Biffa, the UK based waste management company has announced that it has signed a 25-year contract with West Sussex County Council to treat the County’s residual municipal waste using the latest Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) technology.

Ottowa-based Plasco Energy Group has announced a partnership with China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection (CECEP) Group on a new WTE plant to be built in Beijing, China.

The UK Environment Agency has granted the Shanks Group permission to export refuse derived fuel to facilities on mainland Europe.

Covanta Energy and Peel Environmental have joined forces in a £500 million (US $741.9 million) project in the north west of England.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed regulations that would significantly cut emissions of mercury and other pollutants from boilers, process heaters and solid waste incinerators.

The Victorian State Government in Australia is working with a consortium of companies – including Holden, Caltex, Veolia, Mitsui and Coskata – to research the possibility of establishing a plant which produces more than 200 million litres of ethanol from household and construction waste.

A plant which converts mixed plastic waste into liquid synthetic fuel is operational in Ireland and should pave the way for similar facilities in the UK and Europe.

Planning permission has been granted to BioGen Power to build the world’s largest waste gasification facility to be fuelled by residual waste in West Yorkshire, UK.

Waste Management Inc has announced plans to build a plasma arc incineration plant using technology developed by InEnTec LLC at its landfill in Arlington, Oregon.

Beijing government officials have stated that they will continue with their plans to build more waste incineration plants, despite fears among residents and experts over the creation of pollution.