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Cornwall Waste Action works with a range of organisations to promote the sustainable use of resources. Through community based initiatives and project activity we support reuse, composting, recycling and awareness of waste inefficiency and its effect on climate change.
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Cornwall business food waste survey
CWA are currently doing some research on food waste composting and anaerobic digestion from businesses in order to assess the need for local collections.
Posted in Cornwall news, CWA news, CWA projects, Waste news
Tagged Food Waste, Landfill
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Anti-incinerator campaign success
Campaigners have won a legal challenge to block the building of an incinerator in Cornwall.
Posted in Cornwall news, Environment, Waste news
Tagged communities, environment, Food Waste, incinerator, Landfill
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Lucrative food waste ‘there to be taken’ if AD capacity increases
The amount of food waste in the UK available to anaerobic digestion (AD) developers and investors represents a “major opportunity” for the sector if it can be captured. This is according to a report from Eunomia which suggests there is … Continue reading
Food for Thought
Proposals expected in the forthcoming Waste Review to “encourage” councils to adopt weekly food waste collections may not be practical or affordable, council leaders have warned.
New household waste recycling centre opens in Falmouth
Residents living in the Falmouth & Penryn area can now take advantage of a new Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) which opened onValentine’s Day.
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Tagged Landfill, Re-Use, Recycling, reducing landfill, waste
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Many homes in Cornwall could do more to boost recycling rates
HERE in Cornwall we produce more than 285,206 tonnes of waste every year. Just over a third, 37 per cent, of this whopping total is recycled annually through roadside recycling schemes, and at household waste and recycling centres.
Dash for Ash: 80 incinerators planned for UK in 2011
A grassroots revolt is growing over a new generation of controversial incinerators planned across the UK which would see the amount of household waste sent to be burnt more than double.
Cornish waste to fuel Sweden’s Power Stations
Cornwall Council is taking innovative action to cut the ever increasing cost of waste disposal to landfill.
Councils to reward recycling rather than tax waste
UK Government decides to scrap plans for a tax on bins, saying it would have ‘fuelled fly-tipping’, and says reward schemes will be more effective
Cornwall recycling and waste survey
Cornwall Council is currently reviewing the way your recycling and waste is collected and they are most interested in the views of Cornish residents.
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Tagged Composting, Landfill, Recycling, waste
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