Engineers accuse government of throwing away waste-to-energy opportunity

James S Murray
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Institution of Mechanical Engineers' report claims 60 per cent of waste that is being sent to landfill could be better used to fuel new generation of waste power plants

The government's failure to promote waste-to-energy power plants has come under fire today, after a report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMech) claimed that its failure to challenge the...

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