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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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Design for Disposability
Posted on September 18, 2021 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalSource Article Much of what is designed is done so with the sole intent of creating manipulative, misleading, or misdirected outcomes, in order to get people to consume things they don’t need or see the world in a particular way...
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Waste to energy: Lessons from Japan
Posted on September 16, 2021 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalThere is one major exception, however: Japan. In the early 2000s, gasification and the less commonly used pyrolysis processes together had a market share of over 50% in the waste-to-energy sector. While this has now fallen to an estimated 25-...
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Room to grow: generating energy from waste in Australia
Posted on July 2, 2021 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalSource: Room to grow: generating energy from waste in Australia In looking to Europe, we must also acknowledge that while the ambitious federal and state resource recovery targets are supported, evidence from numerous EU members (and other countries) that have...
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