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Is running your car on rubbish the future of fuels?
2013-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The EPA proposed a new standard on Friday for how much biofuel must be mixed into the nation's gasoline. The portion of vehicle fuel that comes from plants has increased dramatically over recent years to about 10 percent. But most of it comes from corn. Congress hoped that, by now, a billion gallons would be coming from advanced biofuels, which have much smaller greenhouse gas footprints. That hasn't happened. But the nascent cellulosic fuel industry says don't count it out. Several plants are on...
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Town Deals With Rising Rubbish
2013-11-15 11:04:46| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has lauded Elkton officials for taking quick action after learning of trash peeking out from the town's old landfill on an eroding bank... To See This and Every Local Story from The Daily News-Record, Click Here to Become a Subscriber! Login to view the full story
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United Kingdom: 'March of the incinerators' threatens drive to recycle more rubbish
2013-08-19 10:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A rush to build incinerators to burn waste and break the UK's reliance on landfill is threatening the country's commitment to increase its recycling rates. As new figures reveal that recycling rates have fallen for the first time in 30 years, experts warn that the UK is in danger of building far more incineration capacity than it needs. The controversial waste disposal systems are used to produce electricity and heat for homes and industry. But there are fears that the "march of the incinerators",...
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23/07/2013 - BIFM Home Counties hosts - What a load of Rubbish! at Sandown Park Racecourse
2013-07-03 21:09:05| BIFM Events
BIFM Home Counties CPD Event on Waste Management.
UK incinerator plans? They're just rubbish
2013-03-10 01:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A wave of new publicly-funded incinerators being built to burn rubbish could be mothballed before they are even turned on, amid claims there will not be enough waste to fuel them. The Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has begun withdrawing funding for new incineration plants with predictions there will be nothing for them to burn. Support for a scheme in Liverpool was withdrawn last month, following the removal of funding for projects in North and West Yorkshire. The UK already...
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