Newsletter n° 4/2007 - February/March
Featured Events
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Latest News
Norway in final drive against Weee freeloaders
01/03/2007
(ENDS Europe DAILY)
The Norwegian pollution control authority (SFT) has announced what it
calls a final crackdown on companies freeloading on rules requiring
take-back of waste electrical and electronic equipment in line with
the EU’s Weee directive. Norway became the first European country to
introduce free take-back of Weee in 1999 (EED 16/03/98) and has
achieved very high waste collection rates (EED 06/06/05). Businesses
that have still not complied will be tracked down through a new EE
equipment register and punished where appropriate, SFT said on
Tuesday.
See press release and EE register.
UK: WRAP Seeks to Boost Plasterboard Recycling
01/03/2007
(recyclingtoday.com)
A new capital support competition has been launched by the Waste &
Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to encourage the increased recovery
and recycling of plasterboard. WRAP is the Environmental UK-based
agency.
UK: strategy on ship recycling issued
01/03/2007
(ENDS Europe DAILY)
The UK government has published a strategy setting minimum standards
for the recycling of UK government-owned ships. The strategy also
makes recommendations for commercial ships, including improving and
expanding recycling capacity both in the UK and abroad. These ships
should also comply with international and European rules governing
import and export of used ships, it says. Britain is the first
European country to issue such plans...
See press release and strategy .
EU: Local authorities to collaborate in Weee review
01/03/2007
(ENDS Europe DAILY)
Local and regional authorities in Europe have formed a network to
coordinate input into the current revision of the 2002 EU directive
on waste electrical and electronic equipment. The Weee public
interest network (WEEE-PIN) aims to address what it calls the
"confusing and inconsistent" implementation of the law to date. Its
chief concerns include the efficiency of Weee compliance schemes, and
the lack of environmental standards for Weee treatment. The network
was set up by ACR+, the pro-recycling association of local
governments.
Follow up : ACR+ web site
EU: upper limit for POPs in stored waste fixed
01/03/2007
(ENDS Europe DAILY)
The EU has put maximum limits on the presence of persistent organic
pollutants (POPs) in highly contaminated industrial waste, above
which it cannot be stored but must be destroyed. The new limits were
published in the EU’s official journal on Friday and will be
incorporated in the 2004 POPs regulation, which was adopted in
response to the UN’s Stockholm convention on POPs....
Follow-up : EU regulation 172/2007 | council of ministers note.
Spain: new national waste plan published
01/03/2007
(ENDS Europe DAILY)
A detailed draft national waste plan (PNIR) published by the Spanish
environment ministry on Monday recommends measures and objectives for
dealing with 13 separate categories of waste up to 2015.
The document acknowledges the failings of previous plans, most
notably the urban waste plan 2001-2006. From 2001 to 2004 urban
waste grew by 18.5 per cent. In 2003 88.5 per cent was landfilled or
incinerated. Recycling rates remained generally stagnant..
Follow-up: Spanish Environment Ministry | PNIR .
EU: Commission rejects MEPs’ waste prevention goal
01/03/2007
(ENDS Europe DAILY)
The European commission has said it cannot accept a move by MEPs to
oblige member states to stabilise waste generation at 2008 levels by
2012. Given the commission’s opposition, EU ministers would have to
unanimously support the target for it to make it into the final text
of revised waste rules...
UK: Remade details ambitions for new London recycling plants
27/02/2007
(letsrecycle.com)
London Remade is aiming to deliver up to 20 new waste recycling and
reprocessing facilities in the capital over the next three to five
years, under its new "Leave no footprint" plan.
The plan aims to speed up the £4 billion in investment that London
Remade believes is necessary to build London's waste treatment
infrastructure to meet its targets.
The capital's recycling development organisation, which already has
eight projects in the pipeline, is encouraging businesses to apply
within the project for assistance building a range of plants to
process recovered material...
UK: Higher value market for recycled tyres identified
27/02/2007
(letsrecycle.com)
By 2009 higher value markets could be available for the tyre reuse
sector according to the commercial arm of Imperial College, London
Developing-business Rubber-Regen has won support from the Recycling
Commercialisation Centre at Imperial College which has been
established by WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme).
