Car Recycling Plant Articles on Environmental XPRT

International Tire Recycling Spotlight: Venezuela

Tire recycling is a serious global concern. Scrap tires take up far too much space, they can spawn devastating tire fires that burn for weeks or even months when stored together in large numbers, and they they leach chemicals into soil and groundwater. Recycling is an absolute necessity, but not easily done. Most developed countries have produced millions of scrap tires (at the very least), and ...

May 30, 2017

By ECO Green Equipment

Recycling of Cars Made Green and Cleaner with Verderflex Peristaltic Pumps

At the end of its’ life, a car yields on average, 140 kilos of shredder waste: 26 kg of metals, 69 kg of plastics, 11 kg of minerals and 24 kg of fibres. In Tiel, Netherlands, a Post Shredder Treatment plant (PST) was built in 2011, for the recycling of cars. The PST plant is one of the two plants in Europe that are able to recycle to approximately 95% of the waste materials. ...

Apr. 28, 2015

By Verderflex Peristaltic Pumps - part of the Verder Group

Car Wash Wastewater Treatment - Case Study

Wastewater Treatment Plant, Robina Car Wash, Qld Case Study: Car Wash WWTP Client: Robina Car Wash Year: 2012 Capacity: 800 l/h BACKGROUND Car washes use very little potable (mains drinking) water by using fine nozzles and high pressure hoses. Linked ...

Oct. 17, 2014

By Hydrasyst

Case study - Wastewater from car batteries disposal

The Client Our Client is a secondary lead smelting plant, based in Europe, that produces mainly lead ingots for automotive car batteries, lead alloys and lead shot for hunting and sport shooting. The Challenge The Client has a recovery plant for lead acid batteries, capable of separating the different components of batteries by wet system, with ...

Oct. 23, 2013

By EVALED-Evaporator

Sand Plant

Sand Plant,Sand Processing Plant The sand plant reserve came from a old stream bed, that had a 20 to 30 ft thick sand deposit in it. It was sampled and the lab testing revealed that there was less than 0.03% iron, and a few other metals (TiO2, Al2O3, MgO). The sand plant equipment length of the deposit was over a mile, so ...

Nov. 27, 2011

Oil Recycling - Case Study

The problem: Waste oil recycling contributes very much to climate protection through (CO2) energy saving. Compared to the production of base oil the re-refining of waste oil uses 34 % less resources. In the sixties the German government was subsidising the re-refining of waste oil. Because of that the use of waste oil as a fuel was neglected. The used oil re-refining is the ...

May 16, 2017

By Dirk European Holdings LTD

The Many Uses of Recycled Rubber

ECO Green Equipment releases a review of the many different uses and after-market products utilizing recycled rubber. The Many Uses of Recycled Rubber If you think the best use of rubber is for your car tires, then think again! Secondary rubber products are used in many everyday products and places. You might be surprised to learn about the different industries using ...

Jan. 7, 2013

By ECO Green Equipment

Is it time to recycle more nickel?

Now you might think me a little sad, but I have to confess that as a metallurgist, I always find it interesting just how closely the history of mankind is linked to advances in metal working. The first evidence of metal working in Europe dates from around 5500 BC with the extraction of copper, lead and precious metals and this was followed by the working of bronze from around 4000 BC, both of ...

Oct. 21, 2016

By Tetronics (International) Limited

New Recycling Era for NYC

Untitled Document New 20-year contract between the city and large-scale recycler ...

Oct. 1, 2004

By BioCycle Magazine

New ways for Metal Recycling

REWAVE XRF 3-way-sorting in innovative “Free-Fall”-design Recycling of metal and aluminium knows no limits because it can be remelted as scrap indefinitely. Metals, however have to be separated from non-metallic impurities, and different metals have to be sorted in pure fractions to be used as secondary raw materials substituting primary resources. Especially when it ...

Feb. 2, 2017

By REDWAVE a division of BT-Wolfgang Binder

How an Industrial Trash Compactor Contribute in Recycling Process

Trash compactors are rather popular among those who are interested in recycling. There are personal trash compactors that can be used in individual households, and there are industrial trash compactors. An industrial trash compactor is used extensively at recycling plants. They are essential for handling the large quantities of scrap metal that comes for processing on a daily basis. Why do ...

