ADBA’s Training and Safety Working group meeting this week was kindly hosted at Bore Hill Digester by Malaby Biogas, and concluded with a tour of the plant from director Thomas Minter. The meeting started with an update on the policy…
ADBA board member Richard Barker (Chief Executive of Biogen) was among the witnesses discussing AD as part of the Lords inquiry into building a biowaste economy. Barker, along with Dr Prab Mistry (EHV Engineering) and David Nelson (Branston), considered a…
Defra’s response to the consultation on the review of EU waste targets has disappointingly reiterated government’s opposition to banning biodegradeable waste to landfill, although this was caveated with the assurance that this position would change if such a mechanism can…
The kick-off meeting for the BREF process takes place in Seville next week. From this point we will start to have a clearer idea of what the Commission is likely to propose, and where we will need to concentrate our…
ADBA MEMBER PRESS RELEASE Kirk Environmental, part of KIRK GROUP, is pleased to introduce a new tank system to their existing market-leading product range: the AQUA•TANK pre-cast concrete tank for the water and wastewater treatments industry in the UK. AQUA•TANK…
ADBA PRESS RELEASE As the debate around new renewables and the cost of energy hots up, former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne, will speak on “Perspectives on renewable energies and the cost of energy” at…
Two weeks ahead of the ADBA National Conference 2013 (3 December, Westminster), we asked our speakers ‘Realistically, what are the top three things you want to achieve in the next two years?’ Here are some of their responses:Michael Chesshire, Managing…
Our work on addressing Feed in Tariff degression is continuing. As DECC have not yet started a process to put in place the mechanisms that the industry groups have proposed, it is now likely to be too late for these…
Debates around banning sending food waste to landfill are certainly high on the agenda at the moment. Last week, an amendment to the Energy Bill was tabled in the House of Lords calling for a timetable towards banning organic waste…
As part of a parliamentary inquiry into food waste prevention at the EU level, witnesses have been giving evidence which has included a reiteration of the benefits that source segregation can deliver for waste reduction. The inquiry is considering what…