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Waste heat reuse and CO2-neutral energy supply concept among winners of German energy efficiency awards

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The following have been recognised for their achievements: The building materials manufacturer, Adolf Gottfried Tonwerke GmbH , together with the technology provider, Orcan Energy AG , in the Energy Transition 2.0 category, for exploiting previously unused waste heat from two furnaces for electricity generation.

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Local Authorities need to implement separate food waste collections by 2023: ADBA calls for urgent funding

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Separate food waste collections will become mandatory in England from 2023. “Local Authorities are in the process of putting their waste management contracts in place now for the years to come, and they need government funding NOW to be able to implement separate food waste collections by 2023.”,

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Which countries are winning the war on waste?

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A glass waste worker in a recycling facility in Sofia, Bulgaria in May 2016. Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark have succeeded in recovering over 98% of their municipal waste on average over the last five years. Germany is now recycling half of its waste (50%), having improved year-on-year for the last five years. Sweden (99%).

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Seeking clarity

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sources include vehicle emissions, coal-burning power plants, industrial emissions, and burning agricultural waste. The report also noted that many of these cities lack ground-level monitoring of PM2.5, At the same time, Beijing has expanded its monitoring system from 35 stations in 2013 to over 1000 in 2019.

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Smart Energy Finances: Acquisition to delist SMS from the UK

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This week’s Smart Energy Finances looks at acquisition of UK-based Smart Metering Systems (SMS) by a US-based investment firm, a successful financing round for a Spanish start-up developing smart grid technology and Siemens’ acquisition of an AI-based tech company developing solutions for the water sector. billion ($1.6

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Methane release from UK shale gas site equivalent to 142 trans-Atlantic flights, says research group

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Protestors at the Preston New Road site in 2017. tonnes of methane gas to atmosphere that was detected at a nearby monitoring station installed by researchers from The University of Manchester. The research team was led by Prof Grant Allen, and reported in the Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association.

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Vast amounts of valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in world’s fast-rising wastewater streams, says study

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Enough energy to power all households in the USA and Mexico; Enough nutrients to meet ~13% of world fertilizer needs; Enough water to fill Lake Victoria in seven years, Lake Ontario in four. ” Among many findings: The energy value in 380 billion m3 of wastewater is estimated to be 53.2