The project is aimed at recovering tyre material from waste tyres
using a process called 'de-vulcanization'....
UK: Agency preparing to approve WEEE treatment facilities
27/02/2007
(letsrecycle.com)
With guidance on the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE)
Regulations due out before the end of the month, work is now underway
on the approval process for treatment facilities and a range of issues
covering business WEEE
The Regulations will see producers of electronic equipment funding
the collection and recycling of end-of-life products from July 1.
The recycling is to be carried out by accredited authorised treatment
facilities (AATFs).
UK: Three companies have been prosecuted for improperly sending household waste to the Far East.
27/02/2007
(letsrecycle.com)
Preston-based Wai Sang (Europe) Recycle Ltd pleaded guilty to two
charges under the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations before
magistrates on February 12.
Monday (February 19) saw Southall-based Alltrade Recycling Ltd
pleading guilty to three charges under the same regulations, this
time related to the export of hazardous waste televisions collected
in Swansea.
And yesterday (February 20) saw South Yorkshire firm Grove
Environmental pleading guilty to charges related to the shipment of
waste to China.
EU issues by-products definition guidance
25/02/2007
(endseuropedaily.com)
The European commission has issued guidance to help businesses and
regulators decide when leftover materials from industrial processes
should be classed as waste and when as non-waste by-products. The
publication of the non-legislative guidelines on Wednesday fulfils a
promise made in a 2005 thematic strategy on waste. The guidelines
will be available on the commission’s waste thematic strategy pages
shortly.
U.K. Tire Processors Sign Large Contract
22/02/2007
(recyclingtoday.com)
U.K. scrap tire companies Saltire Recovery and Sapphire Energy
Recovery have signed a major contract with U.K. auto service retailer
Stapleton’s Tyre Services. The three-year contract could put more than
one million end-of-life tires into the hands of Saltire and Sapphire
in each of the next three years. Sapphire Energy Recovery is a joint
venture between Lafarge Cement UK and Michelin Tires that consumes
more than 100,000 scrap tires each year as a fuel in cement kilns.
The positive power of battery recycling in the UK
22/02/2007
(edie.net)
In the UK we dispose of over 600 million batteries to landfill every
year, a statistic that government is keen to see greatly reduced
through the development and introduction of easier and more
environmentally sound methods of dealing with waste batteries. Chris
Davey, manager for local authority relations at WRAP, tells edie
about the issues.
Industry urges ditching of WEEE targets
20/02/2007
(endseuropedaily.com)
The EU should drop electronic waste recovery and recycling targets in
favour of broader "environmental objectives" in which firms would
have more flexibility to achieve a certain green goal, according to
engineering industries trade body Orgalime.
Orgalime released a position paper on Monday responding to a European
commission review of the EU waste electrical and electronic equipment
(WEEE) directive. The review began last summer and will conclude next
year, possibly with proposals to revise the legislation...
Follow-up: Orgalime | Weee review position paper | European
commission Weee pages
Latest TO/TR (Technology Offers / Technology Requests)
Treatment and recycle of effluents from textile dyeing/finishing processes
An Italian company operating in the textile sector had developed a treatment plant for dyeing/finishing wastewaters. A sequence of three different technologies allows the reuse of purified effluents. The company is looking for end users, technology providers or research centres interested in full-scale development of the process. The company is interested in evaluating the transferability of the technologies to others industrial sectors, too.
(Ref: 07 IT TUPR 0HC2 - 01/03/2007)
Planning & Construction of Incineration Ovens & Biomass Burning
A Greek SME, specialised in various areas of environmental technology, focuses on the construction of Pyrolytic ovens for household and hospital waste treatment and Biomass burning kilns, where energy is being generated in the form of hot water, steam or warm air. This company is searching for municipalities, private companies and public organisations of both the public and private sector for a commercial agreement with technical assistance and/or a manufacturing/subcontracting agreement.
