Monday, May 12, 2008

Tough new limits on municiple waste burned..in scotland

Morality’ of Viridor funding bid questioned East Lothian Courier, UK - 17 Apr 2008
Bryan Green questioned the “morality” of Cockenzie and Port Seton Community Council being involved in a request to Viridor for £30000 towards improving the ...Viridor has faced fierce community resistance since announcing proposals for a £140million waste incinerator at Oxwellmains, by Dunbar

Safe Waste in Shropshire - opposed to incineration, anywhere
Viridor withdraws incinerator application/ Veolia to run an MBT plant in Southwark
The link, below, shows an Edinburgh Evening News article from 18 March 2008 saying that Viridor has withdrawn its planning application for a super incinerator near Dunbar in Scotland because of tough new limits laid down by the Scottish Governmentwhich state that no more than 25% of municipal waste can be burned.http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Incinerator--plan--9up.3887947.jp

http://safewasteshrewsbury.blogspot.com/2008/03/veolia-to-run-mbt-plant-in-southwark.html

Other Viridor news,

Viridor buys Howie’s Shore Recycling in £23m deal
The HeraldShore Recycling, the UK’s leading recycler of electric and electronic scrap, has been sold to Viridor Waste Management, part of the Pennon Group, for £23m.
Viridor says WEEE recycling a Shore thing with $24m buy
28 Mar 2008 by jumperhead One WEEE firm, Shore Recycling, has been snapped up by Viridor Waste Management Limited for £23 million this week. According to Viridor, the buy is in line with Viridor’s parent company Pennon Group strategy of expanding its waste ...Greenbang - http://www.greenbang.com - References

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