asbestos recycling Articles
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The Trouble with Asbestos Disposal
Hailed as a miracle mineral because of its superior fire resistance and tensile strength, asbestos was installed abundantly into our built environment for over 200 years. However, once it was established that this undeniably useful resource was a dangerous carcinogen, Australia and many other countries enacted strict regulations for handling asbestos and asbestos containing material (ACM). There ...
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The ABCOV® Method of Non-Thermal Asbestos Destruction
The ABCOV® Method destroys asbestos with a non-thermal, United States Federal Environmental Protection Agency approved, chemical-physical process that: Eradicates Asbestos from the Environment; Stops Human Exposure to Asbestos; Provides Efficient and Cost Effective Asbestos Destruction; Eliminate Landfill “Cradle-to-Grave” Liability: By Terminating Asbestos Landfill ...
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Design for recycling: a route to green ship recycling
Ship recycling at the end of a ship’s useful life aims to make the shipping industry more environmentally sustainable and is a major source of employment in developing countries. However, there are associated health, safety and environmental concerns. This study argues these concerns are due to inappropriate design and explains how ‘design for recycling’ can reduce the costs and ...
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Is Waste Going to be Our Apocalypse Without a Noah’s Ark to Save Us?
Human beings have been dumping waste in water, including the ocean, since before the Agricultural Age. The Industrial Age brought with it new materials to dump, chemical wastes and by-products. Some materials are dumped into rivers and find their way to the ocean by running downstream. Other materials are dumped directly into the ocean from boats. Plastic is a harmful pollutant that does not ...
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