Britain May See Biodegradation Facilities Cut into Waste Stream

Date: March 7, 2002

Source: News Room

Britain, which buries almost all its waste, has been named one of the world¹s dirtiest nations in a recent report. Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and the United States all do more to control the growth of their landfills than Britain, according to a report published last month by the World Economic Forum. But Britain, which the survey's investigators say dumps over 80 percent of its household waste into landfills, could soon benefit from technology that helped Denmark reduce the proportion of garbage dumped to 10 percent in 1996. German energy firm Farmatic is hoping to build power plants in Britain that will burn gas produced by fermenting organic waste, a business that has been so successful in Denmark that further expansion is only prevented by a lack of biodegradable rubbish.

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