Reducing Solvent Emissions May Cost Flexible Packaging Industry £63 Million
Hampshire Plans New Incinerators
Waste Management Ltd Buys Landfill Site in Sussex
Wales is Responsible for PCB Destruction, Says Rechem MD
Belgium Environmentalists Warn About Europe’s Hazardous Waste
New Hazardous Waste Treatment Centre in Belgium
Waste Accounting by Rho@E4ne-Poulenc
Anaerobic Treatment For Pulp Mill Effluent
TNO Develops Electrostatic Heat Exchanger for Cleaning Flue Gases
Contract for Irish Incinerator Soon to be Awarded
Plans For Underground Solidification for Waste Disposal in France
NO&I x in Flue Gases Reduced by Urea
Software Package to Predict Cost-Effectiveness of Pollution Control Technologies
Award For Hazardous Waste Cleanup Technology
Eleven New Technologies Selected for SITE Programme
US Patent for Incineration Control System
Mexico Plans to Track Illegal Wastes Back to Producers
UOP Develops Catalytic Reduction Process for Hydrocarbon Wastes
ASME to Test Vitrification Process for Combustor Residues
Japanese Researchers Isolate PCB Degradation Genes
New Vitrific’tion Process Developed by OEM
Degradable Bioplastic Developed in Japan
Tin Can Recycling: Opportunity For Local Authorities
Europe’s First Aluminium Can Recycling Plant for the UK
Landfill Gas Produces Electricity in Cheshire
Paper-from-Straw Mill Proposed for Humberside
Major Expansion for Reko Plastics Recycling
Swiss Launch Battery Recycling Project
Construction Material Made from Sludge and Ash in West Germany
Aluminium Salt Slag Process Developed by Mannesmann Anlagenbau
Dutch Soil Cleanup Could Cost NLG500 Million per Year
Coal Waste Used to Fuel Belgian Power Plant
PVC Manufacturers to Launch Mixed Plastics Recycling Venture
Hydro Group Successfully Biodegrades Low-level Groundwater Contaminants
Bioremediation Applied to Cyanide Compounds
EPA to Test Creosote-Degrading Bacteria
Canadian Trials of Mobile PCB Incinerator
Biodegradation of Phenol in Louisiana
National Polystyrene Recycling Co Plans Five Regional Centres
Plastics Recycling System Separates PET and HDPE
Coding System to Help Plastics Recyclers
Steel Can Recycling Project in Maryland
New Report on the Waste-to-Energy Market
New Non-Ferrous Metallic Separator Introduced
Waste-to-Energy Facilities Exempt from Hazwaste Regulation
American Ref-Fuel’s Waste-to-Energy Trials Completed
TCE Biodegradation Process
In Situ Biodegradation of PCBs to be Tested in Hudson River by General Electric
Israeli-German Aluminium Recycling Plan Blocked
Honeycomb CFC Recycling Equipment Developed in Japan
Disposal of Out-of-Date Farm Chemicals is the Responsibility of the Purchaser
NRA Launches Attack on Polluting Farmers
Challenges Facing the Chemical Industry
Rechem Controversy Continues
Welsh District Councils Call for More Money to Tackle Hazardous Waste Sites
Report Says Britain Will not Meet Air Pollution Standards
Government Launches Recycling Forum
IBM Goes Ahead With Plan for Environmental Centre in Cambridge
North Sea States Oppose Continued Dumping of Industrial Waste by UK
Criticism of EEC’s Guidelines on Environment Agency
Second Phase of Rhine Action Plan Agreed
Europe Pressures US Over Oil-Spill Liability
Hazardous Waste Imports Were Encouraged by Hungarian Ministry
IMO Ban on North Sea Disposal of Ships’ Waste
Question of Taxes on Pollution Raised Again
EPA’s Final Rule on Tracking of PCB Wastes
North Carolina Joins Southeast Hazwaste Agreement
OTA Report Criticises Superfund
Canada Bans PCB Exports to UK
Over $5 Billion Needed to Solve Greece’s Pollution Problems
New Secretariat for UNEP Transfrontier Convention
Indian Ban on Hazardous Waste Imports
Australian State Introduces Stricter Environmental Legislation
Waste Management in Asia
MP Calls for Long-Term Solution to Tyre Disposal
Council Insists on Site Cleanup In Housing Development
Thames Red List Survey Results Encouraging
NRA Prepared to Use its Teeth
Eco-Labelling Becoming More Widespread
Scandinavian Countries Aid Eastern Europe Against Pollution
East and West Germany in Environmental Projects
Americans Study Siting of European Hazardous Waste Facilities
OECD Policy Concentrates on Cyanide Rather Than Cadmium
Exxon Suing Alaska Over Cleanup
Exxon Oil Spill in New York Harbour
New Dispersant Breaks up Oil and Sea Water Mousse
Conservationists Warn About Antarctic Pollution
Oil Threat to Moroccan Coast Dismissed
UK Waste Imports Remain Stable
Environmental Liability Insurance Schemes for Chemical and Industrial Firms
Insurance Companies Consider Implications of Landfill Gas
New Director of HMIP Appointed
