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During a four-hour public hearing Dec. 11, Rocky View County (RVC) council attempted to find a compromise that would allow a compost facility – Thorlakson Nature’s Call Inc. (TNC) – to continue its operation, while addressing odour concerns from nearby residents. Link: https://www.rockyviewweekly.com/article/compost-facility-draws-opposition-due-to-stench-20181225

There’s little doubt that electric vehicles are the future and hydrogen fuel cells offer great advantages. Unfortunately, hydrogen is costly to produce and transport. PowerHouse Energy believes the answer is a distributed waste to hydrogen network. Link to full article

Ontario based organic waste technology firm, Anaergia, Inc., is to the start construction at the Rialto Bioenergy Facility which will produce energy and fertiliser from food waste in Southern California. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/anaergias-300-000-tpa-food-waste-biosolids-to-energy-plant-in-california

Eni, has taken the first step in toward building industrial-scale plants to produce bio-oil from MSW as operations begin at a pilot plant located at the existing Gela refinery. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/italian-oil-gas-giant-opens-municipal-solid-waste-to-fuel-plant

The Jammu and Kashmir state is having Plastic Management Rules but it took the Government full three years to think about the implementing part of those Rules and now sanction has been accorded to constitution of a State Level Advisory Committee. Link: http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/plastic-waste-management-rules/

Lots of benefits: Worms not only munch through a lot of your food waste, but will also produce fertiliser that your plants will love. Link: https://www.theislanderonline.com.au/story/5827992/worms-help-reduce-waste/?cs=24

Wrapped, sealed, boxed, cling-filmed and vacuum packed. We have become used to consumables being packaged in every way imaginable. Link: https://theconversation.com/recycling-is-not-enough-zero-packaging-stores-show-we-can-kick-our-plastic-addiction-106357https://theconversation.com/recycling-is-not-enough-zero-packaging-stores-show-we-can-kick-our-plastic-addiction-106357

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Thursday that the United States is launching a battery recycling research and development (R&D) center, aiming to reduce its reliance on foreign supply of critical minerals such as cobalt and lithium. Link: https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Launches-Battery-Recycling-RD-Center-To-Boost-Energy-Security.html

Amut Ecotech has presented waste collection as a viable option for the Russian market in an address to the Waste Treatment 2018 conference in Moscow. Link: http://www.labelsandlabeling.com/news/industry-updates/amut-addresses-waste-management-russia

A study by The Furniture Recycling Group has found that fly-tipping has reached epidemic proportions in England, with 646,039 incidents recorded in just five cities since 2013, with mattresses particularly prevalent. Link: https://waste-management-world.com/a/new-report-details-shocking-levels-of-illegal-waste-dumping-in-england