Jul. 1, 2014

By Northern California Compactors, Inc

Eldan Recycling introduces a system for processing of mining tyres

The Eldan Recycling mining tyre recycling system can turn the huge waste mining tyres into reusable rubber granulate, powder and clean steel wire… Eldan Recycling delivered and installed its first complete tyre recycling plant back in 1991 and has since then developed and optimised the process to obtain the best possible purity of the rubber granulate. Over 200 complete systems and ...

Jan. 7, 2012

By Eldan Recycling A/S

Encouraging sustainable recycling behavior through financial incentives

PERSONAL habits and behaviors can be significant obstructions to sustainable activities, where a perceived hassle limits participation. This is the focus of Dr. Doug McKenzie-Mohr's increasingly popular scheme of Community-Based Social Marketing (CBSM), where these barriers are identified and broken down on the local level to increase involvement. According to Dr. McKenzie-Mohr's Quick Reference ...

Dec. 1, 2007

By BioCycle Magazine

Big Apple goes big on organics recycling

NYC Will Have Largest Organic Waste Curbside Collection Program in Nation “DSNY’s Expansion of Food Scraps and Yard Waste Collection in Queens Makes Program Available to More Than 961,000 Residents” So read the headline of a November 14 press release from the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) that announced DSNY’s expansion of food scraps ...

Jan. 1, 2017

By BioCycle Magazine

Recycling; Segregation of Waste; Use of Recycled Products; Energy Conservation: Flinders Medical Centre

Background Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) initiated the Healthy Environment Project in December 1991 with the aim of minimising waste and exploring other environmental initiatives. FMC is a public teaching hospital in the southern suburbs of Adelaide, with 500 beds and 3,000 staff. Over the past two decades, hospitals have increasingly sought to minimise the risk of ...

Aug. 1, 1995

More circular economy: How end-of-life vehicle recycling can be improved

The circular economy package adopted by the European Commission contains numerous measures aimed at promoting resource efficiency and recycling in the EU. Industry representatives are convinced that the recycling of end-of-life vehicles will also benefit from the package. "The measures planned by the European Commission in the field of design and innovation for the circular economy will ...

Mar. 16, 2016

By International Congress & Marketing (ICM AG)

How many gallons of fuel are produced in each batch of 10 tones pyrolysis plant?

How many gallons of fuel are produced in each batch of 10 tones pyrolysis plant? Used tires, scrap tires Big truck tires 45%-- 50% Car tires 40% Bicycles and motorcycles tires 30%--35% fuel oil from waste tire are used in below industries A.power plant factory B.glass factory ...

Feb. 19, 2013

By Ruixin Environmental Specialty Equipment Manufacturing Co.,Ltd. (RESEM)

How many gallons of fuel are produced in each batch of 10 tones pyrolysis plant?

How many gallons of fuel are produced in each batch of 10 tones pyrolysis plant? Used tires, scrap tires Big truck tires 45%-- 50% Car tires 40% Bicycles and motorcycles tires 30%--35% fuel oil from waste tire are used in below industries ...

Feb. 26, 2013

Implementation of the Waste Minimisation Hierarchy - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Television Victoria Pty Ltd

The three R’s - reduce, reuse and recycle - was the battlecry used by the Ballarat-based Television Victoria in its fight against waste. Through simple but effective waste minimisation measures, the company achieved its goal of reducing waste production by 50% within only four months, two months ahead of time. The company has shown that while recycling is the most commonly used method of ...

Dec. 1, 1998

Ban the Bulb: Worldwide Shift from Incandescents to Compact Fluorescents Could Close 270 Coal-Fired Power Plants

BAN THE BULB: Worldwide Shift from Incandescents to Compact Fluorescents Could Close 270 Coal-Fired Power PlantsOn February 20, 2007, Australia announced it would phase out the sale of inefficient incandescent light bulbs by 2010, replacing them with highly efficient compact fluorescent bulbs that use one fourth as much electricity. If the rest of the world joins Australia in this simple step to ...

Jun. 28, 2007

By Earth Policy Institute

Subscribe to our eBulletins

Add Supplier Profile