Launch of European Environmental Research Organisation
European Environmental Protection Market Vulnerable to American and Japanese Companies
Pollution Prevention Clearinghouse Established by EPA
EPA’s New Environmental Information Network
Waste Disposal and Recycling in China
Welsh Water in Waste Disposal Joint Venture with SAUR
Companies Urge Stricter Clinical Waste Controls and Tracking
Power Plant Desulphurization May Be Discontinued For Privatization
Report on Waste Management in Europe
Europe Has Over 500 Incinerators
AVR-Chemie’s Hazardous Waste Landfill Operational
East German Special Incinerator may be Decommissioned
HIM Plans to Construct Third Special Waste Incinerator in West Germany
New Waste Treatment Facility in South West France
New Process Claimed to Remove SO@I2 and NO&I x in One Step
Bioremediation of Contaminated Land a Success Says ABTA
First Municipal Refuse Incinerator for Greenland
High Efficiency VOC Thermal Oxidation Process Developed by IPT
Advanced Flue Gas Technology Trials At Indiana Plant
Waste Disposal and Treatment in Rio de Janeiro
Joint Recovery Initiative Can Handle all CFCs Contained in Fridges
Recoup - Plastics Bottle Recycling Initiative Launched
Refuse/Coal Fuel Bling Process on Trial
Supermarket Bottle Banks Boost Profits
Sheffield Launches Phase II of Recycling City Project
Red Faces At Whitehall’s Failed Green Initiative
Bio-reclamation Scheme for Abandoned Gas Works Site at Stockholm
Recycled Tyres Incorporated into Road Surfacing on Trial in Sweden
Start-up of Sachtleben Waste Acid Recycling Plant
Kerbside Collections: Success and Failure
Hoechst Project to Recycle Waste Drums
Hanomag Develops Methane-Powered Refuse Compactor
PRA Sets up Philadelphia Plastics Recycling Plant
Drywall Recycling Plant Set Up in Ontario
101 Ways With Potatoes
Landfill Mining in Florida
Superclean Coal Slurry Fuel Investigated
Solution for Plastics Recovery from Mixed Wastes
Smelter Plant to Recycle Liner-Bricks
Waste Exchanges in North America
Tyre Recovery Programme in Minnesota
EPA Makes Bio-remediation a Priority: Market To Exceed $150 Million
Japanese Ministry Funds Research Into Biodegradable Plastics
Japanese Sludge-to-Slag Process
Northumbrian Water/ITC Plans for Teesside Hazwaste Incinerator at Portrack Rejected
EUROENVIRON Environmental Research Programme Launched in UK
Faulty Farm Equipment Banned to Reduce River Pollution
NRA Urges Merger With HMIP
EEC Proposals Could Knacker Industry
NRA Introduces Stricter Controls on Coal Waste
EEC Member States not Good at Implementing Environmental Directives
Approval For Irish Environmental @rotection Agency
Over $350 Million Needed for Spanish Estuary Cleanup
Protests Over West German Waste Dumped in East Germany
Stop Waste Dumping in Eastern Europe, Demand Greenpeace and East Germany
Environmental Enforcement Actions in Spain
Massive Investment Needed to Improve Spain’s Environmental Standards
Swedish Government May Gain Control Over Siting of Hazardous Waste Facilities
West Germany Imposes Stricter Limits on Dioxin Incinerator Emissions
SwF600 Million for Rhine Cleanup
US Court Rules That States Have No Right to Advance Notification
Puerto Rico Urged to Build Hazardous Wastes Plant
Oil-contaminated Soil May be Buried Under Roads in Florida
EPA Elevated to Cabinet Level
Attempt to Waste and Chemicals Transportation by Food Trucks
States Can Challenge Superfund Remedies Prior to Clean-up
Decision To Uphold Alabama Ban Has Major Implications For Hazwaste Disposal
ARCL Appeals Against EPA Spill Reporting Violation Fine
Compensation For Employee Fired For Informing Of Environmental Violations
EPA Considers Exemption from Deep Well Disposal Ban
Industry Argues Against EPA’s ‘Mixture Rules’
Proposed RCRA Rule for Hazardous Waste Facilities Above Aquifers
RCRA Reauthorisation Bill
Taiwan’s EPA and Environmental Programmes
Antarctic Stations to be Cleaned Up
Environmental Protection Agency for India
Pesticide Threat to River Tweed Averted
Monitoring Britain’s Water Quality
Smokeless Fuel Plant Ordered to Cut Emissions
Rho@E4ne-Poulenc Fined £21,500 for Oleum Release
Thames Water Pleads Guilty to Consent Breaches
Camelford Victims Likely To Claim For ‘Long-term Effects’
Oil Slick Pollutes Madeira Islands
Lawsuits Filed Against AVR For Dioxin Contamination
Netherlands Imports PCB-Contaminated Butter
Decline in Hazardous Waste Output by Chemical Industry
Sources of Methane: Global Warming
WasteInfo Now Available On-line
A Complex Future for Environmental Protection Technology Business in the ‘Single Market’
