The Board of County Commissioners broke plans Thursday for a regional waste-to-energy incinerator, preferring to haul the county’s waste to a landfill using a short-term contract instead. Commissioners Paul Smith and Billy Shreve cast the dissenting votes to maintain the job on the dining table while the county investigates its options. “It is absolutely no…
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PESHAWAR: Based on information gathered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 15 to 20 tons of hospital waste is made every day in the provincial capital alone. Nearly half of the total waste is recycled while the remainder is accumulated by the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA). LRH “To be truthful, we have one incinerator which…
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Veolia is looking to supply non-recyclable commercial and industrial waste for its Newhaven Incinerator from regions neighbouring East Sussex and Brighton and Hove. It asserts this will permit the incinerator to create sufficient energy to power 25,000 homes always. However, cllr Rod Main from Newhaven said this could lead to more pollution and trucks. Veolia…
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Heathrow Airport has announced plans to move an incinerator away from Stanwell and create a 15 mile ‘green ring’ around town. A Labour county councillor nevertheless has stated it is like moving pieces around a chess board. “But neighborhood resident Andrew McLuskey has done all of the hard work. “But in saying that, we’re still…
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In assessing these options, the U.S. military held the assumption that the present dumpsite situated at Puntan Diablo on Tinian — the area where the Chinese team of investors is planning to develop in an integrated resort — will be closed and that a transfer station has been considered. MARFORPAC environmental specialist Sherri Eng said…
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