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Better management of e-waste
More of the EU’s broken fridges, phones and gadgets are set to be collected and recycled, following MEPs’ approval on Thursday of new targets agreed with Council. The update to Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) legislation offers consumers new possibilities to return small waste items to retailers and will also cut red tape for businesses. "After difficult negotiations I am very satisfied that we have agreed ambitious but achievable collection rates with Council. Europe will now r...
Parsons Brinckerhoff to support the implementation of the UK’s geological disposal facility for higher activity radioactive wastes
Parsons Brinckerhoff, the global engineering consultant, has signed a four-year contract with the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to provide technical support for the development of an underground disposal facility which will keep radioactive materials isolated from the environment for thousands of years. The Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) project will be a multi-billion pound engineering challenge to safely and securely build and operate a deep underground storage facility at a...
Report reveals councils in England spent £36m on fly-tip clearance in past year
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea wears the crown for having most successfully tackled its fly-tipping problem over the past year, reducing the incidence of such dirty deeds by 88%, according to the latest annual cross-council Fly-tipping Report just released by AnyJunk, the UK’s largest private bulky waste clearance company. By contrast, the London Borough of Newham now tops the list of England’s worst fly-tipping areas, with 36,135 illegal dumps of rubbish having been cleaned up durin...
’Impossible is nothing’ as Adidas join Nike and Puma in cleaning up their supply chain
Adidas, the world’s second largest sportswear brand, has responded to the Greenpeace ’Detox’ challenge by committing to zero discharge of hazardous chemicals throughout its entire supply chain and across the entire lifecycle of its products, by 2020. The commitment comes just seven weeks after the publication of the Greenpeace report, "Dirty Laundry", which revealed commercial links between major clothing brands, including Adidas, Nike and Puma , and suppliers responsible for releasing...
Complete Tyre Recycling Solutions
Tyre recycling plants from Eldan Recycling A/S (Denmark) are all of modular design. The tyre plants are “Multi-Size” giving the customer total control of the production of a wide range of output sizes. This is achieved by the simple and quick changing of the screen combination in the machines when a different range of output sizes is required (production of shreds, chips, granulate and powder). Eldan Recycling delivered and installed its first complete tyre recycling plant back in 1991 a...
Pew Applauds First Step in Developing a Science Plan for U.S. Arctic Ocean
Marilyn Heiman, director of the Pew Environment Group’s U.S. Arctic Program, issued the following statement in response to today’s release of the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Arctic Ocean science review: "We are pleased that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and the USGS put a high priority on identifying gaps in science regarding America’s Arctic Ocean. Although a good deal of research has been completed, very little of it has been synthesized in a way that can guide informed decisions regardin...
Dutch Judge Calls on Oil Company to Release Secret Arctic Oil Spill Plan
A Judge turned the tables on an oil company today by asking it to release its secret Arctic Oil Spill Response Plan instead of granting it the multi million euro injunction it was seeking to end Greenpeace protests. Cairn Energy was seeking an injunction to prevent Greenpeace from protesting against its Arctic deep water drilling rigs, but the judge surprised the company by asking it to publish the plan, which has been at the centre of a campaign of direct action 180km off the coast of Greenland...
€550 Million New Contribution to International Chernobyl Projects
The international community, gathered today at the pledging conference in Kiev, is contributing additional €550 million to the efforts to transform the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant into an environmentally safe site and create the conditions for a long-term solution for reactor 4 which was destroyed in the 1986 accident at Chernobyl. Major donors and the EBRD will work together to close the remaining financial gap. The EBRD is managing the international donor funds for Chernobyl. President Thoma...
Singapore Rubber Plant a Warning for Price Hikes
The fact that the world’s leading synthetic rubber company Lanxess (Australia) has brought forward its plans to build a new butyl rubber facility in Singapore is a strong message for all Australian companies relying on rubber components to maximise this premium. More so, it is the planet’s worst kept secret that construction of this US$575m plant is being hastened to help serve the rising demand for tyres. This demand is being fuelled by rapid economic growth in countries such as China and Indi...
Nuclear Decommissioning – Managing the Legacy of Low Level Waste
The operation and decommissioning of nuclear sites and the operation of non-nuclear sectors such as medicine, oil and gas facilities is forecast to produce significant quantities of very low level radioactive solid wastes over future decades. Only one facility in the UK is able to deal with low level wastes, of any scale, and even then only with a limited capacity. At present the UK’s main approach involves avoiding production of such wastes, where possible, and the application of the waste hie...
