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Finland‘‘s Environmental Administration SYKE has published a guideline for supervisory authorities in the environmental field with a view to preventing and reducing waste arisings and the hazardousness of waste in enterprises subject to approval and supervision. International Wastenews, Waste Centre Denmark no. 1, 2005 reports that so far, environmental supervisory …

Under the so-called Kringbouw project in the Netherlands, which aims to close the material loop in the construction sector, researchers at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have studied advantages and disadvantages of different separation techniques: wind screens, ballistic separators, inclined screens and colour separation. International Wastenews, Waste …

A new series of indicators which show the progress the country is making towards achieving economic growth while reducing damage to the environment is published by the UK Government‘‘s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). The new Sustainable Consumption and Production Indicators, published for the first time today, …

Here is news of a thought-provoking report from Denmark‘‘s Environmental Assessment Institute (EAI) – an independent institution under the Danish Ministry of the Environment. There is an increasing need to couple environmental and economic considerations within waste management. Consumers and companies alike generate ever more waste. The waste-policy challenges of …

Here is an interesting piece from the Malaysian Star Online. Wouldn‘‘t it be great if we could return our waste to the land, rather than turning more space into wasteland? Landfills and incinerators could be phased out, and none too soon. Rapid land development is making space scarce. If you …

In Sweden, large amounts of household waste have been land-filled and are now waiting for final covering. At the same time, more and more organic waste is incinerated, resulting in growing amounts of fly ash. International Wastenews, Waste Centre Denmark no. 1, 2005 reports that tests have been made with …

During a period of two weeks the light fraction from car scrapping, amounting to 100 tonnes per day, has been co-incinerated on a test basis. Waste Centre Denmark reports that during the test, emissions of Hg, dioxins, PCB and benzo-pyrene were measured. Furthermore, every day a slag sample was taken …

Supervision may lead to waste reduction. International Wastenews, Waste Centre Denmark no. 1, 2005 reports that waste incineration may lead to waste prevention in France In very clear terms, French scientists have asked the French Government to launch waste prevention initiatives. The background for the clear statement is that the …

Finland‘‘s Environmental Administration SYKE has published a guideline for supervisory authorities in the environmental field with a view to preventing and reducing waste arisings and the hazardousness of waste in enterprises subject to approval and supervision. International Wastenews, Waste Centre Denmark no. 1, 2005 reports that so far, environmental supervisory …

Under the so-called Kringbouw project in the Netherlands, which aims to close the material loop in the construction sector, researchers at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have studied advantages and disadvantages of different separation techniques: wind screens, ballistic separators, inclined screens and colour separation. International Wastenews, Waste …