Newsletter n° 10/2006 - July
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Latest News
ECO LIFE - ECOZONNE Transilvania - September, 13-16, 2006
04/07/2006
(Garwer srl)
Important agreement reached between Wastexchange.co.uk and the waste
management Expo Transilvania S.A.
"This starting cooperation with the Transilvania Expo could be an
important step toward the sustainable future we both support" said
the Garwer srl vice president Dott. Mauro Pieri. The protection of
the environment in Romania is governed by legislation issued during
the last eleven years. Currently, the government is working on new
regulations to bring existing laws in line with European regulations
and legislation....
UK: Green light for super incinerator
03/07/2006
(edie.net)
Plans to build Europe's biggest incinerator in south east London have
been given the go ahead by Government.
The 72MW waste-to-energy plant will be built in Belvedere by
Riverside Resource Recovery Ltd, a stone's throw from Thames Water's
existing sludge incinerator at Crossness.
Electronics ban for chemicals finally in force
03/07/2006
(endseuropedaily.com)
A major EU law requiring electrical and electronic equipment makers to
phase out a set of dangerous chemicals will bite from tomorrow with
the arrival of a deadline for producers to remove six substances from
newly-marketed products.
UK: Shredder firms to ban tyres from feedstock
03/07/2006
(letsrecycle.com)
All 16 shredder operating companies in the UK are to ban tyres from
their feedstock, the British Metals Recycling Association has
announced.
The ban could mean that more tyres are flytipped by some vehicle
dismantlers who do not have arrangements for recycling or recovery,
which can cost about £100 per tonne of tyres. On a day-to-day basis
it will mean shredder operators turning away deliveries of
end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) with tyres still on them, or loads which
contain tyres baled within scrap cars.
EU aluminium can recycling exceeds target
29/06/2006
(endseuropedaily.com)
Recycling of aluminium cans in western Europe surpassed an EU
benchmark of 50% in 2005, the European aluminium association has
reported. The EU-15 countries plus Norway, Switzerland and Turkey
reported 52% recycling, up from 48% the previous year...
Council adopts position on EU waste strategy
29/06/2006
(endseuropedaily.com)
The council of ministers adopted its conclusions on an EU strategy for
waste prevention and recycling on Tuesday, broadly endorsing the
European commission’s vision of a "European recycling society" set
out last December
Commission launches Weee directive review
26/06/2006
(endseuropedaily.com)
The European commission’s 2008 review of the waste electrical and
electronic equipment (Weee) directive will consider potential changes
to its scope, targets and operational requirements. The commission set
the parameters for its review of EU electroscrap rules in an
information note published this week....
Follow-up : Commission’s Weee pages , plus information notes on the
review and stakeholder consultation . See also JRC Weee
implementation report and BRASS survey pages .
New EC programmes of the 2007-2013 period
26/06/2006
(eucenter.org)
In this special summer edition of EU Funding in Brief, the
eucenter.org web site (Portal on EU funds by Europa Media) structured
and summarised the information available about the new EC programmes
of the 2007-2013 period.
The attached booklet introduces these new EC programmes and collect
funding deadlines of the existing ones.
California Mandates Recycled Carpet Usage for State Buildings
21/06/2006
(recyclingtoday.com)
Starting Sept. 1, 2006, any carpet purchased by any California state
government office must contain at least 10 percent recycled
materials. The recycled portion can come either from old carpets or
other materials that would normally be headed for landfills.
ICIS Pricing Launches Recycled PET Price Report for Europe
21/06/2006
(recyclingtoday.com)
ICIS pricing, the global market pricing and intelligence service for
the oil and chemical industries, has launched a new European Recycled
PET price report due to increasing demand for the service.
The company plans on offering the weekly price survey for recycled
bottles, flakes and pellets (food grade).
UK Authority Looks to Establish HDPE Recycling Plant
21/06/2006
(recyclingtoday.com)
A new capital support competition has been launched by the Waste &
Resources Action Programme to encourage closed-loop recycling of
post-use HDPE plastic bottles in food contact applications,
specifically milk bottles.
The Open Tender competition will build on a WRAP development project
completed last year, which demonstrated that HDPE milk bottles could
be recycled into new ones on a commercially viable and
environmentally sound basis.
North America: Postconsumer plastics group outlines policies
21/06/2006
(solidwastemag.com)
For the first time in its history, the Association of Postconsumer
Plastic Recyclers (APPR) has taken positions on legislative
proposals, the first step in positioning the organization as a key
contributor to the policy debates that impact plastics recycling.