(Ref: MRT-32 - 26/02/2007)
Insulation-building PVC foil reinforced with synthetic fibre, produced from waste plastics
A Polish SME has developed a technology of producing insulation-building PVC foil reinforced with synthetic fibres. It is a universal coating material produced from wasted plastics. It can be applied in damp proofing outside buildings, foundations, swimming pools, as insulation (tanking) of gas pipelines and in environmental applications. Partners for technical cooperation, joint venture or manufacturing agreement are sought and also partners for further product development.
(Ref: 05 PL SPOP 0DU4 - 16/02/2007)
New sorting machine for recycling all metals included stainless steel
A Catalan company has developed a new sorting machine equipped with different kind of sensors to separate all metals included stainless steel with a big capacity and small size. The developer is looking for a commercial agreement with technical assistance.
(Ref: 07 ES CACI 0H9I - 15/02/2007)
Next Events
SWANA's 30th Annual Landfill Gas Symposium
30 th Anniversary of the Wird's premier Forum on Landfill Gas
Utilization Technology
04 - 08 March 2007
Monterey, California, United States
TerraTec 2007 - International Trade Fair for Environmental Technologies and Services
In 2007, TerraTec will be the only environmental trade fair in
Germany: as the major get-together of the industry, taking place from
5th - 8th March 2007 in Leipzig for already the 10th time, TerraTec
will be showing off the complete standard of performance of
environmental technology and the extensive range of environmental
services.
TerraTec in Leipzig is the trendsetting information medium for the
market in Germany, Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and the
perfect platform on which to solve specific questions.
05 - 08 March 2007
Leipzig, Germany
World Biofuels Markets
World Biofuels Markets will provide the best possible platform to
network, learn and do business with the international biofuels
community
06 - 09 March 2007
Brussels, Belgium
Irish Recycling & Waste Management (IRWM)
Launched in 2000, IRWM is the premier exhibition for all those
involved in Recycling & Waste Management throughout Ireland.
Dedicated to the needs of professionals from both local authorities
and industry, the show continues to reflect the huge growth the
sector has experienced in the last few years.
07 - 08 March 2007
Dublin, Ireland
2nd Seminar on Recycling of Non-Ferrous Metals in India
The event will feature some of the leading experts and specialists
from India and abroad and intends to cover following topics amongst
others: Present scenario of Non-ferrous Metal recycling in the
Country Need and way for adopting appropriate R&D and Technology for
efficient Recycling.
07 March 2007
Mumbai, India
The 20th Annual Southeast Recycling Conference & Trade Show (SERC)
Each year the Southeast Recycling Conference & Trade Show (SERC)
provides the premier forum for informing the public and private
sectors of the economic and environmental significance of recycling
and waste reduction in the Southeast. Attendees will have excellent
networking opportunities and a chance to visit the exhibits to
preview the newest advances in recycled products and services.
11 - 14 March 2007
Orange Beach, Alabama, United States
Waste Tech Landfill Technology Conference
The Waste Tech Landfill Technology Conference is an
industry-recognized educational event that focuses on the latest
issues that affect the landfill industry.
Each year, the landfill industry' s most powerful leaders gather to
learn, network, and have lots of fun.
12 - 13 March 2007
Miami, FL, United States
Energy from Waste 2007 - Targets and beyond: Waste management and energy recovery in a changing world
2007 will be a year of change and development for the waste industry
with many implications for local authorities, making this conference
very timely. The three main themes are: Responding to change - in
legislation, expectation and environment; Aiming for efficiency - in
waste management and energy development; Advancing technologies - a
range of options and developments; the pros and cons.
14 - 15 March 2007
London, United Kingdom
EIA 2007: Racing Into the Future of Environmental Solutions
The Annual EIA Conference is the gathering place for professionals in
asbestos management, mold identification and remediation, lead-based
paint abatement, environmental sampling and analysis, indoor air
quality, regulatory compliance audits, environmental site
assessments, and environmental management systems. EIA 2007 continues
that tradition in its 24th year presenting a comprehensive conference
designed to encourage information exchange between various
professionals dealing with environmental problems and to provide
workable, cost-effective
17 - 21 March 2007
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Recycling & Waste Management
First International Specialized Recycling & Waste Management Saudi
Arabia Exhibition 2007 at Riyadh Exhibition Center.
