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| 6 June 2023 |
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Graeme Hunter, Chief Operating Officer of Barrow Shipping Limited, explains the commercial opportunities and considerations surrounding biomethane production
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| 24 April 2023 |
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EfW plants 'close' to being used for aviation fuel
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| 18 April 2023 |
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The suggestion was made in a new report released by the Department for Transport regarding the decarbonisation of aviation
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Scottish EfW review calls for end to plastic incineration
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| 6 February 2023 |
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It follows a 2022 review which led to restrictions on the development of further incinerators in Scotland
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Kai Malloy
| 10 November 2021 |
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Records show the sites have been emitting the gas at a rate of 8,800kg per hour 
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| 18 October 2021 |
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| 16 November 2020 |
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Climate activist group Extinction Rebellion has joined a coalition calling on the Government to decarbonise the waste sector, highlighting ways in which the UK could reduce its reliance on energy-from-waste and meet its net-zero target of 2050.
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Viridor partners with Vattenfall to distribute heat from EfW to houses
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| 12 November 2020 |
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Proposed collaboration aims to replicate projects in continental Europe that will focus on efficient use of heat from waste company’s Energy from Waste plants
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Earth Overshoot Day falls three weeks later this year – but are we really making progress?
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| 21 August 2020 |
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The coronavirus pandemic means Earth Overshoot Day has fallen just under a month later than last year, and Global Footprint Network has developed new solutions to continue to #MoveTheDate.
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Scrapping red diesel will raise council waste costs, says Re-Gen Waste
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Emma Love
| 30 July 2020 |
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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.
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Lidia Creech
| 1 July 2020 |
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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.
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Meat supply chain pledges to cut waste in half by 2030
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Lidia Creech
| 1 July 2020 |
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38 of the UK’s largest meat producers and retailers have signed a pledge to halve the amount of meat that goes to waste in the UK each year by 2030.
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Local authorities should switch to electric refuse vehicles, says report
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Imogen Benson
| 27 January 2020 |
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Switching the UK’s diesel-powered refuse collection vehicles (RCVs) for electric trucks could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 290,000 tonnes of CO2 each year, according to a new report from Eunomia Research and Consulting.
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European Parliament backs Green Deal
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| 17 January 2020 |
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The European Parliament has voted to support the Green Deal for Europe under the condition that amendments are made. 
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World Biogas Association makes emissions reduction declaration at COP25
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| 10 December 2019 |
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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.
Viridor invests £2 million to transform landfill gas into transport fuel
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Tansy Dando
| 5 November 2019 |
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Viridor invests £2 million in an innovation project to create low-carbon transport fuels from landfill gas.
Researchers at Swansea University unlock plastic waste car fuel potential
Swansea University researchers unlock plastic waste car fuel potential
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| 6 September 2018 |
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Scientists at the University of Swansea have discovered how to transform waste plastics into hydrogen, which could then be used to fuel hydrogen cars.
ESA calls for government support for EfW to promote circular economy
ESA calls for government support for EfW to promote circular economy
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Becky Goodall
| 6 June 2018 |
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Investment in energy-from-waste could boost UK GDP by £3 billion a year while diverting 60 million tonnes of waste from landfill, paving the way towards a circular economy, according to a new report by the Environmental Services Association.
Resource efficiency fastest way to cut carbon emissions, new report claims
Resource efficiency fastest way to cut carbon emissions, new report claims
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| 16 May 2018 |
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A report from environmental think tank Green Alliance says the UK government needs to reduce the carbon output from the process of making and using products in order to meet its climate targets.
EU ‘waste-based fossil fuels’ proposal faces growing opposition
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Gethin Roberts
| 11 May 2018 |
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Environmental campaigners voice concern as proposed revisions to the Renewable Energy Directive’s ‘waste-based fossil fuels’ regulation could see plastics being used as transport fuel.
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