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.
June 9, 2008 9:00 am - [0 Comments]
A report from the European Recycling Platform has revealed that 61% of producers and 59% of local authorities believe householders should be legally obligated to recycling their electrical waste. They are in favour of a compulsory WEEE recycling, meaning penalties would be in place fo residential households not recycling or reusing all electrical items.
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.”
BioNova solution to organic waste
April 29, 2008 9:55 am - [0 Comments]
Designed as a fast, odour-free on-site digester process for the treatment of industrial organic waste, BioNova produces end-products that can be sold on for pet food, biofuel and soil enhancement
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.