17 - 20 March 2007
Riyadh Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The 22nd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management
Researchers, educators, government officials, students, consultants,
managers, community leaders, and others with expertise in solid waste
are invited to submit papers for oral presentation at the Conference.
Participants are expected from 40 countries.
To submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation, click here .
For a printable version of the Call For Papers that can be posted,
click here .
18 - 21 March 2007
Philadelphia, PA,, United States
ICSW 2007
The Twenty-Second International Conference on Solid Waste Technology
and Management
18 - 21 March 2007
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Americana 2007
The International Environmental Technology Trade Show and Conference,
7th biennial Edition.
20 - 22 March 2007
Montréal, Canada
14th ETRA Conference on Tyre Recycling
ETRA, the European Tyre Recycling Association, is the only European
organisation devoted exclusively to tyre and rubber recycling.
The 14th annual ETRA conference will include speakers representatives
of Parliament, the Commission and other EU bodies well as tyre
recyclers, material users, research and development teams from the
Member States and beyond.
21 - 23 March 2007
Brussels, Belgium
The 7th International Automobile Recycling Congress (IARC 2007)
International Congresson Automobile Recycling
21 - 23 March 2007
Amsterdam, Netherlands
China Eco Expo
China Eco Expo is a major trade show and conference dedicated to
showcasing international technology, products and expertise to be
used in China's great move towards a sustainable economy. China Eco
Expo is sponsored by the highest ministries and agencies of the
Chinese government. It is an historic opportunity for international
companies to establish or expand their share of the world’s largest
and fastest growing environmental market
04 - 06 April 2007
Beijing, China, People's Rep.
Waste Conference "Waste matters. Integrating views"
International conference 2nd BOKU, Institute of Waste Management at
the BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
Vienna, Austria
16 - 19 April 2007
Vienna, Italy
CANECT 2007: Canadian Environmental Conference & Tradeshow
Since 1992, CANECT has been the foremost event for Canadian
environmental managers, plant personnel, government policy-makers,
lawyers and consultants with responsibilities for environmental
affairs...
16 - 17 April 2007
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Recycling & Waste Forum 2007
letsrecycle.com Live! is proud to present the Recycling & Waste Forum
2007, an exciting two-day event that combines seminars, workshops and
a themed dinner. The inaugural event, which has already attracted
widespread interest from all parties involved in the waste and
recycling sectors of the industry, will offer extensive networking
opportunities for decision makers, corporate partners and sponsors
18 - 19 April 2007
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Sep - Eco technologies exhibition
The great international event dedicated to public services,
anti-pollution technologies in productive processes, city management
and energy. Simultaneously, study days, an opportunity for operators
to update their knowledge, are held on the most significant current
themes in the sector
18 - 21 April 2007
Padua, Italy
19th Waste and Bioenergy Forum
Over 550 participants and around 70 presenters are expected
24 - 26 April 2007
Kassel., Germany
EPTEE 2007 - The 8th China International Environmental Protection Exhibition
EPTEE 2007 (The 8th China International Environmental Protection
Exhibition) is an outstanding opportunity to present your company
exhibits and services to experts from the industrial, trade and
service sectors and to turn promising contacts into new business.
International and Chinese entrepreneurs and those in charge of
environmental protection in public agencies meet at this networking
platform ...
27 - 29 April 2007
Shanghai, China, People's Rep.
IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment
This Symposium is a premier international forum for presenting
environmental topics pertinent to engineers, managers and others
engaged in research, development, manufacturing, recycling, and
marketing of electronic products.
