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UK – salt mine to become huge dump for toxic waste

Britain’s only working salt mine is to be partly turned into a giant toxic waste tip to avert a predicted crisis later this year when most existing overground sites will be forced to close. The Guardian reports that the 170 metres (550ft) deep mine, near Winsford in Cheshire, currently used …

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UK – Defra Committee takes the lead in encouraging innovation in waste management

A programme of support measures for new and emerging waste management technologies is to be implemented this year by a new Defra (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) committee, set up specifically to fund R&D and demonstration projects in support of technology and processes to reduce and divert biological …

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