[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][fusion_content_boxes layout=”icon-with-title” title_size=”14″ icon_circle=”” icon_size=”” icon_align=”left” columns=”1″ margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”0″ class=”” id=””][fusion_content_box title=”by Annie Kane on resource.co” icon=”fa-bookmark” backgroundcolor=”” iconcolor=”” circlecolor=”#4cbcfe” circlebordercolor=”#4cbcfe” iconflip=”” iconrotate=”” iconspin=”no” image=”” image_width=”35″ image_height=”35″ link=”” linktext=”” linktarget=”_self” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”down” animation_speed=”0.1″] [/fusion_content_box][/fusion_content_boxes][fusion_text]The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee (STC) has called on government to create a ‘Waste Champion’ to take on the job of developing a ‘brass from muck’ bioeconomy that could see ‘enormous economic benefits as well as a considerable number of green jobs’.
The call comes in a new report ‘Waste or resource? Stimulating a bioeconomy’ on the economy of waste (specifically, biowaste such as food, agricultural and forest residues, and sewage sludge), which draws conclusions from hearings held on the topic last year, and earlier this year.
The inquiry was set up to investigate the ‘science and technology underpinning the transformation of carbon-containing waste into useful and high value products’, and to assess the ‘economic and environmental opportunities for the UK, the potential scale of this bioeconomy, and the role of government’.[/fusion_text][fusion_button link=”http://resource.co/resource-use/article/lords-calls-government-create-%E2%80%98waste-champion%E2%80%99″ color=”default” size=”” type=”” shape=”” target=”_blank” title=”” gradient_colors=”|” gradient_hover_colors=”|” accent_color=”” accent_hover_color=”” bevel_color=”” border_width=”1px” icon=”” icon_position=”left” icon_divider=”no” modal=”” animation_type=”0″ animation_direction=”left” animation_speed=”1″ alignment=”” class=”” id=””]Read full article[/fusion_button][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]