07 - 10 May 2007
Orlando, Florida, United States
Ninth In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium
The Preliminary Program lists the 525 platform and poster
presentations scheduled as of November 30, 2006, in 45 technical
sessions, chaired by leaders in bioremediation research and
application. Presentations will cover the major themes in
bioremediation today, including such topics as remediation of soil,
groundwater, sediments, and landfills contaminated by metals, PAH,
PCBs and dioxins, nitrates, energetics, perchlorates, chlorinated
solvents, and petroleum products and additives; bioaugmentation and
biostimulation to enhance intrinsic microbial processes;
phytoremediation; bioremediation used in concert with
physical/chemical processes; and regulatory and public perception
issues
07 - 10 May 2007
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
15th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, Berlin 2007
The 15th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition - From Research to
Market Deployment - Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate
Protection will take place in Germany in the International Congress
Center Berlin (ICC Berlin), Europe’s largest conference venue, named
top in the category “World’s leading Conference & Convention Centre
2005”.
07 - 11 May 2007
Berlin, Germany
Waste Expo 2007
WasteExpo is North America’s largest solid waste and recycling
tradeshow serving both the private and public sectors
08 - 10 May 2007
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Waste to energy
The worldwide only exhibition on energy recovery from waste and
biomass opens its doors for the third time. "waste to energy" in
Bremen once again offers an international forum for the presentation
of innovative technologies and the comprehensive and critical
discourse on current issues
09 - 10 May 2007
Bremen, Germany
SWANA’s 15th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference (NAWTEC)
Co-sponsored by SWANA, the Integrated Waste Services Association
(IWSA), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and in
partnership with the Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council
(WTERT) at Columbia University - the North American Waste-to-Energy
Conference (NAWTEC) is widely recognized as the LEADING industry
conference and trade show covering municipal WTE issues, combustion
concepts, and RD&D initiatives concerning new types of
waste-conversion technologies.
21 - 23 May 2007
Miami, Florida, Italy
Eco Summit 2007
This Eco Summit will focus on integrative aspects of all ecological
science and its application under the general theme of "Ecological
Complexity and Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities for
21st-Century's Ecology". The aim of this Eco Summit is to encourage a
greater integration of both the natural and social sciences with the
policy and decision-making community to develop a better
understanding of the complex nature of ecological systems. This
understanding will provide the basis for sustainable solutions to
environmental problems
22 - 27 May 2007
Beijing, China, People's Rep.
WasteTech 2007
The 5th International Trade fair and Congress On Waste management,
Recycling and Environmental Technologies
The leading biennual waste management, recycling and environmenatl
technologies show/congress in Russia/CIS established since 1999.
Actual data of 2005 - 288 exhibitors, including 102 - international;
3011 sq.m of exhibits, 600 congress delegates, 5400 trade visitors.
200...more
29 May - 01 June 2007
Moscow, Russia
CET’07
International Conference on Environmental Investment and Cooperation
and “ÇET’07-1st Environmental Technologies Fair” shall be organized
under the body and the support of the Ministry of Environment and
Forestry in order to search, detect, coordinate and implement all the
main thematic strategies in the field of environmental.
05 - 09 June 2007
Kocaeli, Turkey
12th international conference on battery recycling
International conference on battery recycling
20 - 22 June 2007
Budapest, Hungary
CIEPEC 2007: 10th China International Environmental protection Exhibition & Conference
CIEPEC2007 sponsored by State Environmental Protection Administration
(SEPA) of China and organized by China Association of Environmental
Protection Industry (CAEPI) will be grandly held on June 21-24, 2007
in China International Exhibition Center (CIEC) in Beijing.
21 - 24 June 2007
Beijing, China, People's Rep.
Hillhead 2007
Hillhead 2007 is the exhibition to attend for all those in the
quarrying, recycling and heavy construction industries. The show
takes place from 26-28 June 2007 at Tarmac’s Hillhead Quarry, Buxton,
England and is the world’s largest working quarry show, boasting
85,000m2 of showground and 450 leading international exhibitors.
26 - 28 June 2007
Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
World Water Week
The World Water Week in Stockholm is the leading annual global meeting
place for capacity-building, partnership-building and follow-up on the
implementation of international processes and programmes in water and
development
12 - 18 August 2007
Stockholm, Sweden
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