Day: 8 January 2009

Edie teams up with CIWEM

Edie is forming a partnership with the Chartered Institution of Water & Environmental Management (CIWEM) to provide those that value their services with easy access to useful information, advice and news and to allow both organisations to get their message out to a wider audience.

Johnson tells businesses to get green with envy

London's Mayor Boris Johnson is urging the city's businesses to save money by improving their environmental performance and has said that seeing competitors win a contest to find the capital's most sustainable companies could inspire firms to turn 'green with envy'.

Food-friendly breakthrough in race to sustainable fuels

A crop-friendly approach to bio-ethanol production has been developed, and even the by-products can be treated to ensure nothing goes to waste

Why food waste should stay at home

Home treatment cuts food waste arisings and collection costs. Maxine Perella flew to Sweden to find out how Gothenburg is incentivising householders to do more

German MRF trial shows bags of potential

Renting out a German MRF for the day doesn't come cheap, but one technology supplier wanted to demonstrate that mechanical sorting of residual black bag waste yields good returns. Dean Stiles travelled to Munich to find out more

Terex looks to grab a piece of the action

A relatively new player to the waste market, Terex's expertise in materials handling solutions should serve it well going forward. Andy Moore reports

A case for disposal: landfill tax liability

Janine Hurley looks at a court case concerning an appeal by Waste Recycling Group for a landfill tax refund, and examines what lessons can be learnt

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