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Vicinity centres, First in Australia to install TOM - Case study

Congratulations Vicinity Centres! First in Australia to install TOM - the smart compacting bin. CHADSTONE SHOPPING CENTRE, A PART OF VICINITY CENTRES (VIC), locally known in Melbourne as ‘The Fashion Capital’ has always led the field in design and innovation, so it was the ideal site for the introduction of TOM. This one of a kind smart compacting bin for public spaces is new to ...

Apr. 13, 2017

By Orwak AB

Smart hygienic waste solution keeps your hands clean

In the light of the COVID-19 situation, cleanliness – to uphold high standards of hygiene and reduce the risk of infection – is naturally at the center of everyone’s attention, the topic in many conversations and definitely at the top of the agenda for the management of public places. When running a business, it is a great responsibility to prevent transmission and provide a ...

Jun. 30, 2020

By Orwak AB

Look through different eyes”: Gateway recycling envisions a secure & sustainable future

Closed-loop systems are required for the effective management of assets, but when the objective is the secure & verifiable destruction of confidential information, materials, and products “you’ve got to snap the loop shut” in the words of Tom Sustersic, President/Owner, Gateway Products Recycling, Cleveland, Ohio. His commitment to building a fullservice recycling business ...

Jan. 1, 2011

By Cresswood

FedEx out Green secrets behind Purple Promise

Tom Schmitt, President & CEO, FedEx Global Supply Chain Services divulges secrets to his Purple Promise for MeettheBoss.TVTom Schmitt (President & CEO, FedEx Global Supply Chain Services) joined FedEx eleven years ago at a time that he admits was the “perfect storm”, growing the company into the world’s transportation and distribution leaders, positioned in over 220 countries. In an ...

Jan. 27, 2010

By GDS International

Relation of earth probe TOMS/AI data and ground level measured atmospheric aerosols over Marmara region

The main aim of this study is to statistically investigate the correlation between TOMS/Aerosol Index (AI) remote sensing particulate data and Ground Level (GL) aerosol concentrations. GL fine and coarse particles are collected from watershed area of Buyukcekmece at Marmara region in Istanbul, Turkey (41°0.04′ N; 28°0.59′ E). Randomly collected, 24 hr GL samples are statistically compared with ...

Dec. 9, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

Fine China

A daily commute in West Michigan might take someone to Grand Rapids or Kalamazoo. But this January, Jeannie Jansma of Sebright Products in Hopkins headed to work on the other side of the world. As Sebright’s marketing director, Jansma spent 10 days in China meeting with her Asian counterparts in the pulp and paper industry to look for new technology and to learn what the United States needs to ...

Jul. 1, 2008

By Sebright Products, Inc.

What does it actually mean to be ELD-compliant?

ELD-guru and VP of Regulatory Compliance, Tom Cuthbertson, explains the ins and outs of what it means to have a compliant ELD in a new webinar. Earlier this week, Omnitracs delivered a webinar to industry professionals to help clear the air about what an ELD-complaint solution will actually look like. In the webinar, Tom Cuthbertson explains how the 500+ pages of the ELD Mandate, passed last ...

Dec. 2, 2016

By Omnitracs, LLC

Asbestos in soil methods

I wanted to start off this brief technical summary with an item that appeared in the January 2009 Indoor Environment Connections publication… “Asbestos in Soil; The State of the Issue, Tom Laubenthal, Sean Fitzgerald, Alan Seagrave, P.G. In this session, Laubenthal and Seagrave will describe the nature of asbestos contamination in soil. This issue has perplexed the industry for years. What ...

Jan. 15, 2009

By International Asbestos Testing Laboratories (iATL)

NWS Weather Spotter Relies on RainWise - Case Study

Tom Haraden is a retired National Park Service Ranger and current National Weather Service spotter in Utah. "I like that [my MK-lll-LR] is reliable, wireless, accurate, measures maximums and minimums," Tom says, " and measures eight parameters. I guess my favorite part is having an accurate barometer. I can predict the weather here with only that. We have the display hung where the kitchen, ...

Feb. 28, 2014

By RainWise Inc.

TOM helps Mcdonald’s Chile cut the daily waste volume by 80%

McDonald’s is committed to improve its waste management, so it installed smart automatic waste bins, achieving a significant reduction in waste collection and in several of its locations. With TOM installed, bag switches occur only 3 times a day vs 3 times per hour before during rush hours. ...