The APR, is a Washington, DC-based trade organization whose members
represent more than 90 per cent of the plastic bottle recycling
capacity in North America
Latest TO/TR (Technology Offers / Technology Requests)
Unsaturated Polyester Resins Using PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) Recyclate
A Polish research institute is one of the leaders in the field of industrial chemistry. The institute has developed a novel technology of production of unsaturated polyester resins using PET (polyethylene terephthalate) waste as one of the starting materials. As a result the cost of raw materials is considerably reduced whereas the quality remains competitive. The institute is looking for partners to license the technology
(Ref: 05 PL SPOP 0CVD - 27/06/2006)
Innovative process for recycling plastic materials
An innovative process for recycling plastics (polycarbonate) was developed by an Italian research group. Polycarbonate recovery obtains a particularly pure reusable product. Besides, using this method drastically reduces the whole waste amount. During the treatment it is possible to separate other materials, obtaining further profits. The research group will evaluate different kinds of collaboration with companies involved in recycling plastics
(Ref: 4.27VEIN31 - 23/06/2006)
See the Wastexchange.co.uk TO/TR Section
Next Events
ENTECH Pollutech Asia 2006
16th International Exhibition of Environmental Protection, Pollution
Control Technology and Renewable Energy.
06 - 09 July 2006
Bangkok, Thailand
Managing Industrial And Commercial Waste
Through Minimisation, Treatment And Recovery To Reduce Waste Costs And
Deliver Legal Compliance
The ENDS report's second waste conference will examine the most
pressing issues that current waste legislation presents...
11 July 2006
London, United Kingdom
WASTECON 2006
WasteCon is the biennial international conference and exhibition of
the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA)
A series of plenary and parallel technical sessions, as well as
workshops, will be scheduled throughout the 3-day conference,
followed by a one-day optional technical tour.
05 - 08 September 2006
Cape Town, South Africa, Republic of
Solid Recovered Fuel: Why waste it?
This seminar brings together local government, economists, fuel market
experts, process specialists, and researchers to review the commercial
opportunities and progress of SRF becoming a regularly used fuel in
the UK and Europe and asks the question - Is SRF to be regarded as a
viable energy resource or just another waste?
07 September 2006
Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
International Conference on Infrastructure Development and the Environment (ICIDEN ABUJA 2006)
To provide a forum for scientific and policy analyses; business
development; technology assessments; inter-agency and
inter-institutional collaboration; and formulation of frameworks,
approaches and technical systems for global sustainable development,
the International Conference on Infrastructure Development and the
Environment (ICIDEN ABUJA 2006) will be held in Africa for the first
time. Many international, national, and regional agencies,
universities and corporations are involved in various programs of
this conference.
10 - 15 September 2006
Abuja, Niger
RWM 2006
RWM06 (The Recycling & Waste Management Exhibition) runs between 12th
-14th September 2006 at the NEC, Birmingham, UK. It features an
extensive Seminar Programme, Training Zone plus outdoor vehicle and
waste demonstration areas.For more information, and to register for
your free of charge entry badge, visit www.rwmexhibition.com.
12 - 14 September 2006
NEC, Birmingham,, United Kingdom
ECOZONNE - ECOLIFE 2006
Expo Transilvania S.A., Margran S.R.L., Cluj Chamber of Commerce and
Industry in partnership with “Babes-Bolyai” University, The
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine,
Cluj-Napoca Technical University and The Regional Agency for
Environment Protection invite you to participate to the 9-th edition
of ECO LIFE-ECO ZONNE fair, The most important specialized event in
Transilvania.
Application Form | Invitation
13 - 16 September 2006
Cluj-Napoca, Transilvania, Romania
ORBIT Conference, 2006
5th International Conference - Biological Waste Management ››› From
Local to Global
13 - 15 September 2006
Weimar, Germany
Metalriciclo
Exhibition on: technologies, products, equipment, machines and plants
for collection, selection, machining, recycling and recovery of
ferrous and non ferrous scrap
14 - 16 September 2006
Brescia, Italy
SIBESA – Italian- Brazilian Symposium and Fair of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering
VIII Sibesa - Italian- Brazilian Symposium and Fair of Sanitary and
Environmental Engineering to be held from September 17 to 22, 2006,
at Marina Park, in Fortaleza, Ceará is sponsored by CAGECE - Cia de
Água e Esgoto do Ceará (Ceará Water and Sewage Company), Fortaleza
City Hall, Fortaleza Convention Bureau and the Ceará Government
Infrastructure Secretariat.
The Symposium, which is held every two years, alternately held in
Brazil and Italy, is organized by the Brazilian Association of
Sanitary and Environmental Engineering - ABES, ABES section CE and
Assoiazione Nazionale di Ingegneria Sanitaria Ambientale - ANDIS-
Italy.
