Landfills and Disposal Archives - Plastic Waste Solutions
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Are compostable plastics the best option? – Australia
Posted on September 15, 2023 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalCompostable plastics are becoming more common and can appear to be an intuitive solution to plastic pollution but are they the best option? Source: Are compostable plastics the best option? COMPOSTABLE PLASTICS CAN NOT BE RECYCLED WITH OTHER PLASTICS
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Queensland councils look into landfill biogas extraction – Australia
Posted on September 12, 2023 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalQueensland council leaders looked into landfill biogas extraction at a open day at the Toowoomba Waste Management Centre. Source: Queensland councils look into landfill biogas extraction - Inside Waste In a Queensland first, biogas recovered from the Toowoomba Waste Management Centre...
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Contamination big issue with FOGO rollout – Australia
Posted on April 22, 2023 by DrRossH in BioPlastics, Landfills and DisposalSource As the national executive officer for the Australian Organics Recycling Association (AORA), I am on record as stating that one of the biggest issues facing the Australian organics recycling industry is contamination, contamination, and contamination. The supply of...
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AGL chair repeats “lights will go out” coal threat as gas lobby goes into overdrive – Australia
Posted on March 2, 2023 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalSource Scare tactics by the fossil fuled companies to not reduce their output "But with every push into the future, however reluctant or small, it appears that McKenzie is dutifully wheeled out to put a dampener on market expectations – and...
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Biomethane: On the road away from fossil fuels – Europe
Posted on February 8, 2023 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalSource Sustainable energy is a necessity. When produced locally, biomethane is green and sustainable, and will play an important role in a future (almost) without fossil fuels. Fast growth necessary Today there are over 20,000 biogas and biomethane plants in Europe. The...
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The outlook for Energy-from-Waste in Australia
Posted on November 29, 2022 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalSource Australia has only recently started embracing EfW technology and following the European residual waste disposal trend. Western Australia has taken the lead and has two large EfW plants under construction that will have a combined processing capacity of 700...
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Posted on August 30, 2022 by DrRossH in Landfills and Disposal
Source In Net zero targets and landfill methane emissions in the June/July issue of Inside Waste, Sam Bateman argues that landfills are net carbon sinks and better than Energy from Waste (EfW) from a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) perspective. I wish landfills...
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Waste-to-Energy in a Circular Economy: Friend or Foe? – Europe
Posted on July 6, 2022 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalSource Circular economy – it seems to be the buzzword of the moment, circling across all industries. But what does it actually entail? According to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in a circular economy “materials for new products...
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New WtE facility being built in Melbourne – Australia
Posted on May 19, 2022 by DrRossH in General, Landfills and DisposalSource A Melbourne based waste to energy company is developing a state-of-the-art waste to energy and integrated resource recovery processing plant which will deliver baseload renewable energy while importantly recovering recyclable materials from waste. Great Southern Waste Technologies (GSWT)...
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New Landfill gas (generation) method available – Australia
Posted on September 22, 2021 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalSource article The new Landfill gas (generation) method came into effect on 10 September 2021. Landfill gas projects capture and combust gas from waste to prevent the release of methane into the atmosphere. Combusting landfill gas converts...
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