Waste transfer site gets 1000th user
SIX weeks after the launch of edoc – a new online system for recording waste transfers - over 1000 businesses across the UK have...
GPS-enabled device assists landfill monitoring
ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring specialist Enitial has worked with Viridor to develop a new PDA-based device. The enidata device has modules for monitoring groundwater, surface water,...
Tougher targets for electrical waste
The 14 February 2014 deadline for EU Member States to transpose the new Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Recast Directive 2012/19/EU into national...
Monitoring nuclear waste legacy ponds
Following rigorous assessment, water quality monitoring sondes from Xylem Analytics are being deployed in what is arguably one of the most hostile environments imaginable:...
Bringing jetting and suction to the city
THE CityWhale is a new range of vehicles offering both jetting and suction capabilities in a package adapted for urban operation.
Designed and manufactured...
Telehandler lifts up to 6 tonnes
JCB has unveiled its latest telescopic handler for the waste management industry, the 560-80 Wastemaster.
The high capacity vehicle is a heavy duty machine engineered...
Recycled bottles used to create lights
Lights made from recycled cola bottles will soon go on the market following an international study led by Nottingham Trent University.
In collaboration with Spanish...
A practical guide for the zero waste movement
“IT was a giddy moment for all of us,” recounts Paul Connett of the meeting in October 2011 at which he first had the...
Report idenfities waste capacity shortfall
RECYCLING and waste management company SITA UK published a report on 26 February entitled "Mind the Gap", which presents an assessment of UK residual...
Ground gas analysis without the capex
THE CIRIA-compliant GA5000 portable landfill and contaminated land gas analyser can now be leased from Geotech, providing a useful solution for consultants carrying out...
Hazards legislation to tighten
Expert urges under-prepared landfill site operators to act now over fuel re-categorisation
THOUSANDS of waste landfill site operators are being urged to act now over...
Landfill lining on a steep slope
SHOWCASING its abilities to work in steep and difficult conditions, WALO UK recently completed a project to produce a lining system at a 30,000m2...
Lab aids leachate disposal
WASTEWATER treatment specialist Enso International recently completed the installation of a plant to deal with the leachate from a landfill site, work that was...
Zero waste progress for food and drink
Food and drink manufacturers have reduced the waste they send to landfill by two thirds, according to the latest survey from the Food and...
Lacklustre recyclers listed
ASHFORD Borough Council in Kent has been named as England's worst performing council when it comes to recycling, but has already pledged to improve...
Binding heavy metals: exploring the options
A recent trial carried out at a landfill site in the South West of England addressed the problem of how to remove a number...
Toxic coast clean-up concludes
ABERDEEN City Council has completed a four year long, £16million environmental project to clean-up and restore the former Ness landfill site in Aberdeen.
Harmonisation of packaging waste, WEEE and batteries welcomed
The UK government is to review proposals to harmonise the producer responsibility regimes for packaging, waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and batteries –...
Turning grit into gold
Road grit and gully waste usually end up in landfill, at least in the UK. But a scheme adopted by Warwickshire County Council illustrates...
Breaking it down: compostable product packaging
Envirotec looks at the latest progress
MORE and more product packaging is being recycled each year but a lot of it still goes to landfill,...
