Persistence is key: Sizing up the PFAS remediation conundrum
Technologies are available to remove and destroy PFAS, the only doubt is whether they can be deployed within budget and in a sustainable way....
Microplastic pollution in landfill leachate: The drip-drip of progress
The microplastic pollution that turns up in landfill leachate has received much less attention than the stuff appearing in wastewater, and there seem to...
Using AI to extract mixed recyclables and organic material from MSW
A provider of AI-powered sortation at scale for the waste and recycling industry, AMP Robotics is using its technology to extract mixed recyclables and...
Brazilian study suggests better ways of managing MSW
Researchers analyzed solutions implemented in four very different Brazilian cities. Based on the results, they propose the creation of a national carbon credit fund...
Comment: We’ll be digging up landfills within a decade
The earth has finite resources, and at some point, society will run low or even run out entirely of certain resources that it currently...
Oxidation approach to destroying PFAS demonstrated at US facility
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) conducted live demonstrations of its industrial Supercritical Water Oxidation (iSCWO) system for destroying PFAS chemicals before a delegation of...
Mercurial matter: Puzzling out PFAS removal in landfill
Envirotec struggles to find solid takeaways in the literature about PFAS contamination in landfills, and what might be done about it. As regulations tighten,...
Firm appointed by EA to research PFAS from landfill
The EA's PFAS Risk Screening Project will undertake assessments which may inform future regulatory measures, and it has appointed professional services firm GHD to...
SEPA figures show recovering recycling rate in Scotland
Statistics published on 27 September by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) reveal some of the impact of COVID-19 polcies on recycling. The figures...
IMechE recommends rethink of UK waste policy
A radical rethink of recycling and waste policy is required to put the UK on a more sustainable path, according to a new report...
Black bag blues: Does Scotland have enough incineration capacity?
Ongoing uncertainty about Scotland's ability to deal with its own residual waste - once a ban on landfilling biodegradeable material takes effect on 1 January 2026 - has prompted soul-searching north of the border, and an extensive contemplation of the appropriate role that incineration should play in the waste hierarchy. Envirotec reports.
CH4nge is in the air? Comparing laser and FID for landfill emissions monitoring
The accurate and effective monitoring of surface methane emissions levels is critical to the safe operation of landfill and waste management sites. However, methane...
EU Waste Shipment Regulation should not incentivise landfills capacity
A trade group comprising European suppliers of waste-to-energy technology, ESWET, has welcomed the European Commission’s proposal to revise the waste shipment regulation to reduce...
Landfill and recycling both down, and incineration on the up: Scotland waste summary 2020...
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) published statistics on 7 December detailing household waste collected across all local authorities during 2020, as well as...
A new waste market is taking shape in Europe, following COVID-19, says recovery firm
Kjetil Vikingstad, CEO of resource recovery specialist Geminor, writes
Despite the recent flare-up of the COVID-pandemic in Europe, a number of countries are reporting a...
Measuring methane at landfill sites using drones
Waste management firm Viridor says it is demonstrating its ambition to tackle climate change by supporting the development of new technologies for measuring and...
Plastic waste has some economic benefit for developing countries
For decades, wealthy nations have transported plastic trash, and the environmental problems that go with it, to poorer countries, but researchers say they have...
Brighton firm to develop new landfill methane emission monitoring intelligence platform
Environmental sector ICT specialist Recycle2Trade has signed up to the national SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) business support programme, which...
SEPA household waste statistics 2019 highlight positive trends on recycling, carbon emissions and reduced...
Carbon impact of waste down 1.1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent from 2011
Less than 1 million tonnes of household waste sent to...
Sponsored Content: Out with the old leachate removal solutions
Leachate Solutions has introduced what it describes as a more up to date alternative process for the removal of dissolved methane and CO2 from water and leachate.