Riverkeeper Takes Action to Combat Improper Disposal of Toxic Cement Kiln Dust
Riverkeeper (USA) has filed a legal petition forcing the EPA to take action on a rule that sets the standards for how toxic cement kiln dust (CKD) is managed by cement producers around the country. This byproduct of cement manufacturing is often dumped into unlined landfills, and old quarries, causing toxic leachate to foul ground and surface water. The proposed rule was published in 1999, but due to unyielding pressure from the cement industry, has languished for nearly 11 years. As a result, n...
British businesses urged to back new WEEE goals
PROPOSED EU e-waste targets are achievable if businesses ‘pull their weight’, says a leading recycling industry expert. Business owners must tighten up their practices to comply with new policies, as it is expected tougher targets will spark an e-waste crackdown by regulatory bodies. Businesses who fail to discard of e-waste responsibly will be subject to hefty fines. Last week, The European Parliament backed new targets requiring member states to recycle and reuse 85 per cent of their e-waste...
New Range of Chemical Spill Kits
Yellow Shield (UK) is pleased to announce the launch of a new generation of neutralising spill kits. These exciting new products include: Acid neutralising chemical spill kits Alkali neutralising chemical spill kits Bleach neutralising chemical spill kits Battery acid spill kits Water treatment plant spill kits Mercury spill kits Sanitary spill kits Body fluid spill kits Each of these spill kits contains a Vytac neutraliser specific to the acids, alka...
New Options for Sealless, Mag-Drive Pumps
The established range of 3M magnetically driven, sealless pumps has been extended with new models being introduced including the CT MAG-MS, a peripheral multistage metallic mag-drive pump. Available from liquids handling specialists Pump Engineering (UK) the MS series will include 6 options providing flows up to 24mc/h at heads up to 1000 metres. These pumps are ideal for applications involving aggressive, hard-to-handle fluids and offer the important benefits of mag-drive pumping. For example,...
It’s a Dirty Job, but somebody has to do it!
Industrial filtration and waste treatment specialist, Micromac Filtration (UK), has successfully completed a major refurbishment project on a Biotower operated by Augean Treatment Ltd. It was the first time that the Biotower had been overhauled and despite the project proving to be considerably more arduous and labour intensive then first envisaged, Micromac still succeeded in bringing the project to a successful conclusion on time and within budget. Augean Treatment is a market-leading UK base...
ADI Systems receives sixth project in Thailand adding to its impressive environmental record
Toyo-Thai Co. Ltd PVL of Thailand has awarded ADI Systems (USA) a contract to supply proprietary equipment and engineering support for its distillery in Porn Vilai, Thailand. This marks the sixth project ADI Systems has secured in Thailand. Part of the process at the Toyo-Thai alcohol distillery involves converting molasses into ethanol. ADI Systems is providing proprietary equipment and engineering support to convert organic components left over from the process into biogas to displace the use...
Brazil demanding return of hazardous UK waste
Authorities in Brazil are demanding that thousands of tonnes of hazardous waste is returned to the UK, after containers were shipped to three of the country’s ports. According to the BBC, an investigation has now been opened by the government into how the waste, which contains bags of blood, syringes, condoms and nappies, came to be there. Roberto Messias, president of the Brazilian environment agency Ibama, said the organisation will ask for the containers to be repatriated to the UK. "Clear...
Microbial Solutions achieves ISO 9001 accreditation
Microbial Solutions Ltd (MSL) has been awarded the International Organization for Standardization’s ISO 9001 : 2000 accreditation, an international standard for company quality management systems. The company has developed award-winning ecologically friendly bacterial treatment technologies to dispose of hazardous metal working fluids and associated oil contaminated materials used in the engineering industries. MSL’s Microcycle™ Technology turns toxic exhausted metal working fluids and oils in...
Cleansing toxic waste - with vinegar
Engineers and environmental scientists at the University of Leeds in England are developing methods of helping contaminated water to clean itself by adding simple organic chemicals such as vinegar. The harmful chromium compounds found in the groundwater at sites receiving waste from former textiles factories, smelters, and tanneries have been linked to cancer, and excessive exposure can lead to problems with the kidneys, liver, lungs and skin. The research...