It aims at providing a technical, scientific and political
interchange between professionals and companies from both countries
generating a large assessment of the scenario and the new practices
in the sector of Environmental Sanitation and Water Resources.
17 - 22 September 2006
Fortaleza - CE, Brazil
ECOLATINA 2006
The Latin Conference on Environment and Social Responsibility –
ECOLATINA is a pan-Latin meeting staged to provide an
interdisciplinary forum for open dialogue, debate and discussion as
well as showcase international achievements right across the
environmental and social responsibility spectrum.
18 - 21 September 2006
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
EcoProcura 2006
ICLEI, the Provincial and City Councils of Barcelona, the LEAP Project
Consortium (see below), the International Green Purchasing Network
(IGPN), the Catalan Regional Government and the Spanish Ministry for
the Environment have joined forces to present an exciting event that
will serve to deepen and widen the commitment to adopt sustainable
procurement practices and pick up the pace of local, regional and
national actions.
The Conference will promote exchange amongst local government
purchasers in particular, but also purchasers from regional and
national governments and from the private sector. EcoProcura®
Barcelona will also foster a dialogue amongst suppliers, policy and
decision-makers, multipliers, and offer the latest information on
practical solutions for implementing sustainable procurement.
20 - 22 September 2006
Barcellona, Spain
International seminar on european project development: Energy and Environment
The European Commission will drastically change the funding schemes
available for environmental and energy projects starting from 2007.
These changes concern the introduction of completely new programmes
and a significant increase in the budget of the existing ones.
Leaning heavily on the experiences gained from years of successful
project development under the current funding schemes the lecturers
of the seminar will introduce these new programmes for the first
time.
21 September 2006
St. Julians, Malta
European Paper Recycling Conference
The European Paper Recycling Conference offers recovered paper
merchants, brokers, consumers, mill representatives and equipment and
service providers involved in the paper recycling industry an
important forum to network with industry colleagues and discuss the
latest market trends.
25 - 26 September 2006
Barcelona, Spain
10th European Lead Battery Conference
10ELBC brings together key technical, manufacturing, marketing and R&D
personnel to discuss and examine the strategic, technical and
commercial issues of greatest importance to the industry today.
26 - 29 September 2006
Athens, Greece
RecAsh 2nd International Seminar 2006
RecAsh is a Life-Environmental-project
The seminar objectives are to present:
- up-to-date scientific information about element budgets for
whole-tree harvesting, beneficial and negative effects of ash
recycling
- practical experiences from experimental and commercial forest fuel
extraction and wood ash recycling activities
- results and experiences gained within the RecAsh project on how
regular recycling of wood ash may be organised with respect to
ecological, technical, economic, logistic, legal and administrative
aspects and frames.
The organizers welcome scientists, government and community
officials, bioenergy associations and entrepreneurs, policy-makers
and legislators.
The language of the seminar will be English.
26 - 28 September 2006
Karlstad, Sweden
Anaerobic Biological Waste Treatment
The 5th professional symposium "Anaerobic Biological Waste Treatment"
in Dresden addresses: legal foundations, processing technology
developments, research results, energy use, plant security and
examples from the field. Firms can present themselves as part of an
exhibition. The organisers of the event: Technische Universitaet
Dresden, Fachhochschule Trier, Technische Universitaet
Hamburg-Harburg and Technische Universitaet Muenchen.
27 - 28 September 2006
Dresden, Germany
ISWA General Assembly and Annual Congress
This Congress will focus on existing decision-making methods and
models in development as well as their feasibilities and limitations.
The Congress will also highlight the new agenda for waste management
as included in the proposed EU Waste Framework Directive, expected to
be adopted in 2 years time. This directive will be of crucial
importance for waste management and industries both in EU Member
States and in the rest of the world, surrounding Europe.
At the same time the Congress will present how systems, institutions
and companies have adapted to the new demands and targets placed upon
modern waste management systems.
01 - 05 October 2006
Copenhagen, Denmark
Recycling & Waste Reduction in Ohio: 4th Annual Partners Conference
2 1/2 day conference offering educational sessions on solid waste and
recycling issues in the state of Ohio. Also includes a trade fair,
networking opportunities and an awards ceremony. Conference partners
include Assoc. of Ohio Recyclers, Keep Ohio Beautiful, ODNR, Ohio
epa, Organization of Solid waste Districts of Ohio and SWANA Buckeye
Chapter.