TEBA - The Environmental Business Association Formed
SORT Takes Up-market Approach To Public Information
Nitrate Selective Resin Approved by DoE
Cutbacks Force Closure of Middleton Incinerator
Cheshire Council to Carry Out Environmental Audits
HSE Publishes New Asbestos Removal Guidance Document
Hydro Scan Launches Discharge Monitoring Service
Concern Over Humberside Unlicensed Tyre Dump
Debate over FGD Installation of Low Sulphur Coal Imports Continues
NAWDC Landfill Awards
Welsh Health Authorities Plead Ignorance of Clinical Waste Disposal Guidance
Pipeline Extensions Improve Water Quality at Humberside TiO@I2 Plants
Cleanaway Receives Planning Permission for Pitsea Waste Treatment Plant
Ciba-Geigy Incinerator Get the Go-ahead
Lurgi/Richter Market New Landfill Leachate Recirculation System
Swiss Firm to Carry Out $1.8 million Belgian Landfill Cleanup
Incinerator Permit Delays for Hoechst
A New Economic Perspective on Waste Minimisation
Hysteresis Effects in Boilers Co-firing Hazardous Wastes
Deflocculant Decreases Clay Liner Permeability
Union-Carbide Develops Oxygen-Enhanced Incinerator for Organic Wastes
EPA to Establish Facility for Testing Treatment Technologies
Inco Cyanide Removal Process Uses Sulphur Dioxide and Air
Canada Halts Illegal Waste Shipments
Novon - the Completely Biodegradable Starch Plastic
Cyanide Wastes Eliminated by Heat Treatment Process
Low Grade Paper Mill Proposed for Gartcosh Site
Patten Stresses Importance of Market-led Recycling to Demolition Contractors
Egg Boxes From Milk Cartons
Plans for Biodegradable Plastics Opposed
Renewed Interest in RDF for Power Generation
AGSM to Construct $75 million Waste-to-Energy Plant in Italy
DSM To Construct New PVC Recycling Facility
Deutsche-Solvay-Werke and Evian in PVC Recycling Scheme
Sale of EEC Surplus Alcohol Fuel
New York’s Recycling Database
Occidental Moves Into PVC Recycling
Plans for $200 Million RDF Plant in Chicago Suburb
Chicago Selected for Du Pont/WMI Second Plastics Recycling Alliance Plant
Photosynthetic Bacteria Accelerate Anaerobic Digestion
Government Abandons Power Station Cleanup Plans
CIA Concerned About Implementation of Integrated Pollution Control
Oslo Commission Meeting Criticises UK Over North Sea Dumping
NRA Reviews Discharge Consent System
First Reading of Plastics Waste Bill
Government and Opposition Support Green Taxes
British Plastics Federation Welcomes Recycling Bill
New Regulations on Silage and Slurry Stores
Another Legal Battle Over Waste Versus Reclaimable Material
HMIP Equal to its Task Says Minister
Jacques Delors Attacks Environmental Directives
FRG Proposes DM340,000 East-West Environmental Plan
European Nations Call For Swift Action on Global Warming
Calls For More Environmental Investment By French Chemical Industry
Third North Sea Conference at The Hague
Environmental Constraints Forces Closure of East German Plants
Scandinavians Say Waste Prevention is Better Than Cure
French Farmers Blamed for Water Pollution
£1000 million Environment Action Plan for Ireland
Commission to Ban CFCs by 1998
New EC Commission Initiatives for 1990
Commission Threatens Action on West German Bottle Law
ECE Regional Waste Management Strategy Proposed
Court Allows Delayed Closure for Non-Hazardous Wastes Landfills
President Bush Cool on Global Warming
EPA’s Indemnification Guidelines Face Criticism
EPA’s Revisions to National Contingency Plan
President Bush’s $2 billion Environmental Budget for 1991
Sicily’s Waste Disposal Problem
Caribbean Environmentalists Call for Halt on Transfrontier Shipments
New US-USSR Joint Environmental Initiatives
Lome Convention Adopts Environmental Provisions
Fish Farmers Using Dichlorvos Red List Pesticide
Shell Fined £1 Million in First Major NRA Prosecution
Shell Demands Greater Oil Pollution Insurance Cover
Update of (HSE) Guidance Note on Exposure Limits
Arson Causes Serious Pollution of Thames Tributary
COSHH Warning for Construction Industry
Environmental Assessments Assessed
Gas Study Reveals Risk to Landfill Workers and Odour Nuisance
Dioxin Emissions Investigation in Netherlands Clears AVR
Urgent Action Needed at 80 French Industrial Sites
Dutch Report Blames Over-Fishing For Damage to the North Sea
Oil Spill From BP Tanker Off Southern California
Canadian Drinking Water Supplies Threatened by Tyre Blaze
Hagersville Tyre Dump Fire is Out
Alaskan Oil Pipeline Corrosion Poses Pollution Risk
Exxon To Start New Alaskan Clean-up
Canadians Clean Up Abandoned Hazardous Waste Landfills
British Industry Pollution Control Expiture Survey
