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Sustainable engineering management: end-of-life vehicles with recovery in mind
Growth sustainability requires to lower pollution and raw materials consumption. The paper deals with car end-of-life recovery (reuse, recycle) regulation as new business issue, and outlines modelling and simulation paths, to assess problems in reverse logistics for items collection and process data management. The backward flow (from exhausted items, to useful provisions) is fostered to lower ...
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Approaches to sustainable manufacturing
Topics on sustainable manufacturing, use, environmentally friendly treatment and resource recovery are currently very important issues for governments and industries worldwide. Environmental regulations for technical products currently focus on recycling ratios and prohibition of toxic materials. The concept of creating more use-productivity with less resource consumption has considerable ...
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GMS aims for responsible vessel trading with India
Global Marketing Solutions (GMS) functions at the heart of a recycling trade in which guidelines and legislation are either very young or still under construction. The US-based company is one of the largest players in the field of trading vessels with India. ‘Normally the owner doesn’t care about the environment, so we have to do it,’ says founder Anil ...
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Admirable frankness garnished with analogy and metaphor
For the last two years, the Chinese scrap industry has been anticipating the release of several pieces of landmark legislation that will not only regulate the industry, but potentially expand it. Of these, none is more important that the Recycling Economy law that has been rumoured and explored since the advent of China’s current Five Year Plan. Thus, when 550 delegates (140 of whom were ...
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Legal Lookout: Redefining solid waste
Some hazardous secondary materials excluded from EPA's revised definition under RCRA. The definition of solid waste has long been the subject of controversy. At the heart of the debate is what constitutes 'discard,' versus legitimate recycle or reuse such that RCRA regulation should not apply. This question has been especially vexing for secondary materials, including spent materials, listed ...
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Status quo of e-waste management in mainland China
In China, the use and obsolescence of both electronic and electrical equipment have increased rapidly in recent years. China has also begun to take measures to cope with this problem since it began experiencing a rapid process of industrialization and urbanization in the 1990s. In this paper, the profile of the electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) problem in China is depicted from such ...
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Baling machines increasingly becoming an important part of industry
Baling machines have taken on an increased role as the business world moves towards a more environmentally-friendly way of doing things, and “recycling” becomes the norm. In short, materials that were once waste in decades past are now reusable. In addition to such, recyclable materials carry a definitive dollar value, making the efficient handling of these materials increasingly important. ...
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Automotive recycling - an American success story
In this article, leading automotive recycling consultant Richard T.Paul investigates the current status of car recycling in the USA, along with recent developments and emerging trends affecting the sector. He dwells in particular on the collection of mercury switches from end-of-life vehicles, proposed national legislation to retire vehicleidentification numbers, and the Automobile Recyclers ...
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Blazing the plastics recycling trail
In the past year, MBA Polymers has opened two facilities showcasing its high-tech recycling process for plastics from end-of-life durable goods. Those plants, in China and Austria, are just the beginning for this plastics recycling pioneer; over the next two years, the company is hoping to announce at least one additional facility in Europe as well as the development of another operation in Asia. ...
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The adoption of the Australian Water Recycling Guidelines by regulators with specific reference to treatment validation requirements
Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Managing Health and Environmental Risks (Phase 1) (AGWR) were published in 2006 and present a risk management framework. A major component is the validation of a treatment process for log removal of microorganisms. A National Water Commission (NWC) Fellowship looked at the adoption of the AGRW and the validation requirements of the individual ...
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China: pushing towards centralised scrap procurement
While also covering non-ferrous metals, the China International Metal Recycling Forum is geared primarily towards the ferrous side of the trade, with this year’s event producing calls from high-profile speakers to press ahead with centralised ferrous scrap procurement. The Forum also heard that the country’s long-awaited national recycling and conservation law is likely to come into effect by the ...
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What are those numbers on plastic packages? And what do they recycle into?
The resin identification codes on packaging tell you what kind of plastic it is. Please remember that you still need to check your local recycling rules to see which types are accepted for recycling in your local area. The resin code is not a "recyclable" symbol. Resin codes also help plastic reclaimers know what is coming into their recycling facility. Reclaimers are the people at the heart ...
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Ecodesign of multilateral recycling systems in Asia
The maintenance of lawful domestic recycling systems is essential. Therefore, it must be recognised that there are many products leaking out of lawful systems. However, the actual condition of leaked products has not been identified (invisible flow). For achieving ecodesign of multilateral recycling systems in Asia, it is necessary to clarify the condition of the invisible flow. We tried to ...
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Resource use and pollutant emissions due to ship recycling in India
The Alang shipbreaking yards in India recycle almost half of all end-oflife ships worldwide. The major activity at the yards is plate-cutting, used to recover steel from ships. This process consumes nearly 29 kg of oxygen and 7 kg of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and emits almost 22 kg of CO2 per 1 km-long cut with a 1 mm depth. This study reveals the carbon footprint and resources consumed in ...
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Environmental tax reform in Europe: implications for income distribution
Key messages - Although ETRs tend to improve incomes across society, they can have mild regressive impacts in that richer households gain more than poorer ones. - Care is needed to design ETRs in ways that ensure that certain groups are able to benefit equally. - ETR's overall benefits for the economy, environment and society are potentially significant. - ETR should therefore be regarded ...
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What to ask before purchasing Recycling Software
David Haber, President of cieTrade Systems Inc., reviews several worthwhile questions for recyclers to ask when they shop for software. Faced with competitive markets, volume and quality demands and new shipping regulations, recyclers of recovered fiber and other materials increasingly appreciate the value of operating with specialized business software. These systems are designed to handle ...
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Canada Begins Mandatory Survey with Respect to Certain Nanomaterials in Canadian Commerce
The July 25, 2015, Canada Gazette includes a notice announcing that the Minister of the Environment requires, for the purpose of assessing whether the substances described in the notice are toxic or are capable of becoming toxic, or for the purpose of assessing whether to control, or the manner in which to control the listed substances, any person described in the notice who possesses or who may ...
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Finding The Right Tyre Recycling Machine Price
Are you currently looking for a high-grade tyre recycling machine? With so many options, you are going to realize how challenging it may be on the long term. A lot of people assume it's going to be a hopeless find but that's untrue at all. Look at the different choices and be sure to check the values. Get a tire recycling plant for sale now. Here are the tips an organization can center on after ...
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Portable PMI Instruments
Positive material identification (PMI) is a powerful methodology for assuring that manufacturing companies operate with greater profit, more efficiency, and the highest possible leveis of safety. The requirement for PMI of alloy materials in refinery systems and petrochemical plant operations has grown dramatically from the late 1970s when it was a rarity, to nearly 100% PMI in today’s risk-based ...
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Dairy feeds Biogas plant with whey - Case study
Fluence added anaerobic digestion to the existing WWTP at an Italian dairy farm – without halting production. Our highly innovative and technologically advanced waste-to-energy solutions provide great opportunities for dairy farms to maintain sustainable businesses. Because biogas plants use biodegradable wastes as feedstock for anaerobic digestion, companies can save money while meeting ...
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