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The cost of needlessly wasted food to UK households is £10 billion a year, £2 billion higher than previously estimated according to new research published today by WRAP. The research gives detailed new insights into the nature and amount of food waste thrown away in the UK and is believed …

GLOBE-Net reports that as part of a Joint Venture, the technology group The Linde Group and the North American company Waste Management Inc. will build the world‘‘s biggest plant for the conversion of landfill gas into environmentally friendly biogas in Livermore, California. The plant will begin operating in 2009. It …

This is a 2007 report from the Irish EPA which may be of interest. This study reports on the findings of the first phase of a two-part project examining pay-by-use (PBU) charging systems in Ireland conducted between May and September 2006. The second in-depth case study phase will be completed …

CleanTech Biofuels, Inc. has announced that the equipment purchased from the University of California at Berkeley is now in place and operational. Testing of cellulosic feedstocks has begun. Waste Business Journal reports that it is estimated that Americans produce 4.4 pounds of waste per day, or 229 million tons of …

new group to consider how to reduce the number of single use carrier bags and promote bags for life was announced in Scotland. Cabinet Secretary for the Environment Richard Lochhead made the announcement following a meeting with major retailers where he promised to work closely with retailers to tackle Scotland‘‘s …

A former computer programmer is spending his days trawling around fish and chip shops collecting used cooking oil in a bid to help save the planet. The Scotsman reports that Alexander MacDonald converts old cooking oil into biodiesel and his business has become so popular that during the recent Grangemouth …

Plans to ban or charge for single-use plastic bags are a diversion from the real environmental issues, one of the government‘‘s own advisers has said. BBC reports that waste and recycling expert (and RRF Trustee) Professor Chris Coggins said such a government policy allowed the supermarkets to pass on responsibility …

Hair-care products, wound-care dressings and drug encapsulation are among the potential uses of new, soy-oil-based polymers known as “hydrogels,” developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Peoria, Ill. ScienceDaily reports that ARS chemists Sevim Erhan and Zengshe Liu developed the soy-oil-based hydrogels as a biodegradable alternative to the synthetic …

An article from Dr Maggie Clarke of Maggie Clarke, a long-time New York City-based solid waste scientist, researcher, educator, and activist. Amid the pages and pages of ideas and proposals to move New York toward sustainability in “PlaNYC”, there is barely a mention of solid waste. Even though solid waste …

The British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) has announced funding for a research project to investigate vehicle operators‚ exposure to dust and endotoxin in the composting sector and to evaluate current control measures. The research is being carried out by the Cardiff School of Health Sciences at the University of Wales …