Europe – world‘s largest PET LCA rehabilitates one-way bottles

Single-use PET beverage bottles face refillable glass on equal terms. This is the unexpected but clear result of the largest, uncompromising, scientific study on PET conducted by the renowned IFEU institute in Heidelberg, Germany. The study was commissioned by Petcore, the European trade association representing the interests of the PET …

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UK – consultation on landfill aftercare controls

Proposals that will change the way landfill operators fund the management and maintenance of landfill sites after they have closed have been announced by the Environment Agency. The proposals, which will ensure that landfill operators make cash available for the aftercare of their site from the first day of its …

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Australia – Garbage to gold study indicates value of waste treatment

A study released by sustainability consultancy Nolan-ITU shows that treating waste rather than burying it in landfill can produce more than A$740 million worth of environmental benefits pa for Australia,. The “Triple Bottom Line Assessment of the UR-3R Process” examined the economic, environmental, and social performance of a new waste …

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UK – report investigates health in safety in the waste management industry

Research for the UK Government‘‘s Heatlth & Safety Executive (HSE) ‘‘Mapping health and safety standards in the UK waste industry‘‘ indicates that there are currently around 162,500 people employed in the Waste Management industry. Many more are employed in other activities associated with specific recyclables and ancillary activities such as …

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