Posts Tagged ‘waste management’
7 February 2012
The government of Quebec in Canada is set to give a C$27m ($27m) boost to the province’s first waste-to-energy facility being developed by a joint venture between Enerkem and GreenField Ethanol.
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6 February 2012
The BC Bioenergy Network, a provincially-funded organisation supporting bioenergy development in British Columbia, Canada, has awarded C$1.5m to Fraser Richmond Soil and Fibre to establish a waste-to-energy demonstration system.
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2 February 2012
UK waste-to-energy specialist Bio Group has formed an agreement with Skinner’s Pet Food that will see half a tonne of food waste each week converted into biomethane.
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2 February 2012
A UK investment manager has completed fundraising for an industrial-focused fund, and told NewNet that many of its portfolio companies may have an exposure to the renewables sector.
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1 February 2012
UK plastic recycling specialist WRAP has provided a £1.15m loan to ECO Plastics for the expansion of a facility in Lincolnshire, North East England.
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1 February 2012
Swedish cleantech company Alfa Lavel has been contracted by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to supply waste heat recovery systems for ships being build for Maersk in a deal worth SEK230m ($34m).
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30 January 2012
The renewable energy subsidiary of US infrastructure company Primoris Services has been contracted to participate in the build of two waste-to-energy facilities in Puerto Rico, in a deal worth $40m.
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12 January 2012
The UK's Loughborough University has been selected by waste solutions company Cynar to aid the commercialisation of its plastic waste-to-diesel technology.
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11 January 2012
UK waste-to-energy business Energos has acquired BioGen Power through a share swap arrangement.
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20 December 2011
UK waste management company Sterecycle raises £5.1m.
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13 December 2011
Canadian waste-to-biofuel company Enerkem has secured a C$15m ($14.6m) equity investment into its Alberta subsidiary from Waste Management and EB Investments.
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13 December 2011
UK waste management company Shanks has opened a mechanical biological treatment (MBT) plant in Carlisle, North West England.
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5 December 2011
UK waste-to-energy specialist the Bio Group has broken ground on a new renewable gas facility in Stockport, North West England.
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1 December 2011
UK waste management group Shanks has started commissioning its new £7m materials recycling facility (MRF) in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
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29 November 2011
The commercial waste sector in the UK is a potentially huge feedstock provider for the waste-to-energy industry and at present is largely untapped.
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18 November 2011
New York-listed Waste Management has closed an equity investment in waste-to-energy company Fulcrum BioEnergy.
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14 November 2011
An initial public offering carried out at the end of last week saw high investor appetite for Italy’s waste management sector.
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8 November 2011
A UK-based recycling fund said it sees a strong pipeline of deal and investment opportunities in the waste and energy sectors going forward.
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31 October 2011
A UK-based waste management consultancy has identified a capacity gap in the amount of residual waste treated in the country (excluding Northern Ireland) of 22.3 million tonnes.
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28 October 2011
Local authorities in the UK need to take a more strategic approach to collecting waste and form common interest policies in order to develop the sector, according to industry experts.
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