PETERBOROUGH ORGANISATIONS
http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/
The main website for Peterborough City Council, including bin
collection times.
http://www.pect.net/
Peterborough Environment City Trust (PECT) is a charitable trust
working with more than 200 partners to support the city’s bid to
become the UK's Environment Capital.
www.environmenteast.org.uk/eco-innovation-centre
The Eco Innovation Centre (EIC) Peterborough offers specialist
support to the fast-growing Environment Goods & Services (EGS)
sector in Peterborough.
http://www.ukceed.org/
The Peterborough-based UK Centre for Economic and Environmental
Development aims to demonstrate the benefits to business and the
economy of good environmental practice.
http://www.gpp-peterborough.org.uk/
The Greater Peterborough Partnership (GPP) is Peterborough's Local
Strategic Partnership, uniting many organisations involved in the
city’s future development. It aims to improve the quality of
life of all its people by creating a truly sustainable
Peterborough.
www.recap.co.uk/information/joint-municipal-waste-management-strategy-2008.aspx
The new waste management strategy for the Cambridgeshire &
Peterborough Waste Partnership (RECAP), covering the period from
2008 until 2022, is available here.
http://www.opportunitypeterborough.co.uk/
Opportunity Peterborough is an urban regeneration company (URC)
which was established in April 2005 to bring a private sector
approach to the development of the city.
UK-WIDE ORGANISATIONS
http://www.recyclenow.com/
Your guide to reducing, reusing, recycling and composting,
including celebrity interviews.
www.wrap.org.uk/home_garden_schools_and_communities
Opportunities to recycle aren’t just limited to the home. Find out
here how to reduce waste and recycle more often.
http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/
Top tips for reducing food waste, plus mouth-watering recipe
ideas.
http://www.organics-recycling.org.uk/
Promotes the sustainable use of biodegradable materials, including
composting, anaerobic digestion (AD), in-vessel composting (IVC)
and mechanical biological treatment (MBT). The official website of
the Association for Organics Recycling.
http://www.ciwm.org.uk/
The official website for the Chartered Institute of Wastes
Management, the leading professional body for waste and resource
management.
http://www.ecolabelling.org/
A guide to ‘green’ labels and what they mean, across a wide range
of products.
GOVERNMENT BODIES
http://www.defra.gov.uk/
The official website of the Government Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
http://www.lga.gov.uk/
The official website of the Local Government Association (LGA), set
up to promote the interests of English and Welsh local
authorities.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY-FROM-WASTE
www.occ.gov.uk/activities/stern.htm
The Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Change which
acknowledges the contribution that energy-from-waste can make to
reducing carbon emissions.
www.berr.gov.uk/energy/whitepaper/page39534.html
In May 2007 the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory
Reform (BERR) published a White Paper that sets out the UK
Government’s international and domestic energy strategy to respond
to the issues of climate change and security of energy supply.
http://www.cewep.eu/
The Confederation of European Waste to Energy Plants (CEWEP), which
represents about 340 plants across Europe, argues that recovering
EfW is compatible with achieving high levels of materials
recycling.
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/topics/waste/103220.aspx
Position statement and briefing notes from the Environment Agency,
addressing questions about the regulation, monitoring and
environmental aspects of EfW facilities.
www.imeche.org/NR/rdonlyres/5D806D76-0E95-4189-8C9D-9D6CD9FD388E/0/EnergyfromWasteReport.pdf
A report by The Institution of Mechanical Engineers titled
'Energy-from-Waste - A wasted opportunity?', which calls on the
Government to review its energy strategy and make EfW a key
component in energy production, with the added benefit of avoiding
waste to landfill.
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Peterborough announces shortlisted
bidders for waste tenders
Peterborough City Council on Thursday 7 January 2010 announced
its shortlist of bidders for the provision of an energy-from-waste
facility, improved materials recycling facility and various
operational services currently carried out by Peterborough City
Council
View the proposals
Planning permission was granted in April 2009 for an improved
materials recycling facility. An application for an
energy-from-waste plant that will use non-recycled municipal waste
as a fuel to generate renewable energy was approved on 24 November
2009. The applications can be
downloaded here. More information is also available at
Peterborough City Council's customer service centre, Bayard Place,
Broadway, Peterborough.