Flexible Catalytic Oxidation System handles extremes of Russian weather
AirProtekt (UK) has supplied a Honeycat Catalytic Oxidation System to a Medium Density Fibre board (MDF) processing plant in Russia for the abatement of phenol, formaldehyde and methanol vapours given off during the industrial resin manufacturing stage of the Russian plant’s MDF production process. The complete catalytic oxidation equipment was built, tested and fresh air commissioned in the UK inside a dedicated ISO container before being shipped to the Russian site located near the Ural Mount...
Crow Environmental Ltd. and Atlantic Systems Group
Crow Environmental and Atlantic Systems Group (ASG), through its Atlantic Automotive Equipment (AAE) division, announce an alliance for the distribution, installation and sale of Crows’ Vehicle De-Pollution Systems and other related equipment in the United States. Crow Environmental Ltd, a UK based company, has been in the Vehicle recycling business since 2001 and is the leading supplier of vehicle de-pollution systems in its home market. With over 250 units in operation throughout the UK and...
One of Europe`s leading biochemical engineering companies is predicting a 50pc increase to profits after a rise in demand for the company`s products
Cleveland Biotech (UK) believes the predicted growth in profits is due to stricter environmental legislation guidelines, which have forced companies to take out ‘insurance’ policies against potential health and safety incidents. The company - which produces bacterial-based products that breaks down fat and grease - researches, tests and manufacturers its own products at its North east site in England where it has been based since 1992. The company has implemented several strategic changes i...
NATO funds study into earthquake risk
It’s a nightmare scenario - a power station built on a major fault line surrounded by toxic waste dumps in an area home to millions of people. Now a project to assess the risk of an earthquake in the region has received 250,000 Euros of NATO funding. The 700 km long Talas-Fergana fault in Kyrgyzstan is similar to the San-Andreas fault in the USA and geologists believe the area is highly vulnerable to seismic activity. The fault cuts across the largest hydroelectric power and irrigation sche...
Efficient storing, conveying and metering of Biodegradables
Biowaste- heavy and humid: that is the input material for one of the largest biowaste treatment plants in Germany. The rebuilding of the collection hall was completed six months ago. Initially, an annual production of 100,000 tonnes is planned. In 2009, the plant’s performance will be increased to 120,000 tonnes per year. Biowaste has specific properties and has to be loosened up and metered for further treatment. The downstream units must be fed with a continuous material stream. Only t...
New advanced biological waste treatment facility
New Earth Solutions (UK) has recently opened its new biological treatment facility at Blaise Farm Quarry in Kent. Designed to process up to 50,000 tonnes a year the facility will provide a local solution for source separated green and kitchen waste from southwest Kent households. The facility has been contracted by Kent County Council in order to support segregated collections schemes for organic waste operated by both Tonbridge and Malling and Tunbridge Wells Borough Councils. The contr...
Catalytic VOC incinerators
ACWA AIR has been appointed UK representative for the smallest Regenerative Catalytic VOC incinerator available to world markets. Designed and manufactured by the Finish environmental engineering company EHOVOC, the complete range of ‘Little Giant’ Catalytic VOC incinerators are delivered to site as compact, skid mounted processes, in totally enclosed containerised housings. Each of the nine compact units, with flow rates from 500m3/hr to 18,000m3/hr, are supplied to customers as fully enginee...
Triplex Pumps for Misting Duties
Odour control within the landfill and waste treatment industries is largely achieved by the installation of a misting system, whereby a very fine spray of water is released into the atmosphere either adjacent to or above the affected area. Fine water droplets prevent the release of obnoxious odours to the wider environment. It is a proven technology and there are very many types of systems available on the world market. In order to create a mist, water is pumped through the spray nozzles at a h...
One Stop Shop for Waste and Wastewater Treatment
During autumn 2009 almost all waste and wastewater from the biggest private slaughterhouse in Norway will be treated in an integrated waste solution of a new kind that integrates biogas, composting and wastewater treatment plants. Only a small amount of risk class 1 and 2 waste must be treated elsewhere. The turn-key solution, consisting of not just the environmental technology, but also the design and the actual building of the treatment works, will be provided by the environmental technology...
