The Environment Agency has issued a letter and guide to waste operators in the biowaste treatment, non-hazardous treatment, inert waste treatment and metals recycling sectors on fire prevention. These have been sent to existing sites already, and can be downloaded…
Installed electrical capacity in the AD sector has increased by 85% compared to this point last year, with generation also increasing by 36%. According to DECC figures, AD capacity (outside the water sector) in the second quarter of 2013 was…
We are partnering with the Soil Association for their event Giving it welly: grassroots innovation for sustainable agriculture, which makes up day 2 of the Soil Association 2013 conference. Taking place on 10 October at Central Hall in London, the…
In our response to Defra’s consultation on its Waste Prevention Programme for England, we welcomed the fact that food waste was identified as a priority area, but argued that the waste reduction benefits that can be delivered through separate food…
We have submitted our response to government’s consultation on updated planning policy which local authorities will use to assess planning applications for waste infrastructure. Heat use & co-location In our response, we were keen to welcome the changes to Planning…
We are currently working on a digestate technology feature for the next issue of our bimonthly magazine AD & Biogas News which will be published in November. If you have a piece of news on a digestate project or digestate…
ADBA MEMBER PRESS RELEASE Kirk Environmental has begun construction at the Wanlip Sewerage Treatment Works in Leicestershire for Severn Trent Water. Wanlip STW is one of Severn Trent’s major sewage treatment facilities and treats domestic and industrial waste from inhabitants…
Scottish Renewables On-Site Renewables Exhibition & Workshops event We are partnering with Scottish Renewables for the On-site Renewables Exhibition & Workshops which will take place on 21 November in Perth. Whether it is bringing renewables to your land, home or…
At their party conference in Brighton, Labour has promised that they will ban food waste from landfill if elected in 2015. Speaking on Sunday, Shadow Environment Secretary Mary Creagh stated that:A One Nation Labour government will ban food from landfill…
Data on Feed in Tariff deployment to the end of August has now been published on the DECC website, and updated figures are available on the page in the members’ area here. We have also added some new graphs which…