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Charities to receive carbon tax help: Wong

...landfill costs for charitable groups. Senator Wong says charities will not be left out in the cold when the carbon tax operates from July 1. "We have put in place a fund for charities to help them wit...

11 Apr 2012

Charities to receive carbon tax help: Wong

News / Policy & Finance

Sort your rubbish for recycling for separate collection

...landfills. Some of the landfills that had earlier been closed and upgraded were at Sua Betong in Negri Sembilan, Chamang in Pahang and Rimba Terjun in Pontian, Johor. He also said that work on the RM1...

24 Mar 2012

Sort your rubbish for recycling for separate collection

Research / Eco-Business

Waste-to-Energy Technology Markets

...landfills. Although combustion technologies continue to lead the market, advanced thermal treatment (ATT) technology deployments such as pyrolysis are expected to pick up as diminishing landfill...

23 Mar 2012

Waste-to-Energy Technology Markets

News / Energy

India's waste-to-energy plan could mean bad news for trash pickers

...landfill site. "The work is hard and life tough," said Munari, sitting on a small rope bed in front of his hut. But he added that life is better here than it was in his former home in the impoverished...

21 Sep 2012

India's waste-to-energy plan could mean bad news for trash pickers

Opinion / Energy

The dirt on clothes: why washing less is more sustainable

...landfill. But the first thing you should think about is how often you wash your clothes. It turns out that when you look at the whole life cycle of a piece of clothing, everyday washing and drying dam...

3 Jun 2013

The dirt on clothes: why washing less is more sustainable

News / Policy & Finance

Terra Firma’s Infinis gets Australian finance for UK wind

...landfill-gas sites. Infinis was unable to provide further details on the loan when contacted today.

2 Oct 2012

Terra Firma’s Infinis gets Australian finance for UK wind

News / Waste

'Eye in the sky' spies on illegal waste dumpers

...landfill from construction and demolition increased by 32 per cent in 2010-11. In NSW, a levy of $80 a tonne for construction waste has been introduced to encourage companies to use recycling faciliti...

23 May 2012

'Eye in the sky' spies on illegal waste dumpers

News / Energy

Proposed plasma gasification & waste incineration facility in Perth

...landfill by 90 per cent. John Holland is also currently working in a joint venture to deliver the Hong Kong Sludge Treatment Facility, a 2000 wet tonnes per day waste treatment plant generating its ow...

30 May 2012

Proposed plasma gasification & waste incineration facility in Perth

News / Waste

Ghazipur landfill site to house power plant

With the Ghazipur landfill site unable to take in more waste, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to empty part of it in the next three years. The site contains 46 lakh metric tonnes ...

2 Feb 2012

Ghazipur landfill site to house power plant

Press Releases / Eco-Business

Sustainable Off-Grid Lighting Solutions Can Deliver Major Development and Climate Benefits

...landfill and related environmental damage. Although solar LED systems have a higher initial cost than traditional fuel-based lamps, the payback period can be very short due to the high running costs o...

21 Feb 2013

Sustainable Off-Grid Lighting Solutions Can Deliver Major Development and Climate Benefits

News / Policy & Finance

Power bills lead way in new tax complaints

...landfill complaints generally concern local councils increasing tip fees. Many councils are liable for the carbon tax because the gases that landfills release put the councils among the country's top ...

12 Jul 2012

Power bills lead way in new tax complaints

News / Food & Agriculture

A second life for rice husk

...landfills, according to Martin Gummert, postharvest expert at the International Rice Research Institute. “In Vietnam, it used to be a waste some years ago and was dumped in the rivers, causing a big p...

8 May 2013

A second life for rice husk

News / Waste

DEC shuts councils' $60m waste plant

...landfill. All would now go to landfill, which was contrary to the Government's diversion target of 50 per cent by 2015. The councils, which will meet this week, moved to reassure ratepayers that rubbi...

3 Apr 2012

DEC shuts councils' $60m waste plant

News / Waste

Keppel, Budimex Group wins waste-to-energy contract in Poland

...landfill site in Hryniewicze, Poland, to about 12 percent from more than 90 percent, according to the statement. Keppel will execute 49.6 percent of the work by project value, it said. The bid by Kepp...

3 Sep 2012

Keppel, Budimex Group wins waste-to-energy contract in Poland

News / Carbon & Climate

Carbon trading considered too risky for local councils

...landfill fees, said the federal government could actually provide state governments backing on carbon credits but will not do that because of risks linked with carbon credits in the future. The opposi...

11 Sep 2012

Carbon trading considered too risky for local councils

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Waste management and landfills in Austria - interview with Dr. David Laner

...landfills are distinguished: i) Landfills for excavated soil, ii) landfills for inert waste, iii) landfill for non-hazardous wastes (including: construction and demolition waste landfills, landfills...

5 Dec 2011

Waste management and landfills in Austria - interview with Dr. David Laner

News / Waste

Beijing to lead nation in trash burning

...landfill sites. "The plant will be located in a mining area in the city's western outskirts in Mentougou district, which is sparsely populated, to limit the impact of its emissions of ash, cinder, dio...

6 Mar 2012

Beijing to lead nation in trash burning

News / Waste

Waste not want not means there's frequently something to chew on

...landfill every year, according to NSW government figures. ''No matter how efficiently you run your business, you will always end up with some kind of food waste, much of which is edible,'' said Jon De...

21 May 2012

Waste not want not means there's frequently something to chew on

News / Waste

Mining, pelletizing and gasifying waste at Philippine landfill

...landfill site. According to the company its facility will reduce landfill waste and create a pelletized feedstock for its gasification based waste to energy system. First, waste materials that are com...

24 Jan 2012

Mining, pelletizing and gasifying waste at Philippine landfill

News / Waste

Business interest grows in waste dump

As public opposition builds over a proposed waste dump in Tasmania's south-east, industry is beginning to express interest in using the site. It comes as the proponent continues to defend the controve...

30 Aug 2012

Business interest grows in waste dump

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