Cardiff’s £26.5-million district-heating network project, has secured £15 million to begin the first phase of works.
Using heat generated at Viridor’s Trident Park Energy Recovery Facility (ERF), which recently celebrated processing one million tonnes of residual waste, Cardiff City Heating Network will divert approximately 350,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste from landfill every... More
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released two policy papers on monitoring and evaluation of the government’s Resources and Waste Strategy for England.
Northacre Renewable Energy Limited (NREL) has submitted a renewed planning application to Wiltshire Council to build a £200-million energy-from-waste (EfW) facility in Westbury.
Scottish waste management firms impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic have seen the deadline for applications for grant support extended until the end of August.
The European Suppliers of Waste-To-Energy Technology (ESWET) has released a policy briefing highlighting the need for any revision to the EU Waste Shipment Regulation to continue to allow the shipment of waste for energy recovery.
Waste management company Viridor and Prosiect Gwyrdd (Project Green) celebrate the milestone of one million tonnes diverted from landfill at the Trident Park Energy Recovery Facility (ERF).
The National Bed Federation (NBF) has released an ecodesign guide to ensure the best possible design and sustainability outcome for beds and mattresses.
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has issued a firm rebuttal to a report by Greenpeace that found Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facilities are three times more likely to be found in deprived areas, calling for an end to the “demonising” of EfW.
The UK Government will commit to a 65 per cent municipal recycling rate by 2035 after it announced it would be transposing the vast majority of the EU’s Circular Economy Package (CEP) into UK law.
Self-reported food waste has increased by 30 per cent as lockdown continues to ease in the UK, according to WRAP, which has launched a new campaign to encourage good food waste habits.
A new energy-from-waste (EfW) facility in Kent, Wheelabroator Kemsley, with an annual throughput capacity of 550,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste has entered full commercial operation following a successful commissioning phase in early 2020.
A pilot project by packaging company Dow aims to collect and recycle Nigeria’s plastic waste, diverting around 300 million plastic waste sachets away from landfill.
94 per cent of Amazon shoppers in the UK are concerned about plastic pollution and want plastic-free packaging options, according to a new survey by ocean conservation organisation Oceana.
