| Title |
By |
Details |
Size |
| Campaign
against incinerators |
Friends
of the Earth |
Provides
advice to help you campaign against the incineration of household
waste in your area, including the reasons why Friends of the Earth
opposes incineration and how to oppose specific plans. |
422kb |
| Thermal
methods of municipal waste treatment |
Biffa/C-Tech
Innovation Ltd |
The
report focuses on a standard composition for waste and assesses
the theoretical performance of different technologies. |
744kb |
| Pyrolysis
and Gasification Briefing |
Friends
of the Earth |
This
briefing explains how pyrolysis and gasification processes work
and what their benefits and disadvantages are. It also looks at
which companies are involved in developing this technology in the
UK. |
105kb |
| Up
in Smoke - What's wrong with incineration |
Friends
of the Earth |
An
introduction to why Friends of the Earth opposes incineration of
mixed municipal waste and offers solutions for dealing with our
rubbish. |
275kb |
| Commercial
and industrial waste |
Friends
of the Earth |
Much
of the political debate about what to do with our waste, and how
to reduce it, has concentrated on municipal waste. However, we
produce 78 million tonnes of commercial and industrial waste a
year in England Wales, almost 20 per cent of the total waste we
generate. It is a significant waste stream that the Government,
industry and businesses could do much to reduce. |
139kb |
| New
waste technologies |
Friends
of the Earth |
Waste
disposal authorities are increasingly looking at new technologies
to deal with waste other than landfill or incineration. This
briefing offers guidance on the questions local campaigners should
be asking when deciding whether to support new proposals. |
82kb |
| Valuation
of the external costs and benefits to health and environment of
waste management options |
Enviros
Consulting Limited |
Assessment
of the external costs and benefits to health and the environment
of waste management options in monetary terms. |
579kb |
| Comparison of emissions from waste management options |
National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection |
The purpose of this research is to investigate the nature and quantity of emissions to air generated from a typical tonne of municipal solid waste. |
1457kb |
| The
Decision Makers’ Guide to Incineration of Municipal Solid Waste |
The
World Bank |
The
Decision Makers’ Guide targets waste management authorities, as
well as institutions involved in financing public utility
projects. This guide identifies the most important factors in
assessing short- and long-term viability of municipal solid waste
incineration. |
657kb |
| The
context for emissions and health impacts associated with waste
management |
Aspinwall
& Company Limited |
The
report provides information setting emissions and health effects
associated with waste management in context with those in society
generally. |
113kb |
| Burning
waste is no solution |
Greenpeace |
Greenpeace
believes that waste incineration should be relegated to the last millennium
as a poor waste management tool. |
141kb |
|
How
to comply with the Landfill Directive
without incineration |
Greenpeace |
A
practical strategy which local authorities can use to achieve
maximum recycling rates and safely deal with residual waste. |
1500kb |
|
Waste
Incineration |
House
of Commons Library |
Implementation
of the EU Landfill Directive has resulted in the need to reduce
waste production and find new ways of waste disposal. One of the
favoured options is incineration with energy recovery. However,
this is a controversial issue and there is opposition to the use
of incineration as a form of waste disposal generally and, at a
local level, the siting of incinerators in particular. This paper
covers many of the issues relating to municipal solid waste
incineration. |
413kb |
|
Waste
Gasification Impacts On The Environment And Public Health |
Blue
Ridge Environmental Defense League |
Comparison
of Pyrolysis and Thermal Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste |
67kb |
| Incineration
And Gasification: A Toxic Comparison |
Blue
Ridge Environmental Defense League |
The
United States Environmental Protection Agency distinguishes
pollution from mass burn incinerators and starved air gasification
units by the amount of pollution emitted, not by the type. In
other words, both starved air and excess air combustors emit the
same pollutants into the atmosphere, but in different amounts. For
example, EPA data show that gasification units emit more nitrogen
oxides and dioxins than incinerators, and equal amounts of
mercury. |
18kb |
| Zero
Waste |
Greenpeace |
As a
pollutant, waste demands controls. As an embodiment of accumulated
energy and materials it invites an alternative. |
923kb |
| Somerset
Waste Local Plan |
Somerset
County Council |
This
document now forms part of the statutory development plan for
Somerset, and is a material consideration when local
planning authorities in the County consider planning applications. |
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