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Across the EU the legacy of that is an estimated 150,000 to 500,000 historic landfill sites – many not built to today’s sanitary standards. On 31 August this year a four-year EU funded project investigating the potential to recover materials, energy and land from these sites concluded. Link to full …

Use of low-grade alternative fuels such as waste coal, tyres, sewage sludge, and biomass fuels (such as wood products, agricultural waste, etc.) in pre-calciners is a feasible option since combustion in pre-calciner takes place at a lower temperature. Link to full article

A UK research survey conducted by the LUCID polling agency in association with Every Can Counts has found that more than 94 of Brits would like to see more on-the-go recycling points installed in public places. Link to full article

Use of low-grade alternative fuels such as waste coal, tyres, sewage sludge, and biomass fuels (such as wood products, agricultural waste, etc.) in pre-calciners is a feasible option since combustion in pre-calciner takes place at a lower temperature. Link to full article

Break Free From Plastic, a non-profit organization fighting plastic pollution, published the results of its annual brand audit last week. Link to full article

I was in Switzerland recently and discovered that they haven’t had any landfill since the early 2000s, because all of their waste is either recycledincinerated to produce electricity. How “green” is it to incinerate waste in order to produce electricity? Is it something New Zealand should consider, so that 1) …

The goal of the initiative is to involve citizens in the problem-solving process while simultaneously working towards improving the city Link to full article

When we were little, we were told that one of the core rules of proper recycling was that each different item — glass, plastic, paper, and aluminum — should be placed in its own separate bin. Many sanitation and recycling programs run by municipalities follow this model, having pickup days …