15 October 2018
NLWA seeks public funding for Edmonton ERF
The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) has announced that the construction of its new energy recovery facility (ERF) in Edmonton will be funded through direct public borrowing. This means that the authority will be borrowing ...
5 October 2018
Hoddesdon EfW permit plan receives public backlash
Veolia’s plans for an Energy from Waste (EfW) facility in Hoddesdon have come under further pressure as the vast majority of the 97 responses to its likely environmental permit are negative. The comments came in newly-...
5 September 2018
Veolia to trial waste-powered electric RCVs
Veolia has announced it is to trial ‘the world’s first’ electric refuse collection vehicles (RCV) charged directly by power derived from non-recyclable household waste. The project in Sheffield will see two 26 tonne RCVs ...
30 August 2018
Severn Trent swoops for Agrivert in £120m deal
Organics recycling firm Agrivert is to be bought by the utilities company Severn Trent in a deal totalling £120 million, the two companies have announced today (30 August). The deal covers five food waste anaerobic digestion...
28 August 2018
Work progresses on Isle of Wight EfW facility
Building works have been "substantially completed" at Amey’s waste treatment facility at Newport - being delivered on behalf of the Isle of Wight council - with the facility expected to be fully ...
31 July 2018
Amey overcomes ‘teething problems’ in Milton Keynes
Amey's gasification plant in Milton Keynes is up and running, and despite some teething problems, it is now operating at expected levels of energy generation. The advanced thermal treatment (ATT) plant is one of three technologies...
25 July 2018
Geminor to supply Allerton EfW facility
Norwegian-owned waste fuel specialist, Geminor, has signed a 25-year contract to supply Amey’s Allerton Waste Recovery Park in North Yorkshire. The agreement will see Geminor supply a maximum of 50,000 tonnes of residual waste ...
24 July 2018
Plans unveiled for Redcar EfW plant
A Yorkshire-based waste exporter, PMAC Energy, has unveiled plans for what it says will be a £250 million waste to energy plant at Redcar Bulk Terminal (RBT). The firm has secured 25 acres of the terminal’s land for the ...
20 July 2018
News in Brief (20/07/2018)
With news on: UKCM's 20th year anniversary; Grundon's Recycle Bicycle initiative; M&M Waste Solutions on its Maylarch acquisition; Exxonmobile's oil deal; and Veolia's London Pride clean-up.
Investigation underway into Restore Datashred fatality - https://t.co/EzSLX6WiC7
RECOUP calls for collaboration on plastics - https://t.co/8dfpHPDSHq
Obituary: John Simmons - https://t.co/VTYPgyvAMK