Nov. 3, 2020

By Orwak AB

Sound Refining, Inc. - a ROTAN® Pump Success Story

Sound Refining, Inc. - a ROTAN® Pump Success Story Sound Refining Inc. of Tacoma, Washington provides bulk liquid storage and supplies fuels, lubricants, and other products and services to industry in the Pacific Northwest. Plant Superintendent, Tom Beck is responsible for maintaining incoming and outgoing product schedules. Tom tells us, “When unloading railcars, time is the factor ...

Dec. 20, 2013

By DESMI A/S

Kiverco Completes Another Complex Project for a Major UK Customer

The customer Tom White Waste Ltd was formed in 1981, when Tom White found it difficult to obtain waste management services for his other businesses and decided to start his own waste management operation. Since then, the business has grown hugely and in 1988, Tom’s sons Ian and Paul joined the business and today, they run the company as joint managing directors. Tom White Waste operates in ...

Jun. 15, 2016

By Kiverco Recycling Systems Ltd.

Carving Out a Niche in Water

Typically, we see the water market segmented into two: municipal and industrial. Most small manufacturers will specialise in one of these sectors to offer solutions to their clients. Kemco System’s CEO Tom Vanden Heuvel doesn’t think that’s specialist enough. He believes that, in order to provide true value to customers, companies should be looking to dive deeper into ...

May 21, 2020

By Kemco Systems, Co. LLC

Thern at IFAT 2016 - Interview

Thern recently attended IFAT 2016, one of the world’s leading trade fairs for the environment and waste disposal. Below, Tom Freyberg, Chief Editor, Water/Wastewater International Magazine, speaks with Amy Oesau, Thern’s Water/Wastewater Market Director, about Thern and how its winches and crane technology can help to lift water/wastewater pumps weighing up to 3,000 lbs (1,360 kg) ...

Jun. 14, 2016

By Thern Inc

The Environmental Attackers

Throughout 2014/15, Tom Miller and Nuin-Tara Key of PrettyGoodProductions will be traveling the world filming the documentary “Our Place On Earth.” The film will be an on-the-ground portrayal of people’s lives as they spearhead climate change initiatives in their own communities. The team will also lead workshops on low-cost video production as a way to help people in the ...

Sep. 4, 2014

By Ensia

Raising The Stake

Water supply aims to provide the consumer with drinking water that is acceptable in terms of taste, odour and appearance, and is safe to dink in relation to chemical and microbiological constituents. This is achieved though the applicationof rigorous regulatory satandards for the quality of water at the consumer's tap. Tom Hall discusses the issues driving water supply quality. Ther is an ...

Feb. 1, 2006

By WRc Ltd

International Organization for Standardization Develops GHG Standards with ClimateCHECK

Since 2002, ClimateCHECK co-founder Tom Baumann has worked with the International Organization for Standardization to author the ISO 14064 International Greenhouse Gas Standard and related protocols, todevelop and deliver related training courses, and to design and manage GHG programs. Baumann was the main author of ISO 14064-2 between 2002 and 2006, when it was published. He continues to serve ...

Feb. 22, 2008

By ClimateCHECK

International Organization for Standardization Develops GHG Standards with ClimateCHECK

Since 2002, ClimateCHECK co-founder Tom Baumann has worked with the International Organization for Standardization to author the ISO 14064 International Greenhouse Gas Standard and related protocols, to develop and deliver related training courses, and to design and manage GHG programs. Baumann was the main author of ISO 14064-2 between 2002 and 2006, when it was published. He continues to ...

Feb. 22, 2008

By ClimateCHECK

Mide New England Patriots Deflategate - Case Study

Last season’s Deflategate, when Patriots quarterback Tom Brady played nearly a whole game with underinflated footballs, caused waves of controversy for the NFL. The engineers at Midé—a small engineering company outside of Boston—took great interest in Deflategate not only because many of them are diehard Patriots fans, but also because it presents a real engineering ...

Jan. 11, 2020

By Thermotron Industries

USDA releases 2016 budget request, continues to support rural renewable energy

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its fiscal year 2016 budget request on February 2, 2015. The proposed budget is $156 billion total, with $6 billion going directly to loans that will encourage cleaner fossil fuel use and support renewable energy in rural America. The $6 billion allocation is an increase of $1 billion that would be allocated towards loans from the 2015 fiscal ...

Feb. 13, 2015

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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