The
UK
produces more than 400 million tonnes of waste every year, generated
mainly from households; commerce and industry combined. A high
proportion of this waste ends up in landfill, where it emits high
volumes of powerful greenhouse gases (GHGs), polluting our
environment and the air we breathe, and accelerating the impacts of
climate change. Green waste technology explores means of waste
disposal in a highly sustainable and socially responsible way, with
the potential to reduce greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions, decelerate
the affects of climate change, and lower economic costs.

As
part of Article
13’s
commitment to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) we ‘encourage
the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly
technologies’ (Principle 9). This includes green waste technology.
See our UNGC
events pages
(URL:http://www.article13.com/csr/ungc_our_csr_events.asp).

Integrating
green waste technologies into an organisation is not only an
ecologically sound investment, but there is also a solid business
case attached. Moving towards green waste technology:

• Helps
  reduce organisational operating costs and cleanup cost.

• Reduces
  transportation costs and high waste taxes.

• Waste
  can be recycled in an industrial ecosystem, e.g. used again as an
  energy source.

• Can
  generate a competitive force and be used as a tool for competitive
  advantage.

Here
at Article 13, we
have leading edge experience in Incineration and Energy-from-Waste
plant – MSW, clinical and industrial waste as well as flue gas
treatment technologies and processes. Our best-in-class associates
provide amongst other services: technical appraisal of a new biomass
gasification process and technical audits of biomass fired power
plants.

New
innovations in environmental technology have the potential to pave a
sustainable way for the future through making important contributions
to our lives, and the environment we live in. Some particularly
useful Article
13 resources are:

• ScotAsh
  - waste or a whole new business opportunity

http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1413

• Sainsbury’s
  plc
  - the first food retailer to use compostable packaging

http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1281

• Biffa
  - surveying the wasteland

http://www.article13.com/A13_ContentList.asp?strAction=GetPublication&PNID=1280

For
information on how Article 13 can assist you in auditing your
company’s waste and energy practices, developing waste action
plans, and reducing your business’s waste and related impacts on
the environment, contact Fiona Banyard on 020 8840 4450 or email
fionab@article13.com

Tags: greenhouse gases, organic, renewables, skincare, technology, waste

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