CAP fights second waste handling site
June 16, 2008 9:30 am - [0 Comments]
An organisation in Boroughbridge called Communities Against Pollution (CAP) is now fighting a second application from a company to set up a waste management plant in their immediate area.
Waste management industry needs to increase education levels
June 12, 2008 10:00 am - [0 Comments]
Deputy Head of Civil Engineering & Environment at the University of Southampton has commented that the waste industry needs to start educating its staff, or risk using the best workers for the job.
Ten years to see standardised recycling
June 5, 2008 3:39 pm - [0 Comments]
The recent Recoup conference raised some interesting discussion on the recycling of mixed plastics, and also gave rise to the following prediction from Lee Marshall: “It may taken 10 years but we will see standardisation of collection across the UK.”
July 24, 2007 11:54 am - [0 Comments]
Ireland is clamping down on waste exports from the country with a new set of regulations designed to encourage more responsible waste treatments. The new regulations, entitled Transfrontier Shipments, came into effect on July 12th, and hopes to deal with the 83 percent of waste that is exported out of the country for disposal every year.
Committee criticises waste recycling plans
July 17, 2007 9:27 am - [0 Comments]
The Communities & Local Government Committee have commented that recent plans to encourage household waste recycling have become too complicated and unlikely to have effect.
Their suggestions to introduce a £50 incentive for successfully recycling households however, have not been taken as an acceptable solution.