Lakewood, Colorado based biorefinery developer, ZeaChem, has been selected for a $232.5 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 9003 Biorefinery Assistance Program.

 The UK's Health Protection Agency is to fund a new study to further extend the evidence base as to whether emissions from modern well run Municipal Waste Incinerators affect human health.

Florida based biowaste to urea fertiliser specialist, BioNitrogen has launched a new gasification process to convert biowaste into fertiliser and energy using small, farm based modular facilities.

Recently formed industrial, hazardous and toxic waste gasification company Scorpex, has secured $90 million financing commitment from International Renewable Energy Facilitation Company.

Georgina Davies argues that the Australian waste and recycling industry is in danger of falling into a skills shortage as it haemorrhages skilled workers to the cash rich mining industry.

The U.S. Air Force 1st Special Operations Civil Engineering Squadron has awarded a contract to PyroGenesis Canada to operate and maintain its Plasma Resource Recovery System at a base in Florida.

JBI has received the final emissions report from on the stack tests it conducted in December last year by Conestoga-Rovers & Associates on its Plastic2Oil processor in New York.

More of the EU's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment is to be collected and recycled, according to the European Parliament's recently updated legislation.

LanzaTech, a specialist in producing low carbon fuel and chemicals from waste gases has closed its Series C round with new investment totalling $55.8 million.

Eriez Magnetics Europe is to expand its current premises Caerphilly, South Wales with the acquisition of a 19,000 square foot building located next door to its current site.