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Langham waste managed by SWR: SWR is appointed by the Langham, London to manage waste

(25/01/2012)

SWR is now managing the entire waste contract for The Langham, London, a renowned 5* luxury hotel in London. SWR specialises in the hotel and catering sector and has been appointed to manage all of the hotel’s waste. Under the new waste contract SWR intends to raise recycling levels from the current rate of 35 percent to an impressive 75 percent over the first year of the contract and in the process realise significant reductions of The Langham’s waste spend. Kobus Maree, Safety, Risk and S... [more]

Life Cycle Assessment: TRADA Technology revised its Wood Information Sheet Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

(20/01/2012)

LCA accounts for material energy and waste flows associated with a product from ‘cradle to grave’. Many industries, rather than simply responding to increasingly stringent regulation, are now actively seeking to develop more environmentally benign products and processes. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is one of the best known tools for assessing the environmental impact of activities. Assuming that high quality and representative data are fed into the model, LCA can offer a credible assessment o... [more]

low carbon energy: Carbon free energy system presented at Energy Roadmap 2050

(19/12/2011)

In March 2011, the European Commission published the overall decarbonisation roadmap covering the whole economy. All sectors, power generation, transport, residential, industry and agriculture, were analysed. The Commission has also been preparing sectoral roadmaps, among which the Energy Roadmap 2050 is the last one, focusing on the whole energy sector. In order to cut emissions by over 80% by 2050, Europe's energy production will have to be almost carbon-free. How to achieve this without d... [more]

Love Food Hate Waste organization: Follow these 10 simple steps to reduce Food Waste during festive season

(02/12/2011)

The United States, during holiday season generate an extra 5 million tons of household waste each year between Thanksgiving and New Year's, including three times as much food waste as at other times of the year. When our total food waste adds up to 34 million tons each year, that equals a lot of food. Holiday season is indeed a time for gifts and lots and lots of food ! With the coming holidays, the Worldwatch Institute offers 10 simple steps we all can take to help make this season less waste... [more]

low carbon vehicle technologies: Government invests to accelerate commercialisation of low emission vehicles

(24/11/2011)

An additional £10 million of grant funding is to be made available to research, develop and demonstrate technologies that will achieve significant cuts in carbon emissions from road transport, following a government decision to provide supplementary finance through the Technology Strategy Board. In October the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, announced that the government planned to invest a further £15 million in projects to accelerate the commercialisation of low carbon vehicles, through a ... [more]

LEAPmbr: GE's new membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment technology addresses pressing water quality and operational cost issues

(11/07/2011)

Following a four-year development effort, GE has now introduced a new membrane bioreactor (MBR) wastewater treatment technology called LEAP*mbr, which addresses pressing water quality and operational cost issues faced by owners of municipal, industrial and residential water/wastewater treatment facilities worldwide. The new LEAPmbr system offers the lowest lifecycle costs available from any MBR technology, while also being cost-competitive with conventional treatment. These cost savings, alon... [more]