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Dear all,
on January 25 the three-member panel of the Supreme Administrative Court
confirmed the decision of the minister of environment of Bulgaria to
revoke the EIA permit given to International Utilities Development and
Construction Pazardzhik plc (branch of...read more
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Recycling all the materials we use is the key to saving the Earth and humans from an apocalyptic future, according to a major new book written by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and published by Oxford University...read more
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Source Andy Potts, The Moscow News at 21/01/2011
Green energy offered by Moscow’s electricity provider Mosenergosbyt is nothing of the sort, according to Greenpeace.
Part of a new proposal to promote eco-friendly power were announced recently, with users invited to opt in to a special tariff...read more
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Europe
to strengthen action on waste prevention
By Joan Marc Simon, Global Alliance for Incineration Alternatives, 20
January 2011
The EU
must set up efforts to reduce waste production, the European Commission said
on Wednesday as it released an assessment of its 2005...read more
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Hundreds in Urmston incinerator protest
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-12143248
Hundreds of people have taken part in a protest about a proposed biomass incinerator in Greater Manchester.
Campaign group Breathe Clean Air Group said it was worried the Barton Renewable Energy...read more
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MILL10NS of pounds of public money are being mispent by councils bailing out private waste disposal companies who can't get their own way.
Scores of councils have entered long-term agreements with private firms to dispose of their waste - usually up the chimney of an incinerator.
But contracts are...read more
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Richard Anthony
November 2010
One year ago Rodrigo Sabatini, an Engineer with Novociclo from Florianopolous Brazil, came to Devon, Massachusetts to learn more about Zero Waste. The planned National Recycling Congress in Oregon had been canceled and the Grassroots Recycling Network to fill the...read more
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Europe's
standardisation body CEN will on Thursday unveil draft sustainability
standards for biomass produced for biofuels and bioliquids. The final
standards will be finalised in early 2012, delegates were told at...read more
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As the world’s environment ministers convene a UN meeting in Mexico to address climate change, leaders of the Alliance of Indian Wastepickers (AIW) gathered in Chennai to offer their own solution to climate change and decry false solutions such as “waste-to-energy”. The leaders warned that two such...read more
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Don't Waste Massachusetts member groups have had two victories against gasification proposals this fall. One proposal was from BH Capital to develop a large gasification plant in the town of Athol in the north central part of the state; the other proposal, which was much farther along in the...read more
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Campaigners in Derby are celebrating the failure of Resource Recovery Solutions (Derbyshire) Limited to overturn on appeal the decision of Derby City Council to refuse planning consent for a waste gasification plant at Sinfin Lane. The Inspector, Ruth MacKenzie, ruled that the plant would cause...read more
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New Jersey Pulls Plug on Camden Trash Agency After Covering Debt Payments
By Dunstan McNichol - Nov 12, 2010 9:05 PM GMT
New Jersey won’t pick up a $26.1 million payment due Dec. 1 on the Camden County Pollution Control Financing Authority’s incinerator bonds after covering payments since 1999,...read more
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Friends of the Earth press release, 29.10.10
SECOND VICTORY FOR LOCAL RESIDENT IN LANDMARK SECRECY COURT BATTLE WITH WASTE GIANT
The multinational waste company Veolia Environmental Services today lost its Appeal against a High Court ruling which ordered it to release details of its £850...read more
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For Immediate Release
October 21, 2010
Contacts:
Sandra Turner Handy: +1.313.926.9811
Margaret Weber: +1.313.938.1133
Ananda Lee Tan: +1.415.374.0615
Shutdown of World’s Largest Waste Incinerator Signals a Change in the Climate
Detroiters rally to urge Detroit Mayor to permanently...read more
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Member states should do more to support the reusable beverage packaging sector, industry representatives said at the third ReUse conference in Brussels on Wednesday. The first priority in the EU's waste hierarchy is waste prevention, they pointed out.
Jürgen Resch, head of green group DUH, one of...read more
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11032252
Plastic bags have contributed to Mexico
City's considerable pollution problems
A new law has come into effect in Mexico City giving the authorities the power to fine shops which give away free plastic bags to their customers.
In...read more
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By Paul Jeeves, Yorkshire Post
A HAZARDOUS waste management plant was destroyed in a blaze yesterday as campaigners claimed grave concerns over controversial plans for a multi-million pound expansion of the site had been vindicated.
Nearby residents were warned to stay inside and shut the...read more
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http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/7ebdf4d0b217978b852573590040443a/ef62ba1cb3c8079b8525777a005af9a5!OpenDocument
Release date: 08/09/2010
Contact Information: Enesta Jones, jones.enesta@epa.gov, 202-564-7873, 202-564-4355
WASHINGTON –The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is...read more
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Pickers say waste-to-energy incineration plants increase emissions and take away their only means of survival
John Vidal, guardian.co.uk, Thursday 5 August 2010 12.46 BST
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/05/un-waste-incineration-protests-workers
People scavenge for items of...read more
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has held public hearings to review a proposed safe exposure limit for dioxin, a known carcinogen and endocrine disruptor.
Dioxin is nearly impossible to avoid, as women exposed to it pass it on to the foetus in the womb and both breast milk and formula...read more
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Waste Britain: Improved recycling rates mean that we may not have enough garbage to feed planned new plants
By Kate Youde, The Independent on Sunday , 1 August 2010
A waste mountain at the Shelford Landfill & Recycling Centre
Environmental groups are demanding an end to the building of...read more
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By BRUCE ERSKINE Business Reporter, Halifax Herald
An electrical problem interrupted a Utility and Review Board hearing in Halifax on Monday on a proposed $208-million biomass energy project that critics say is bad for the environment.
"It’s kind of ironic," said Jamie Simpson of...read more
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(translated with google translate)
http://www.greenpeace.org/espana/news/20072001
The Greenpeace report highlights the socio-economic and environmental unsustainability of waste incineration
July 20, 2010
First thing this morning, activists from Greenpeace have displayed a banner...read more
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20 July 2010, Friends of the Earth
Government departments are trying to slash their spending in order to cut the deficit.
There is big potential to save money through dealing with our waste more sustainably.
Nearly £2 billion of private finance initiative (PFI) funding is currently...read more
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Government aims to spark anaerobic digestion boom
Ministers meet with industry to identify barriers to adoption of waste-to-energy technology
James Murray, BusinessGreen , 06 Jul 2010
The coalition government has today taken the first step towards making good on its pledge to deliver a...read more
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