New Earth Solutions Recycling Facilities Investment Sub-fund to Help Accelerate the Development of Sustainable Waste Management Practices in the Uk
New Earth Solutions (UK) has launched the New Earth Solutions Recycling Facilities Investment Sub-Fund (“the Fund”) and is attracting experienced retail investors to invest in the rapid expansion of New Earth Solutions’ facilities nationwide. The Fund, which is listed on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange is available via SIPP and offshore Bond providers and has been launched in conjunction with the Isle of Man based investment fund provider, The Premier Group. Adrian Jones, Financial Director o...
New Unique Design of Waste Lamp Recycler Accepts All Types and Sizes of Lamps
Balcan (UK) has produced a new multi-purpose recycling plant capable of processing all kinds and sizes of both whole and pre-crushed lamps. The Multi Purpose Compact Lamp Recycler ((MPC4000) was developed from the company’s own original design which was recognised when the company won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2006 for its ability to be used in conjunction with crushers. When mounted in lamp collection vehicles they allow up to five times more lamps to be carried when pre-crush...
Waste Management Systems
FRITZ SCHAEFER GmbH (Germany) is one of the world`s largest supplier of Waste Management Systems, Collection, Recycling and Industrial Storage Systems, employing over 7,500 people. FRITZ SCHAEFER is the leading manufacturer in Waste Management technology producing over 300 types of container for the mature European and International markets. Manufacturing centers of excellence have been constructed in Germany, Malaysia and United State of America. SCHAEFER product is manufactured to meet Interna...
New Unique Design of Waste Lamp Recycler Accepts All Types and Sizes of Lamps at a Very Competitive Price
Balcan (UK), the award-winning electric lamp recycling specialist, has produced a new multipurpose recycling plant capable of processing all kinds and sizes of both whole and pre-crushed lamps. The Multi Purpose Compact Lamp Recycler ((MPC4000) was developed from the company`s own original design which was recognised when the company won the Queen`s Award for Enterprise in 2006 for its ability to be used in conjunction with crushers. When mounted in lamp collection vehicles they allow up to five...
Grayling Boosts Range with New Spill Kit
Grayling Products (UK) is confirming its successful growth with the introduction of a new product to add to its already extensive range of steel and plastic bunds and drum accessories. The launch of a Spill Kit is designed to contain small spills before they become a hazard. Spill kits are commonly used throughout the world in many diverse applications. Numerous environments from small warehouses to heavy plant construction sites rely on the use of spill kits as the most effective first step in...
Seva Energie Systems Already Profitable!
SEVA (Germany) has developed forefront know-how for small-sized systems. Out of the 820 installed in Germany in 2006, this company, with a payroll of 150, produced 170 biogas combustion units, with a total cumulative 54 MW power. The philosophy at SEVA ENERGIE is to make biogas profitable by offering high production rate systems, operating continuously with limited human intervention and very high reliability. CIAT has become a recognized standard for the up-line treatment part of gas.The humidi...
Biosolids Treatment
Autoheated Thermophilic Aerobic Digestion (ATAD) is for more than 30 years the sludge treatment process of choice for small to mid-sized wastewater treatment plants. Being the first to include advanced peripherals, the new FUCHS ATAD Advanced Integrated Concept (ATAD AIC™) adds extra versatility to the already highly flexible FUCHS ATAD process. The first ATAD AIC™installation in the USA started up in January 2008 in Weirton, West Virginia. The biosolids treatment plant consists of three reactor...
Mil-tek Waste Solutions Australia - Environmentally Friendly Baling Solutions to Industry
Partnering with their clients to provide value adding solutions typically achieves reductions in general trade waste costs & in many cases a return on investment. Baled cardboard, plastic, EPS (Styrofoam) is now valued like many other commodity products in the market and is therefore much sought after by recycling partners typically prepared to provide rebates for these products. Mil-tek Air-Operated Balers come complete with the new ECO Drive System reducing air consumption driving the pressin...
Investment in Pioneering Waste Management Firm
Impax Asset Management has invested £4m into waste treatment and resource recovery company, New Earth Solutions. The private equity funding round will support the roll out of a fast growing portfolio of dedicated facilities on behalf of the company`s local authority clients across the UK. According to Peter Gillatt, Managing Director, New Earth Solutions, “This funding from Impax is crucial in helping us meet a core objective to develop six more operational facilities for local authority clien...
30 Years` Research Behind Swedish Final Depository
For some 30 years, SKB, the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company, has being conducting research and development to find a method for safe final disposal of spent nuclear fuel that will provide long-term protection for man and the environment. The method, which is now ready for licensing, involves depositing the nuclear fuel in copper canisters at a depth of about 400-700 metres underground. Two municipalities, Östhammar (Forsmark) and Oskarshamn, are prepared to accept the reposito...