CIA Launches CEILIF- Environmental Impairment Insurance
Staff Shortage Threatens Consulting Engineers
US Hazardous Waste Treatment Market Estimated at $20 billion by 1994
World Bank Announces Hazardous Waste Management Programme for Developing Countries
Lincolnshire Establishes LAWDC
Ministers Warned of Effects of Abandoning Power Station Cleanup
Pilot Scheme for Aerobic Lagoon Treatment of Landfill Leachate
Landfill Disposal of Shredded Scrap Tyres
YW Enterprises, a Waste Management Service from Yorkshire Water
Cost of Safeguarding Landfill Sites
Bedford Opposes Landfilling of Cardiff Old Refuse
Fisons May Withdraw North Sea Dumping Application
Grundon Opens Advanced Clinical Waste Incinerator
Two-Stage Scrubber for Ost Domestic Waste Incinerator
Spain’s First Hazwaste Incinerator Delayed
BASF Plant Removes Heavy Metals from Scrubber Effluent
Scientific Advisory Group Reports On Environmental Impact of Pulp Mill Effluents
Rho@E4ne-Poulenc Starts Up Plasma Unit
Parsons Demonstration Project for NO&I x and SO&I x Removal from Power Station Emissions
Alcan Dry Fume Treatment System
Army Chooses In Situ Vitrification For Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wastes
EXPERT Process Uses Diesel Fuel to Extract Organics from Effluent
PCBs Dehalogenated at Ambient Temperature
Public Opposition to Use of Hazwaste as Cement Kiln Fuel
Vitrification of MSW Incinerator Ash to be Studied
Improved Organics Destruction with Oxygen-Enhanced White Rot Fungus
Muffola Incinerator Attachment for High Efficiency Hazwaste Destruction
Hughes’s £500,000 Recycling Plant For Demolition Wastes
Landfill Site Generates One-third of Northwich’s Power
Demolition Contractors Recycling Rubble
Manoil Project Will Continue Despite Losing GMWDA Funding
Salverson Brickworks Uses Landfill Gas as Fuel
Fibrescreed - Scrap Tyre Products for Road Repairs
Circuit Board Gold Recovery Process
Italian Firm Adopts French Waste-to-Energy Systems
Cormin Process Converts Sewage Sludge and Incinerator Ash to Aggregate
Steel Can Recycling
Residual Oil Gasification Plant for Sweden
Recycling and Recovery at Volkswagen
Kemira Boosts Acid Recycling Capacity
Valorga Gas Plant ‘Uneconomical’Say Authorities
Bayer/Davy Sulphuric Acid Recovery Joint Venture
Recovery of Metals from Computer Scrap
Recent Developments in Scrap Tyre Recycling
Steel Can Recycling Plant in Minnesota
New Hampshire Wood Chip Waste-to-Energy Plant
Water Recirculation Increases Landfill Biological Degradation Rate
Waste Minimisation and Reduction Centres Established
Virginia Coal Company Develops Coal/Paper Pellets
New Programme on Steel Drum Recycling
Surfactants May Not Solve Bioremediation Problems
Swiss to Recycle Batteries Following GDR Import Ban
Phosphogypsum Wastes used for Tile Manufacture
NRA Calls for Licensing of Closed Waste Sites
Government Favours Secrecy on Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms
Government Funding to Reduce Solvent Emissions From Acrylic Coatings
LWRA Concerned About Government Waste Responsibility Plans
UK in Conflict with EEC on CO@I2 Limits
Select Committee Reports on Toxic Waste Disposal in Wales
Tax Concessions for Landfill Sites
Code of Practice for Oil Spill Cleanup Formally Adopted
Government Announces Environmental Safety Measures for Farming
Co-operation Between East and West Germany on the Environment
West Germany Tightens Law on Environmental Violations
Belgians Rationalise Environmental Legislative Framework
New Environmental Division in Spain Disappoints Environmentalists
ECS Calls for Compulsory Liability Insurance
Joint West/East German Environment Programme
UK Joins EEC Lead on CO@I2 Emissions
European Green Taxes Gathering Pace
CWM Challenges Law Banning Import of Hazardous Waste
Alabama Hazwaste Ban a Threat to US Hazwaste Disposal Business
US Disposal Deadlines Imminent
News from the EPA
No US Backing For Ling Projects Without Impact Assessment
Report Calls for Diversion of Defence Sping to UN Environment Fund
Welsh Tyre Dump Fire Under Control
Lloyd’s Launches Marine Air Pollution Monitoring Programme
Ground Water Clean-up by Vapour Extraction and Sorption
Radar Tracking System For Marine Pollution Launched
Results of Acid Rain Study
Biological Monitoring Methods Used in Study of North Sea Pollution
First Meeting of International Society of Exposure Analysis
Infra-red Sensor Detects Liquid Organic Contaminants in Soil
Ash From Waste-to-Energy Plant Non-hazardous Say California Agency
Aftermath of the Hagersville Tyre Fire
China Appeals for Foreign Aid to Combat Pollution
Polluted Seas a Threat to Health
