However, a majority of this type of waste can be recycled and reused for other construction projects.
"Unfortunately this country has a culture of opposing every type of waste disposal centre, wherever it is, " he added.
This means the robot can distinguish the type of waste based on its colour and drop it into the appropriate bin.
However, since the UK will most likely adopt a single reactor system for all its new nuclear power plants, there will only be one type of waste stream.
Biomethane can be produced cheaply and easily from any type of organic waste at all, including sewage.
Other research is focusing on finding improved, durable forms for each type of radioactive waste, some of which could be recycled and others stored indefinitely.
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It sounds like a waste of time, but this type of language play is actually a complicated computer science program.
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This type of ethanol refers to fuel made from waste, wood, plants and other products, as opposed to the now widely produced corn ethanol.
And the feedstock, or food for the microbes, can be any type of agricultural product, from sugar cane to waste such as wheat straw and wood chips.
It would mean an end to users having to hunt around for the right type of charger for their handset and should help cut waste.
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Metals and plastics are sorted from the general waste and sold on, but the firm said the market for this type of material had "dropped substantially".
Japanese firm Fine Foods Inc. has come up with a system for putting a kitchenless, chefless mini-restaurant into virtually any type of shop that happens to have a spare bit of space going to waste.
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