to treat and divert biodegradable municipal waste (BMW), such as kitchen and garden waste, away from landfill. The pilot …

Companies in the Thames Valley area os southern England are being encouraged to participate in a pilot PVC plastics recycling project backed by the British Plastics Federation (BPF). Letsrecycle.com reports that PVC materials from the flooring, window, piping, and guttering markets, will be collected in the Reading and West London …

The recycling credit scheme was an early initiative introduced to provide incentives for the recycling and composting of household waste by waste collection authorities and by third parties. It makes available to recyclers the savings in disposal (and, if appropriate, collection) costs that result from recycling household waste, where the …

Research for the UK Government‘‘s Heatlth & Safety Executive (HSE) ‘‘Mapping health and safety standards in the UK waste industry‘‘ indicates that there are currently around 162,500 people employed in the Waste Management industry. Many more are employed in other activities associated with specific recyclables and ancillary activities such as …

A study released by sustainability consultancy Nolan-ITU shows that treating waste rather than burying it in landfill can produce more than A$740 million worth of environmental benefits pa for Australia,. The "Triple Bottom Line Assessment of the UR-3R Process" examined the economic, environmental, and social performance of a new waste …

Proposals that will change the way landfill operators fund the management and maintenance of landfill sites after they have closed have been announced by the Environment Agency. The proposals, which will ensure that landfill operators make cash available for the aftercare of their site from the first day of its …

Single-use PET beverage bottles face refillable glass on equal terms. This is the unexpected but clear result of the largest, uncompromising, scientific study on PET conducted by the renowned IFEU institute in Heidelberg, Germany. The study was commissioned by Petcore, the European trade association representing the interests of the PET …

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