14 January 2020Lakeside signs APC residue recycling deal
A 10-year contract has been signed between Lakeside Energy from Waste and O.C.O Technology to recycle the Air Pollution Control (APC) residues from the Lakeside incinerator at Colnbrook. O.C.O Technology says it first began ...
13 January 2020RDF sector awaits full impact of Dutch tax
With a €32.63 Euros tax now in place for exports of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) to the Netherlands, early signs are that there has been no immediate market shock in the commercial marketplace but problems await in 2020.
10 January 2020Geminor applies for Hull MRF permit
Geminor has applied for an environmental permit for a 150,000 tonnes per year capacity materials recycling facility (MRF) in Hull. The permit documents state that once operational, the facility will produce Refuse Derived Fuel (...
2 January 2020News in brief (02/01/2020)
With news on: Parc Adfer begins commercial operation; Wiser Recycling applies to vary licence; Viridor assumes control of Beddington ERF; Peel Environmental to fund DMG plant
20 December 2019Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 ‘fully operational’
Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2) – the 675,000 tonne per year capacity energy from waste plant in West Yorkshire – entered full commercial operation yesterday, 19 December. The £325 million facility was developed jointly by ...
29 November 2019RDF markets facing challenge of Dutch tax
The refuse derived fuel market faces a period of uncertainty in coming months, a conference held in London yesterday (29 November) was told by a number of speakers. Jacob Hayler, executive director of Environmental Services ...
20 November 2019Waste-to-gas plant revived after administration
Funding worth £10 million has been secured to restart the construction of an 8,000 tonne per year 'waste-to-gas' facility in Swindon, after the previous operators of the plant went into administration. The funding has been ...
11 November 2019WIDP programme ‘moving to new phase’
The government’s long running Waste Infrastructure Delivery Programme (WIDP) is moving to a new phase after helping to deliver the ‘vast majority’ of infrastructure under the progamme. Established by Defra in 2006, WIDP was ...
7 November 2019Cheshire West and Chester backs Protos gasifier
Cheshire West and Chester council has unanimously approved plans for a 175,000 tonne-per-year capacity gasification plant at Protos, near Ellesmere Port. The facility is being developed by Progressive Energy and will look to ...
Powerday launches Academy of Excellence - https://t.co/3OvICCz7BI
Plastic funding worth £8 million launched by UKRI - https://t.co/5aIqpuRnJI
European Parliament calls for waste targets in Green Deal - https://t.co/DhFa4bSdye
