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British Gas to produce green gas from food waste
UK’s major energy provider, British Gas and Bio Group, a renewable energy developer launched a plan to build a power plant of £5 million ($8.1 million) which will convert commercial food waste into renewable gas, enough to cover yearly energy demand of up to 1000 households.
read more... 15/09/2011
China Industrial Waste Management Company increased its profit in Q2 2011
The largest industrial solid waste recycling and environmental protection engineering company announced a double increase in profit in the second quarter of 2011 from 4.9 million dollars to 8.3 million dollars for the same period last year. Meanwhile, gross profit rose by 41.2 percent to 4.3 million dollars from 3.1 million dollars in the same period in the previous year.
read more... 18/08/2011
EU approves stricter rules for nuclear waste storage
The EU Council of ministers has approved new regulations for nuclear fuel and waste storage which will make the conditions on exporting it outside EU borders more stringent.
read more... 27/07/2011
China exempts consumption taxes on biodiesel
China exempted consumption taxes on pure biodiesel made from waste animal fats or vegetable oils.
read more... 25/02/2011
Unilever starts the construction of a Paques bio-digester at its Ben & Jerry’factory.
A new bio-digester will be built at Ben and Jerry’s factory in Hellendoorn, the Netherlands, which will generate electricity from waste products such as cream, milk, syrup and pieces of fruits.
read more... 28/01/2011