Multichopper – the Macerating Machine
Börger`s (Germany) second generation Multichopper provides ulitimate protection for pumps by macerating solids, fibres and rags. Totally maintenance friendly, this no-nonsense, solids-reducing Multichopper simultaneously homogenizes sludges in the wastewater treatment process. Designed for simple and effective operation with a central cutter plate and rotating knife heads, the Börger Multichopper can, for example, be utilised in the suction line of a series of pumps, or to macerate sludge follow...
Fourth Unicus for Leading Waste Management Company
HRS (UK) has recently supplied a fourth Unicus to Italian-based Bitolea, Europe`s largest waste management company. The contract involved the supply of an 80 tube Unicus Dynamic Scraped Surface Heat Exchanger to form part of a large evaporator. The evaporator is being used to concentrate chemical waste to recover the valuable solvents for resale and reduce environmental hazards. The heat exchanger handles five tonnes of waste per hour. Prior to HRS supplying the first scraped surface heat exchan...
The Fluid Cooling and Heating Specialist for Biogas Cogeneration Systems
CIAT`s (France) leading position in Germany enabled them to work alongside the players in this sector. CIAT`s equipment offers several sought-after features. Our experience in the sector and our equipment range allows us to propose a system solution sized ideally over the entire power range. Furthermore, with our mastery in 3 technologies, we can propose the 5 main heat exchangers of a cogeneration system", explains Marc Schaller, Marketing Manager for the INDUSTRIAL segment at CIAT. "We have sp...
Bioremediation of Fat, Oil and Grease
Having to deal with fat, oil and grease (FOG) is a seemingly unavoidable headache experienced by anyone who runs a restaurant. It is extremely costly and environmentally challenging to clean up and is a major cause of blocked drains, foul smells and rat infestation. Whilst blocked-drain emergencies have for many years been seen as an inevitable consequence of being a restaurateur, there is now a preventative measure on offer from English company Environmental Biotech (EB). One of the tools empl...
Disposal of Municipal Waste
Terralog Technologies Inc. (Canada) is a service company that specializes in the deep well disposal of various wastes streams using the Slurry Fracture Injection® (SFI)® process. The Terralog SFI process is designed to dispose of a variety of municipal waste streams such a waste-water treatment sludge, incinerator ash, contaminated soils, etc. The SFI process is also used to dispose of petroleum industry wastes. There are significant environmental advantages to using the SFI process for manageme...
Transforming Contaminants into Non-Bio-Available Forms
Over the past decade Virotec International (Australia) have developed and commercialised ViroMine™ Technology, ViroFlow™Technology, ViroSewage™Technology (known as ViroFilter™ Technology in the European market) and ViroSoil™ Technology that are now applied in the industrial, mining, agricultural and development sectors globally to stop the emission of pollution into environmental systems, remediate contaminated land and abandoned mine sites and treat industrial wastes of various forms. All of th...
Nisp Helps Severn Trent Water Maximise Its Chp Capacity
The National Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP) is working in partnership with Severn Trent Water Limited in a scheme which will see the water company processing up to 266,000 tonnes of industrial waste each year through its various on-site licensed anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities. “The water industry has been operating AD plants for well over two decades,” explains Mark Needham, Commercial Manager for Severn TrentWater Limited, the world`s fourth largest privately-owned water company. “T...
New Company Will Focus on Inorganic Waste
Solvent Resource Management, one of Europe`s largest hazardous waste recycling companies, has formed a new company. Minerals Resource Management is jointly owned and funded by Castle Cement and, among other things, it wants supplies of discarded eggshells! MRM is looking for wastes that contain oxides of calcium, silicon and aluminium. These can be found in many different types of waste, for example washed eggshells – which consist mainly of calcium carbonate – and can be used as a substitute fo...
Environmental Decanters
Westfalia Separator is a centrifuge manufacturer founded in 1893 in Germany, with over 110 years experience in design and manufacturing of centrifuges. They have 52 subsidiaries around the world, and have been represented in Melbourne, Australia for over forty years, as a direct subsidiary of the parent company Westfalia Separator AG. Process plant requirements vary greatly from one treatment plant to the next, even when the final product is the same. When Westfalia consults on a...