Useful links
PETERBOROUGH ORGANISATIONS
www.peterborough.gov.uk
The main website for Peterborough City Council, including bin collection times.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
www.lovefoodhatewaste.com
Top tips for reducing food waste, plus mouth-watering recipe ideas.
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.
www.ciwm.org.uk
The official website for the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management, the leading professional body for waste and resource management.
www.ecolabelling.org
A guide to ‘green’ labels and what they mean, across a wide range of products.
GOVERNMENT BODIES
www.defra.gov.uk
The official website of the Government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
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.
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 Services.
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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.