03 - 05 October 2006
Dayton, Ohio, United States
15th PROMA International Environment Fair
The ambitious program of parallel events includes the 10th
Environmental Engineering Congress, the 5th Technology Transfer
Encounters, the 4th Latin-American Environmental Encounters and the
2nd Iberian Congress on the future of Recycling, making PROMA 2006
the ideal forum for environmental research, for technological
advances in cleaner production and for environmental business
affairs.
03 - 06 October 2006
Bilbao, Spain
Complying with the WEEE Directive
Complying with the WEEE Directive is a one-day conference that will
cover new ground. You have been inundated with WEEE conferences over
the past couple of years, so what makes this event any different? For
a start, Central Government departments including the DTI and
Environment Agency will be divulging new advice and guidance that
will only be available at this conference. Add to that unique case
studies and presentations from some of the biggest players in the
market, and you can see that this really is an event you must attend.
05 October 2006
The Oval, London, United Kingdom
E-Scrap 2006
E-Scrap 2006 will feature extensive and detailed industry assessments,
including analyses of stewardship systems and trends in the U.S. and
Canada, e-scrap collection issues, recycling market factors, and
legislative and policy considerations.
18 - 19 October 2006
Austin, Texas, United States
Deriving Energy from Waste
This top-level event will assist you in your drive to divert municipal
waste from landfill, maintain your recycling levels and reduce carbon
emissions. It will detail funding options and how to generate
valuable heat and electricity along the way.
19 October 2006
The Oval, London, United Kingdom
National Recycling Coalition`s 25th Annual Congress & Exposition
The National Recycling Coalition`s Annual Congress & Exposition is
considered the premiere national event for recycling professionals
22 - 25 October 2006
Atlanta, Georgia
National Recycling Coalition congress and exposition
The Annual Congress & Exposition is NRC’s annual education and
networking event and is considered the premiere national event for
recycling professionals
22 - 25 October 2006
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Entsorga-Enteco
International Trade Fair for Waste Management and Environmental
Technology.
The new Entsorga-Enteco will cover the entire value chain for waste
management and environmental technology.
24 - 27 October 2006
Cologne, Germany
BIR Autumn Convention
Bureau of International Recycling Autumn Convention
30 - 31 October 2006
Brussels, Belgium
Beyond Recycling 06
The first Beyond Recycling conference (held in 2003) was a sell-out,
providing a very popular opportunity for local authorities, community
groups, central government representatives and others to exchange
practical approaches to municipal waste prevention.
Now in 2006 we'll not only be taking a fresh look at waste
prevention, but also how to make the case for cost-effective waste
prevention, at all levels, in practice and in policy.
02 November 2006
Dorchester, Dorset,, United Kingdom
Ecomondo 2006
ECOMONDO strengthens its leadership for the entire waste recovery
cycle, sustainable energy, water recycling, reclamation, air quality
and risks and safety.
08 - 11 November 2006
RImini, Italy
Energia International Expo 2006
The unique Exhibition & Forum in Greece, under the auspices of the
Greek Ministry of Development, exclusively on Energy Products,
Technologies & Processes
dowload the brochure
09 - 12 November 2006
Athens, Greece
7th Annual NSW Waste Management Conference & Expo
The 7th Annual NSW Waste Management Conference & Expo provides an
exciting opportunity for you to showcase your unique products and
services alongside your competitors.
Presented by the NSW Branch of the Waste Management Association of
Australia (WMAA), this combined Conference and Expo will attract
major stakeholders from State and Local Governments, operators,
industry, environmental consultancies, collectors, recyclers,
transporters, researchers, manufacturers, designers, generators,
educators and community groups.
13 - 15 November 2006
Sydney, Australia
World Recycling Forum - Shanghai '06
International Conference & Exhibition on Car, Electronics and Battery
Recycling
14 - 17 November 2006
Shanghai, China, People's Rep.
Entech India 2006
South asia’s only international exhibition & conference on
environmental technology & renewable energy
16 - 18 November 2006
Mumbai, India
Austria - Waste Management Conference
From November 22nd through 24th, 2006 representatives from the
scientific world and business are meeting for the eighth time at the
DepoTech in Leoben, Germany.
The focus: waste and landfill technology, contaminated sites and
sustainable waste management.
Practical experience or scientific work is welcome as lecture or
poster.
Deadline for the submission of papers is February 28th, 2006.
22 - 24 November 2006
Leoben, Germany
Designing and Recycling Electrical and Electronic Equipment 2006
ERA Technology is pleased to announce that its flagship annual
conference, Designing and Recycling Electrical and Electronic
Equipment. The event will provide a forum for discussion of best
practice and is an ideal complement to ERA's suite of products and
services aimed at ensuring the safe and successful route to
compliance with the EuP, WEEE and RoHS directives.
28 - 29 November 2006
Gatwick, United Kingdom
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