A considerable amount of valuable raw materials is lost in waste utilization and processing chains. It would be worth, for example, effecting better recovery of the valuable metals contained in electronic equipment. Research carried out by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Aalto University, the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) and Lappeenranta University of Technology has provided new information on the development needs of waste management.
Every day in the university’s dining halls, students push their unwanted bites of food into garbage bins. Some of that food becomes part of a compost pile in the Lehigh Community Garden on the Goodman Campus, thanks to the effort of two undergraduate students.
Klean Industries Inc. ("Klean") a Canadian Energy Solutions Company announces its intent to collaborate with The Dow Chemical Company ("Dow") to recover energy, chemicals and oil from end-of-life waste plastics that would otherwise be sent to landfill.
Clean Harbors, Inc., the leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services throughout North America, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Safety-Kleen, Inc., a leading provider of parts cleaning and environmental services and the largest re-refiner and recycler of used oil in North America.
Covanta Energy Corporation, a world leader in sustainable waste management and renewable energy, today announced a new 20 year agreement with municipalities in the Bristol, CT area. Covanta will provide sustainable waste disposal at the Bristol Resource Recovery Facility, in addition the agreement provides for bundled services including recycling, bulky waste disposal, e-waste recycling and the management of organics/composting.
Environmental Waste International Inc. (EWS) has received its new Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA) permit from the Ontario Ministry of Environment for its TR900 tire recycling system in Sault Ste. Marie. EWS will resume at will operation of the system after the required post combustion treatment for the power generator is installed, which it expects will occur before the end of January, 2013.
From 12 to 14 December, nearly a hundred European experts gathered in Athens to discuss how local and regional authorities can improve their waste collection and recycling policies. This meeting aimed at sharing the expertise of the R4R project partners with Greek municipalities and regions. It also allowed to present the project's first results related to the local instruments helping to reach high recycling performances.
CleanWorld today officially opened the nation’s largest commercial-scale, high solid anaerobic digestion (AD) system at the South Area Transfer Station property in South Sacramento.
For many Americans, the holiday season is the happiest time of year—but it can also be the most wasteful. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Americans generate approximately 25 percent more waste—an extra million tons—between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.
MagneGas Corporation ("MagneGas" or the "Company"), the developer of a technology that converts liquid waste into a hydrogen-based metal working fuel and natural gas alternative, announced today that on Friday October 19, 2012, Dr. Ruggero Maria Santilli, Chairman of the Board and Chief Scientist of MagneGas, delivered a lecture at The Institute for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers at the City College of New York (CCNY) to students and staff.
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