Euroenviron - Collaborative R@TND Programme for Environmental Technology
Questor - Industry and Universities Cooperate on Environmental Research
Natwest Finances Chemical Waste Transport Scheme
Brundtland Environment Foundation
Environmental Laboratory Business to be Studied by Hempstead
European Wastes Imported for Landfill
Water Companies Plan Sewage Sludge Incinerators
FGD Budget Cut Prior to Electricity Privatization
Increased Demand for Gas-Fired Power Stations
Lancashire Installs Second Waste Management Software System
Effluent Treatment Plant for Ciba-Geigy at Grimsby
Food Producers Oppose Plans for Leigh’s Doncaster Hazwaste Plant
Oxymaster for Rapid Cleanup of Polluted Beaches and Waterways
Planning Application Delays Cause Crisis in Clinical Waste Incineration
West German Environmental Groups Call for Thiodan Incineration Ban
German Firms Form Toxic Waste Incineration Pool
Lentjes/Deutsche Babcock Technology Cuts Dioxin Emissions from MSW Incinerators
Pesticide Disposal Schemes
New Desulphurisation Process Uses Electrochemical Cell
Clay Adsorption of Dioxins and PCBs
Destruction of Chlorinated Organics by UOP Catalytic Hydrogenation
Advanced Automated Process Control System for Hazwaste Incinerator
In Situ Vitrification to Clean Up Landfill Site in Michigan
Georgia Power Clean Coal Technology Promises 85% Reduction in NO&I x Emissions
CWM To Open Largest Hazwaste Incinerator in US
Japan Helps Mexico to Fight Air Pollution
Salvesen Brickworks Revisited
Recycling of Secondary Aggregates Limited, says Federation
Scrap Metal Dealer Licensing - Formidable Task For LWRA
DTI Studies of Recycling
Rockware Announces Growth in Glass Recycling
Tesco and Sainsbury Join Reprise Initiative
Gypsum from Desulphurization Plant at Drax Used to Make Plaster
Scrap Tyres to Fuel Proposed Birmingham Power Station
Improved Efficiency in Sewage Sludge Processing
Quality Assurance Certification for Plastics Recycler
BIR to Co-operate With European Recovery and Recycling Association
Compulsory Paper Recycling in Italy
Reprieve For Valorga Waste Treatment Facility
Cheap Imports Hit German Waste Paper Market
Recycling Not a Priority for German Plastics Industry
Acid Recycling Unit for Spanish Tioxide Plant
Norddeutsche Expands Computer Scrap Recycling
Domtar-Dow Plastics Recycling Venture Abandoned
Electricity Generated from Sewage Sludge and Coal
Blast Furnace Slag Used to Produce Ceramic Building Material
Neutralite - the Aggregate Produced from MSW
Israeli Company Develops New Tungsten Recovery Process
Impressive Growth Potential for Reclamation in China
Induction System Uses Recycled Zinc and Manganese
Autocatalysts May Lead to Growth in Platinum Recovery
Malaysia Imports Scrap Tyres to Build Reef
Industry Needs to Invest More in Pollution Control in 1990s, Warns DoE
NRA Takes Tougher Line on Prosecutions
Green Measures Feared Inflationary
NRA Confident of Government @acking
Most Dairy Farms Will Not Meet New Pollution Regulations
Environmental Protection Bill Could Cost Flexible Film Industry $20 million
Sheffield and Doncaster Withdraw from South Yorkshire Voluntary Agreement on Waste Regulation
HMIP Adopts New Approach to Staffing Problems
Trippier Launches Civic Trust Environment Week
EEC Will Not Prosecute UK on Pesticides
First Federal Ministry of Environment for Czechoslovakia
Dutch Companies to be Sued Over Past Pollution
West Germany Passes Genetic Engineering Legal Amments
EEC Ruling on Power Industry Privatisation a Blow to UK Clean Energy Programme
EEC Environment Aid Package for Eastern Bloc
Monsanto Chairman Announces Environmental Commitment
EPA Issues Emission Standards for Hazardous Waste Incinerators
Bill to Encourage Investment in Environmental Infrastructure
EPA Issues Final Toxicity Characteristic Rule
Senate Approves Bill to Am Clean Air Act
Report Criticises EPA’s Lack of Standardisation in Hazardous Waste Data Collection System
UN Economic Commission Encourages East-West Cooperation in Europe
Montreal Protocol Signatories Agree Stronger Measures for CFCs
Leading Conservationist Becomes Brazilian Environment Secretary
Norway Proposes Annual Environmental Reports to UN
Shell- No Plans to Pay for Aldrin Clean-up
Surplus Straw May Rid Lakes of Poison Algae
1,000 Evacuated After GEC-Marconi Fire
Report Criticises Environmental Record of Paper Mills
Gruinard Island is Officially Anthrax-Free
Shell Chemical Fire Pollutes Mersey
Hazardous Waste Pollution Threat to Park Development
Kemira Proposes Fenno-Soviet Baltic Cleanup
Banks to Fund Mediterranean Cleanup
