Waste Management
Financial penalties on four Member States
Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia failed to to meet the December 2010 deadline to transpose the EU's Waste Framework Directive into national law.
Energy Exploitation of Non-Recyclable Urban Waste in an Sustainable waste to Energy Market (ENERGY WASTE-Life)
The aim of the EnergyWaste project is to study, develop and implement an advanced gasification concept for the energy exploitation of the non-recyclable stream of modern recycling factory.
Getting gold from garbage
Top performing Member States have recycling rates of up to 70 % and bury virtually nothing, whilst others still landfill more than three-quarters of their waste. How have the best performers turned waste from a problem into a resource?
Landfill still accounted for nearly 40% of municipal waste treated in the EU27 in 2010
In the EU27, 502 kg of municipal waste was generated per person in 2010, while 486 kg of municipal waste was treated per person. This municipal waste was treated in different ways: 38% was landfilled, 22% incinerated, 25% recycled and 15% composted.
Waste Management Options for Greenhouse Gases Emissions Control (WASTE-C-CONTROL) -Life+
WASTE-C-CONTROL is a joint project between EPEM SA (Environmental Planning, Engineering and Management), the Waste Management Authority of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (DIAAMATH), the Waste Management System of Western Macedonia (DIADYMA) and the Trans-Municipal Enterprise of Solid Waste Management of Chania (DEDISA).
Waste to energy project in China
GE announced that its ecomagination-qualified Jenbacher gas engines will power China’s largest landfill gas (LFG) power generation project
Waste – a short cut to job creation and lower costs
Full implementation of EU waste legislation would save €72 billion a year, increase the annual turnover of the EU waste management and recycling sector by €42 billion and create over 400,000 jobs by 2020 according to a European Commission study published today.
Commission urges Germany to comply with EU waste legislation
The European Commission is taking action against Germany for failing to meet the deadline for transposing the Waste Framework Directive into national law, which should have been in place since 12 December 2010
Environment: Commission urges Cyprus and Greece to clean up waste landfills
The European Commission is urging Greece and Cyprus to comply with the requirements of EU landfill legislation in Cyprus and on the Greek islands of Zakynthos and Corfu. Landfills operating in breach of EU waste legislation constitute a serious threat to human health and the environment
Opcon: Saxlund wins Waste-to-Energy order in Stuttgart
Saxlund International GmbH, a fully-owned subsidiary of Opcon AB, the energy and environmental technology Group, has won a high profile, 15 m SEK order from the City of Stuttgart for delivering handling equipment for the expansion of the Waste-to-Energy solution at the waste water treatment plant Stuttgart Mühlhausen.
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