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Site Waste Management Plans help manage materials and reduce construction waste
Around 1.1m tonnes of construction and demolition waste was sent to landfill in 2007 in Wales. Much of this waste could have been re-used or recycled, representing massive missed cost savings for construction businesses. In the same year around 4,000 fly-tipping incidents of construction waste illegally dumped in the countryside were reported by local authorities in Wales. As a major casualty of the economic slump, construction businesses in W... [more]
Dunweedin Rubber Bark for Play Areas allows schools to create environmentally friendly play areas
Dunweedin’ have devised a new payment scheme to help schools cover the cost of buying its recycled rubber chippings for playgrounds without having to make finance applications to their Local Education Authority. Dunweedin’s Rubber Bark for Play Areas, allows schools to create attractive, safe play areas, which are also environmentally friendly. The rubber chippings, which are designed to put an extra ‘spring’ into play areas, are made fro... [more]
UK landscaping business becomes world leader in carbon labelling
Marshalls plc has announced that from next month it will have the largest number of officially carbon labelled products anywhere in the world. The UK is leading the way in carbon labelling internationally, and Marshalls has been involved with the Carbon Trust’s carbon labelling pilot scheme for the past 18 months. From October, all of Marshalls’ 503 domestic landscaping products will be carbon labelled using the Carbon Trust’s official Carb... [more]
France is playing a pioneering role in the treatment of waste
The recycling of waste materials has become a major environmental and economic issue: today, the world generates 3,100 million metric tons (Mt) of waste each year. France is playing a pioneering role in the treatment of waste, using practical working methodologies to deal with the problems, and applying the ‘polluter pays’ principle. Proposed new reforms in France will focus on waste reduction. The aim is that, by 2012, 35% of waste will be r... [more]
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Planning Board says yes to Grinnell’s new mining operation
Sparta After months of discussions, the planning board voted unanimously last week to approve Grinnell Enterprise’s application to amend Sparta’s master plan to allow a soil mining operation on farm land they own off Houses Corner Road. The land is currently zoned for residential use only.
Reed Avenue mining project proposed
A proposed mining and reclamation project five miles north of Reedley is making its way through the Fresno County planning process. A draft environmental impact report will be ready sometime next year for the project to be built on Gerawan farm land.
Another gravel mine
The first in a series of public meetings on a a proposed mine and reclamation project was held in Sanger last week..
CalRecycle, Santa Barbara County, Team Up to Fix Palomino Road
The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery and Santa Barbara County have begun pilot program to repair Palomino Road, first damaged during the 2009 Jesusita Fire.
