SHETLAND Islands Council is to introduce “door-to-door” recycling of glass and cans next summer – but paper, card and plastic will be burned in the Gremista incinerator after that was […]
All-in-one waste incinerator/ski slope/power station to be built near Copenhagen
When their central waste incinerator packed up, five municipalities in Denmark were left with two options. They could invest in another incinerator. Or, they could do something completely different. In […]
Waste Management Problems in the Caribbean: How Green VI Targets these Issues
Waste Management is a critical issue that needs to be urgently addressed in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to ensure the protection of residents and visitors alike, and to preserve […]
Disputing statements concerning incinerator
The letter written by Matt Binder in West Hawaii Today Sept. 26 was a rant that should have been printed on the comic page. His effort at sounding the alarm […]
Getting a grip on our garbage
Nobody likes to be thought of as a garbage factory but — like it or not — that is what cities have always been and will continue to be, despite […]
Opponents of Covanta rail development want more time for public comment
Residents have less than a week left to file formal comments with a state agency overseeing plans for a controversial rail development project at a local waste incineration facility. The […]
No direct incinerator cash bonanza for Runcorn residents along lines of shale gas fund
A CHEMICAL firm has said it will not be dishing out an energy cash bonanza to Runcorn residents after the company pledged to share 6% of its shale gas revenues […]
Composting vs. Waste-to-Energy: The Politics Of Green Waste
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, green waste is very much on the political agenda. According to Tulsa World, the city’s trash board voted this week to pursue a plan to collect and […]
Zero Waste dialogue under way downtown
Concerns that an industrial scale garbage incinerator might be built in Duke Point persuaded organizers of an international environmental conference to come to Nanaimo. The Alternatives to Incinerators Landfills; Zero […]
No to INCINERATOR
An open meeting for the community and anyone concerned was convened last Wednesday 1st October at Clann na Gael Community Hall. The meeting was well attended and was chaired by […]