Mineral Fertilisers More Environment Frily than Manure
Inquinosa Gets Go-ahead for Pesticides Production Wastes Cracking Test
Lurgi Pulp Bleaching Technique Cuts Dioxin Waste Levels
MSW Ash Leachate Close to Drinking Water Standards Says Study
$138 million Clean-up of General Motors Superfund Site
Phenol Pollutes Water Supply for Soviet City
ICI Wins Environment Award for Ammonia Process
US Waste Treatment Market to Double by 1994
AWMA Establishes Waste Management Award
Environmental Factors Influence Investment Fund Managers
Europewide Survey of Managerial Attitudes to the Environment
US Environmental Firms Seek Opportunities in Europe
EERO-European Environmental Research Organisation to be Based at Wageningen
Study Predicts Growth in Medical Waste Market
The Hazardous Waste Industry in the 1990s
Northumbrian Environmental Management Company Launched
Soliditech Waste Stabilization Process Evaluated by EPA
Disposal of Cow Carcasses with BSE
Tarmac Econowaste Wins Landfill Innovation Award
Report Calls for More Industrial Waste Sites in Wales
Cleanup of Power Stations may Lead to Gypsum Problem
Leigh Proposes Incineration Centre Near Manchester
Contaminated Soil Dumped on Farmland
BFI Plans Liquid Waste Treatment Facility for Wales
NRA Approves Sentinel Plant for Farm Pesticides Effluent Cleanup
Spanish Metal Wastes to be Buried Not Dumped into Mediterranean
Rechem and Ecodeco Agree to Build Hazwaste Incineration Plant in Italy
Finnish Pulp Mills Invest in Environmental Protection
VAM to Build $312 Million Waste Treatment Plant at Wijster in Netherlands
Hoechst May Seek Disposal Site in France
Dutch Tank Storage Companies Introduce Higher Charges to Cover Emissions Reduction
EPA Plans $118 Million Dioxin Contaminated Soil Incineration Project
AOSTRA Taciuk Mobile Pyrolysis Plant to Take to the Road
VOC’s Destroyed in Nonflame, Packed Bed, Thermal Reactor
Report Predicts Rapid Growth of FGD Market in the 1990s
Award for Environmentally Frily Use of Timber
Growth in Aluminium Can Recycling
ERRA Backs UK and French Recycling Schemes
Glass Recycling Continues to Grow
Changes in Paper Reclamation Market
Cardiff Announces Ambitious Recycling Project
Straw Mats for Oil Slick Cleanup
Domestic Waste Used in Sea Defences
SCM Titania Plant Invests £14 Million in Acid/Metals Recovery
Kent County Council Evaluates Hot Mix Recycling
Pan-Terre - Structural Board Made from Paper and Straw
Contaminated Oil Fuels Swedish Power Station
Industrial Gypsum as Coating Pigment for Paper
BASF, Bayer and Hoechst in Plastics Recycling Joint Venture
Soil Cleanup Developments in Europe
Carpet Made from Recycled PET Bottles
Flame Reactor Recycles Metals from Electric Arc Furnace Dust
British Telecom to Buy from Green Suppliers
NAWDC Opens Membership to Public Bodies
No Legal Exemption from Waste Definition for Scrap Industry
Private Bill to Control Hazardous Wastes
Proposals for Increased Sewage Sludge Application to Land Under Attack
Watt Committee Report on the Greenhouse Effect
Wath Recycling to Appeal Over Court Decision on US Waste Imports
Labour Criticises ‘Gaps’ in Environmental Protection Bill
Controversy Over Release of Genetically Modified Organisms
Government’s Nitrate Control Scheme Insufficient Says NRA
NRA Calls for National Strategy on Farm Wastes
Trade Unions Call for Greater Involvement in Environmental Issues
Greater Action Needed Over Farm Pollution
Minister Announces Reduction Targets for Ozone-Depleting Substances
High Court Decision on Application of Environmental Assessment Regulations
UK Committed to 30% Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reduction by 2005
West Germany Introduces Stricter Dioxin Limit
New Association to Represent Environmental Practitioners
Review of Waste Management Policy in the Netherlands
Manufacturers of Chemicals not Liable for Clean-up Costs After Purchase Rules Court
Congress Queries EPA’s ‘Down-grading’ of Pollution Prevention
EPA Reviews Analysis Alternatives for Implementation of Land- ban
RCRA Re-authorization Amments Ext Hazardous Waste Restrictions
EPA Sets Recycling Plastics Targets for Industry
OECD Evaluation Programme on Environmental Effects of Existing Chemicals
Results of Bergen Conference on Sustainable Development
International Commission for Environmental Assessment Proposed
Nigeria Becomes First African Signatory to Basel Convention
Courtaulds Fined £15,000 for River Pollution
Scottish Survey of Contaminated Land
Crude Oil Spillage Pollutes South Devon Coast
Proposed Changes to Road Transport of Dangerous Substances Regulations
