April 2009
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Waste & Recycling E-Zine April 2009 |
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| This Month´s Featured Articles, Papers & Reports |
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Waste not, want not
Consultant Andy Ive considers solutions which not only comply but also enhance the environmental profile of today’s industrial companies. Until recently the prevailing perception in many industries, particularly those operating in emerging market areas has been that waste is an unwelcome inconvenience. The primary infrastructure of most companies was fundamentally not designed to deal with waste efficiently, health and safety officers were assigned the task of coping with it and a general reluctance ... |
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Utilisation of landfill gas for the generation of energy
The gases in landfill sites that develop during degradation processes, largely contribute to the greenhouse effect and additionally harbour considerable safety and health hazards. However, they are also often rich in methane and therefore a potential energy carrier. In many countries much of this potential for the generation of electricity and heat from landfill gas still exists. Furthermore, through the continual advances in technology, laws and regulations have been passed whereby household refuse ... |
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