Waste Management World Articles, September 2009

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Regulars

From the Editor

From the Editor

Having just returned from the latest RWM show in Birmingham, UK, I have realised that I never failed to be amazed by the latest and greatest innovations in the recycling sector, which seem to happen almost weekly.

ISWA comments

ISWA comments

Greg Vogt, ISWA Managing Director, looks at the cigarette butts littering our path Sometimes having data or statistics wins the day.

Waste Leadership Series

Raising awareness

Helena Bergman of ISWA speaks with Yves Chartier, World Health Organization (WHO) public health engineer (top) and Alexander von Hildebrand, WHO regional advisor (bottom) about healthcare waste, the role of WHO and ISWA–WHO co-operation

Features

Recycling News

he Packaging Stewardship Forum (PSF) of the Australian Food and Grocery Council has put a new initiative into effect which encourages recycling, at Indooropilly Shopping Centre, Queensland.

Get it sorted: Efficiency in separation systems

Sensor technology is progressing rapidly, and offers an economical solution to hitting EU waste targets by facilitating the production of homogenous waste streams.

WEEE will comply

Legislation maintains market momentum for management of WEEE, and will continue to do so, reports Suchitra Padmanabhan in this review of the waste electrical and electronic equipment market in Europe.

Multi-material move

With a heritage in paper recycling, UK-based recovered paper company SCA Recycling is now moving into the multi-material processing business with the introduction of its new £15 million MRF.

Recycling Product News

Bano manufactures primary and secondary single-shaft shredders for recycling and size reduction.

Situation landfill

There are many factors to be considered when selecting a site for a sanitary landfill.

Accelerate towards lower costs

We examine a process for biowaste that can offer considerable benefits over biowaste processing systems.

High-spec sweeps Prague: The highway sweepers that are helping tourism

Authorities in the Czech Republic have invested in two of the highest specification highway sweepers in the world to help ensure Prague keeps its reputation as one of Europe's hottest holiday destinations.

Pushing the boat out: The Riverside Resource Recovery facility

Work is underway in south-east London to construct one of the UK's most efficient energy recovery plants.

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