Common Mussel a Sensitive Pollution Indicator
IIASA Calls for East-West Co-operation on Acid Rain
Blue-Green Algae Cause Problems for Water Industry
FRG Disposal Capacity Shortfall Follows Export Ban to East Germany
Sulphur and Nitrogen Dioxides Pollution Worsening in France
North Carolina to Clean Up Asphalt Testing Sites
EPA SITE Emerging Technologies Solicitation
Electro-osmosis Technique for Soil Detoxification
Exxon Delays Criminal Proceedings
Japanese Attorneys Call for Environmental Legislation for Southeast Asia
New TR ECOTEC Environmental Fund Launched
Royal Presentation for NAWDC’s Industrial Affairs Director
East Surrey Offers Pollution Analysis Facilities
Business Opportunities in Environmental Law
Chemical Companies Move into Environmental Services
American Institute of Pollution Prevention
IMO to Set Up Hazardous Substances Pollution Compensation Fund
World Bank Announces Environmental Fund
Hazardous Waste in Cleveland and Tyne @TN Wear
Leigh Environmental Gets Clinical Waste Consent
AEA Technology Develops Electrochemical Process for Organics Disposal
Merseyside WDA Faces £300,000 Bill After Collapse of Waste-to-Energy Company
US-Style Quality Controls at Surrey Landfill
Water Research Centre Warns of Shortage of Landfill Sites for Sewage Sludge
Researchers Develop Bioreactor to Remove Volatile Organics
Finnish Researchers Use Micro-organism to Degrade PCPs
Toxic Waste Treatment to Swiss Disposal Standards
Public Opposition Does Not Stop Hazwaste Facilities
Pyrometallurgical Treatment for EAF Dust
US Court Passes Prison Sentence for Environmental Violation
New Flue Gas Cleanup Method
Urea Offers Cost-Effective Flue Gas Cleanup
Browning-Ferris to Drop Hazwaste Operations
Recycling Research Comes Up With Novel Ideas
Report Considers Biodegradability Controversy
Environmental Code Proposed for Tyre Industry
European Symbol for Glass Recycling
Expansion of Glass Recycling
Council Sells Waste Company
BS Takes Over Save-a-Can and Launches Information Bureau
Supermarkets In Plastics Recycling Ventures
ICI Launches Biopol
Power Saving De-inking Plant
Rainham or Paris for Universal City?
Better Standards Needed for Contaminated Site Reclamation
Four Refuse-Fired Power Stations Planned for UK
National Power and British Gypsum in Drax Contract
Energy Minister Defs Landfill Gas Schemes
East Sussex’s £4.7 million RDF Plant Opened
Reifer Focuses on Tyre Recycling
West Germany Retailers Face Recycling Deadline
EC Challenges West Germany Bottle Deposit Scheme
Two Industrial Wastes Used in Building Panel Manufacture
Gypsum Mountain to Golf Course
Salt From PVC Incineration Recycled into Manufacture
The Recyclable Car
Volkswagen Study Dismantling Techniques to Recycle Plastic from Cars
Giant Incinerator for the Netherlands
US Petrochemical Companies Use Recycled Containers
Mobil to Recycle Plastic Supermarket Sacks
Food Packaging Potential for Recycled PET
Sixty Percent of US Aluminium Cans are Recycled
Automatic PVC Sorting Method
Canada Starts Up Superwood Process Plastics Facility
Anaerobic Composting Method for MSW
Inserts Allow Drums to be Reused
Bioremediation of Alaskan Oil Spill Sites
Fuelco Set to Produce Diesel from Landfill Gases
BIR Delegates Urge Change of Recycling Legislation
Recent Developments in Plastics Recycling
Australia’s Sanalco Brings Cable Processing Plant on Stream
London Borough Issues Environmental Statement
Government Considers Controls on Peat Extraction
New President for IWM
County Councils Call for National Waste Strategy
Limitations on Import of Toxic Wastes
CBI Urges ‘Green’ Audits
Spoil in the Sea
MAFF Studies to Help Farmers Adapt to Stubble Burning Ban
Packaging Industry Faces Heavy Anti-Pollution Investment Under Environmental Protection Bill
Water Consumers Should be Told About Environmental Improvement Costs
Returnable Packaging Row in West Germany
Dutch Penalise Environmentally Undesirable Products
EC Preparing Environmental Audit Directive
Dublin Environment Conference Leads to East-West Co-operation
East and West Germany Propose Environmental Union
US Environmental Regulations Hit Petroleum Refiners
US Not a Perfect Model
Revisions to US National Contingency Plan
Do Not Interfere With EPA, Says US Judiciary
Costs and Benefits of California Air Quality Plan Disputed
Georgia’s Successful Hazwaste Advice Programme
Victoria Implements Waste Management Policy Plan
Outcome of Second London Ozone Conference
The Greening of Refrigerants
Water Replaces Solvents in Ink Production
Dunston Ceramics Launches Soil Solidification Process
Methyl Chloroform Ban?
