Environmental Industry Articles

A Vermont solid waste district utilized a defunct biosolids composting site to create capacity for processing food waste. The Vermont legislature instituted a progressive ban on organics in landfills via Act 148 in 2012. The Act includes ...

May 1, 2018

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Zuser Ressourcenmanagement GmbH is not keen on experiments: for the past 24 years the RDF producer in Peggau, Austria has bought shredders made by Lindner Recyclingtech. The new addition to the family is a Polaris 2800. For one-step ...

May 17, 2018

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A question commonly posed to Directional Technologies from our environmental consulting clients: “Can one horizontal well be designed for more than one remedial application?” The answer is “yes.” Horizontal wells ...

May 1, 2018

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The stringent regulation of the water and waste treatment industry demands more efficiency and improvements in process performance. A key area is the elimination of unexpected breakdowns and interruptions to processes which can have ...

Jan. 1, 2015

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Many different algal types can bloom in a water body. Some of these algae are plant cells, while others are bacteria. Algae may vary in size, shape and cell characteristics. Typically, the type of algae that blooms depends on water ...

May 8, 2018

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On March 30th 2015 a long freight train, transporting a variety of goods including lumber and chemicals, wound its way through the state of Mississippi. At around 5pm, part of the train failed to negotiate a curved portion of the track in ...

Nov. 8, 2017

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Let’s say you are a business owner that realizes that you need a baler or compactor for your waste handling or recycling needs. How would you know where to look? If you are like most people in the 21st century, you would go to the ...

May 15, 2018

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There are many ways of testing and understanding your water quality with online scientific tools and models. One such resource is the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) project run by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The ...

Mar. 28, 2018

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