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28/04/2009
Peterborough residents push recycling success over 48 per cent
Peterborough residents have helped push the city’s recycling performance beyond 48 per cent for the first time, provisional full-year figures for 2008/09 reveal.
Full story20/04/2009
Food waste process will cut climate change damage and boost recycling
Peterborough City Council aims to reduce climate change damage and boost its reputation as a top recycler by introducing a process that converts household food waste into electricity and a compost-like soil improver.
Full story14/04/2009
New Peterborough materials recycling facility plans approved
Plans for a 100,000-tonnes capacity materials recycling facility (MRF) were approved by Peterborough City Council’s planning and environmental protection committee on Tuesday 14 April 2009.
Full story26/02/2009
Residents urged to reduce waste and protect the environment
Local residents are being urged to reduce waste and help prevent climate change damage under a new strategy launched by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Waste Partnership (RECAP).
Full story03/02/2009
Recycling and energy-from-waste plans aim to beat landfill deadline
Peterborough City Council is pressing ahead with plans for new recycling and energy-from-waste facilities that will prevent environmental damage caused when waste is buried in landfill sites.
Full story22/12/2008
Plans submitted for new materials recycling facility
Plans have been submitted for a new materials recycling facility that will help Peterborough achieve one of the country’s highest targets for recycling discarded household materials.
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Planning permission has recently been granted for an improved materials recycling facility. An application has been submitted for an energy-from-waste plant that will use non-recycled municipal waste as a fuel to generate renewable energy. The applications can be downloaded here. More information is also available at Peterborough City Council's customer service centre, Bayard Place, Broadway, Peterborough.