Row over Compensation for Shellfish Ban
Short Term Steps to Reduce UK Gas Emissions
More Hazardous Wastes May be Transported to East Germany
PCB Contamination Leads to Closure of Technology Centre
Washington State Bans Large-Scale Hydrogen Fluoride Use
Mega Borg Spills Crude Oil in Gulf of Mexico
ICI Being Sued Over Coastal Pollution
EPA Modifies F019 Hazardous Waste Listing
Environmental Monitoring Applications for Fibre Optics
RCRA Final Land Disposal Treatment Standards Issued
Europe and US to Tighten Dioxin Regulations
Starfish Die in Russian White Sea
Environmental Assurance Offers Impartial Environmental Auditing
Rubble Users May Need a Licence
Shanks @TN McEwan Increase Waste Management Profits
New GC Column Resolves Dioxin/Furan Mixtures
Newly Approved ‘Superfund’ Test Methods
ICI Expansion Plans Include to Acid Dumping
Gas Reactor Column Treats Hazardous Waste Gases
Disposal Company Accused of Illegal Landfill Operations
Reed Bed Biotreatment System for ICI Wastes
Pollution Control System for the Printing Industry
Kent University Researchers Establish Waste Treatment Company
New Gas Cleaning Plant at Rechem Incinerator
PowerGen Applies for Planning Consent for FGD Plant
Joint Waste Venture Possibilities in the South-West
UK’s Serious Tyre Problem
ICI Charges Itself for Waste Disposal
Operational Problems at an East German Industrial Waste incinerator
Another Giant Incineration Plant for the Netherlands
Hazardous Waste Facility for Portugal
MAN GHH Wins Czechoslovakian Hazwaste Incinerator Contract
Europe’s First Plasma-Torch Unit for Solid Waste Incineration
Severe Shortage of PCB Disposal Sites in the US
Financial Incentives for Composting of Landscape Waste
Metals Limits for New York Sewage Treatment Effluents
Bacteria Used to Treat Gulf of Mexico Oil Slick
Landfill Companies Guarantee Property Values
EPA Reports a Decline in Landfilling Hazardous Wastes
New Hazardous Waste Corporation Planned for British Columbia
Lead Waste Used in Road Repairs
Recycling Venture for Agricultural Polythene
Mirrlees Blackstone Commissions Sand Reclamation Plant
New Thermal Sand Reclamation Unit
Dundee - Britain’s Third Recycling City
Door to Door Recycling Collections in Financial Difficulty
Newsprint Recycling Likely to Increase
Quality Assurance Certification for Recycling Company
Electricity Act Provides Opportunity for Biofuels
Sludge Disposal - Old and New
New Soil Creation and Conditioning System for Landfill Sites
Zippe Develops Recycling System for Laminated Glass
Call to Scrap EC Waste Controls By Eurometric
Commercial Production of a Biodegradable Thermoplastic Begins in Italy
Chromium Recovery from Solid Tannery Wastes
Magnimet to Market Ferrous Metals from Northern State Recovery Plant
First Enclosed Lead-Acid Battery Recycling Plant
DryPure System Rers Paint Sludge Inert
EPA Plans New Laboratory to Test Superfund Clean-up Technology
Northeastern States to Reduce Volume and Toxicity of Packaging Waste
Mobil Agrees to Clean Up Underground Oil Leak in Brooklyn
Landfill Mining Projects
Japanese Produce Oil from Plastic Waste
Industry Warns About Integrated Pollution Control
Pollution Problems in India Following British Aid
Gloomy Future for Domestic Refuse Reclamation
EC Directive on Civil Liability is a Threat to Lers
Stiff Penalties for Polluters
Record Oil Spill Settlement
Inadequate Number of Waste Disposal Sites in Scotland
Plans for Tax Penalties on Polluters
New Laws for Detergents?
Large Increase in Waste Disposal Costs Forecast
Austria Proposes New Waste Management Law
Yugoslavian Republic Introduces New Environmental Law
Regulations on Bituminous Coal in Ireland
Switzerland Studies Reduction of Special Waste Exports
France First to Tax Air Pollution
Spanish Government Environmental Co-operation
France Imposes Phosphate Limits on New Detergents
West Germany Passes New Special Waste Legislation
CEFIC Criticises EC Waste Liability Proposals
EPA Ruling on Controversial State Environmental Law
Waste Reclassification Could Force Company Closure
New EPA Standards for VOC Emissions
Legislation on Interstate Waste Shipments Looks Likely
District Court Rules Against EPA in Clean Air Case
Wisconsin Introduces Major Recycling Bill