NIMBY a problem, but legislation provides momentum in European waste-to-energy plant market

The waste-to-energy industry is finding itself confronted with growing opposition from environmental pressure groups and objections raised by Nimbys – those campaigners who proclaim Not In My Back Yard against the siting and development of major waste facilities, especially thermal treatment plants. Consultants Frost & Sullivan report that in addition …

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More than 10,000 people protest plastic bag ban

More people protested in Taipei over the planned Taiwanese plastic bag tax than took to the streets recently in many cities to object to a war in Iraq. The China Post reports that more than 10,000 protesters took to the streets of Taipei yesterday to demonstrate against a ban on …

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Recycling – the secret of success in Daventry, UK?

Daventry District Council (DDC) is currently the UK’s leading recycling authority, diverting 43% of all household waste from landfill through doorstep collections of recyclables (paper, steel and aluminium cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles and textiles) and organic wastes (garden and kitchen wastes). Consultants (and RRF members) Environmental Resources …

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Leicester UK expects 70 per cent recycling by 2005

Here is some news from the UK newspaper the Leicester Mercury. It looks like a giant washing machine – but it’s the answer to Leicester’s waste problems. A team from Leicester has visited Germany to see the kind of technology that will revolutionise recycling in this city from 2005. Residents …

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US State of Michigan may change bottle-deposit law

For more than 20 years, Michigan residents have collected their empty pop and beer cans and bottles. They know a 10-cent deposit return awaits them at the grocery store. Left behind, however, are many empty bottles that held water, juice, tea and sports drinks — in addition to the newspapers, …

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US State of Michigan may change bottle-deposit law

For more than 20 years, Michigan residents have collected their empty pop and beer cans and bottles. They know a 10-cent deposit return awaits them at the grocery store. Left behind, however, are many empty bottles that held water, juice, tea and sports drinks — in addition to the newspapers, …

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Implantação e Operação de Aterros para Pequenas Comunidades – A Experiência de Catas Altas – MG

Apresentação feita no 1o. Seminário Internacional de Tecnologias para Resíduos Sólidos e Saneamento – Recife, 02-06 de junho de 2002. O sucesso da Unidade de Disposição Final de Resíduos Sólidos de Catas Altas deve-se ao treinamento da mão-de- obra, da execução adequada das diretrizes traçadas e da comprovação da uncionalidade …

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