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UK consultation on landfill gas management

The EU Landfill Directive requires landfill gas to be collected and used where possible. It is important that emissions to air from landfill sites are managed and monitored to control gases and combustion products that potentially impact on health, the environment or amenity. A series of guidance documents have been …

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Court reinstates Illinois incinerator subsidy

Illinois, USA can no longer deny subsidies for a trio of bond-financed waste-to-energy incinerators in the state, a judge said this week in a ruling that may allow the incinerators to seek monetary damages against the state and an electric utility. Reuters reports that Cook County Circuit Court Judge Robert …

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UK Finance Minister acts on waste

UK Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced further important steps in the Government’s strategy to protect the environment, including action to tackle the problem of waste, and expand on the Government’s strategy for using economic measures for delivering environmental benefits. Building on its recent Budgets, the Government today announced a series …

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