A six-year contract has been awarded to waste management company Veolia by Norfolk County Council to treat 180,000 tonnes of waste per year.The contract, worth £102 million, will commence in March 2021 and transform residual waste into energy as part of Norfolk’s ambitions to achieve zero waste to landfill and reduce carbon emissions.
Re-Gen Waste says the government’s plans to scrap the lower rate of fuel duty on red diesel will increase its fuel costs by 237 per cent, more than tripling council waste bills.
Resource management company Geminor has signed a contract with Danish energy-from-waste company ARC to provide low-carbon refuse-derived fuel to the Copenhagen region.
The REA and ADBA are to conduct a survey to identify spare capacity across the UK anaerobic digestion (AD) industry for the surplus organic waste created by the Covid-19 lockdown.
Waste and infrastructure business Peel Environmental has called for the UK to invest over £7.5 billion in infrastructure to deal with plastic waste over the next 10 years.
European container glass federation FEVE has announced an industry-wide project to build the first large-scale hybrid electric furnace that will run on 80 per cent renewable energy.
A new report from the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has revealed that biomethane has the potential to deliver 30 per cent of the UK’s 2030 carbon budget.
The Javelin Park energy-from-waste (EfW) facility is now fully operational, accepting up to 190,000 tonnes of residual waste and producing over 116,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity each year.
The UK’s first waste-to-hydrogen plant using technology developed by Powerhouse Energy Group has secured funding for the next stage of its development at its site in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire.
The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has called on the new Conservative government to support the anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas industry.
Local authorities across the UK are declaring Climate Emergencies, committing to reducing their carbon emissions to net zero. But how can their waste management contribute to that aim? Imogen Benson reports.
The World Biogas Association (WBA) presented a declaration at the UN’s Conference of Parties in Madrid (COP25), outlining a declaration that the biogas sector will deliver a 12 per cent reduction in global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030, provided world governments adequately support the industry.
Analysis suggests that failure to replace Edmonton EcoPark incinerator with a new energy recovery facility could lead to the release of an additional 215,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
The World Biogas Association (WBA), the trade body for the biogas industry, has issued a series of recommendations on how governments, financial institutions and other key decision-makers can support the industry in fulfilling its decarbonisation potential.
Organic waste and soil degradation are two prominent issues for Accra and the rest of Ghana. Joanna Bingham, CEO of circular economy charity Footprints Africa, explains how one company in the country’s capital is offering an innovative solution to the problem.
