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End of life-tyres - waste or valuable resource?
According to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s (WBCSD) Tire Industry Project (TIP), the world is projected to generate approximately one billion end of life-tyres each year. Though as they are, end of life-tyre waste poses a challenge in our strive for a circular economy and away from landfills. But there are many ways in which tyres can be reused or recycled. ...
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Cost-Efficiency of Packaging Recovery Systems: The Case of France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
Context and Objective of the Study In the last years, the European Community has launched a number of initiatives aimed at increasing recycling and recovery of certain waste streams. Among these, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (94/62/EC) had to be implemented into national law by 30 June 1996. In spite of delays in several countries, legislation is now in place in all Member States ...
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Reduce Plastic Waste
Introduction In the hindsight, humanity got all the wishes granted when the process of transforming brown putrid slime into revolution i.e., plastic was discovered. Being inexpensive, germ-free, and expedient, plastic changed lives. But this sensation of chemistry got a little out of control as it has drenched the environment; it has penetrated the animals’ on which humans are dependent ...
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Introduction Pack - Case Study
PROBLEM How is it possible to optimise the temperature of washwater used for cooling and removing trace contaminants from fibres during the final stages of rayon manufacture? A robust method for heating acidified recycled washwater was required. Direct steam injection into cold fluids in an empty pipe is thermally efficient, but results in other serious problems associated with vibration, noise ...
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Mechanical treatment of automobile shredder residue for its application as a fuel
Enforcement of the Automobile Recycling Law in Japan requires utilization of automobile shredder residue (ASR). However, the high contents of copper (~5%) and chlorine (~1%) in ASR stand in the way of practical application. We studied methods for the removal of copper and chlorine from ASR so that it could be utilized as a fuel. By compression of the ASR for solidification with an extruder, the ...
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Environmental impact of recycling metals from ships: a life cycle assessment
New research has examined three different categories of Ecological Risk Assessment (ERA), each with different goals. The researchers find that overlaps between the three assessments could be combined to create a more comprehensive form of ERA, usable by regulators and environmental decision makers. Life cycle assessment (LCA) can measure the environmental impact of the different stages of a ...
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June 2005 - Regulatory Update
The Onyx Environmental Services - Environmental, Health, Safety, and Transportation department is pleased to present the Monthly Regulatory Update. The update contains a brief summary of the proposed and final rules from EPA, OSHA, and DOT published in the Federal Register in the past calendar month. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the Monthly Regulatory Updates, ...
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Pre-shredders from Erdwich reduce up to eight tonnes of electrical and electronic scrap per hour using two drives, each with a power of 40,000 Nm
The handling of electrical appliances has changed drastically over the past 20 years: Nowadays, a defect appliance is replaced rather than repaired. According to United Nations' estimates, 40 million tonnes of electrical and electronic scrap is produced per year worldwide, which will be doubled by 2025. Valuable resources such as steel, nonferrous metals, plastic materials etc. can be recovered ...
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Discovering The Right Tyre Recycling Machine Price
Are you currently trying to find a high-grade tyre recycling machine? Considering the variety of options, you might realize how challenging it may be within the long-term. The majority of people assume it's going to be an impossible find but that's incorrect by any means. Then get most fair tyre recycling plant price. Check out the different alternatives and be sure to evaluate the values. ...
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Pre-shredders from Erdwich reduce efficient Electronic-scrap
The handling of electrical appliances has changed drastically over the past 20 years: Nowadays, a defect appliance is replaced rather than repaired. According to United Nations' estimates, 40 million tonnes of electrical and electronic scrap is produced per year worldwide, which will be doubled by 2025. Valuable resources such as steel, nonferrous metals, plastic materials etc. can be recovered ...
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VSEP helps meet discharge guidelines, recycles water and improves mine economics
Since their development as lab filters in the early 1960s, polymeric membranes have grown in the number of uses at exponential rates. Membrane architecture and process design itself has undergone significant advancement. A unique membrane filtration system, known as V✧SEP (Vibratory Shear Enhanced Process), was developed by New Logic of Emeryville California. The technology employs ...
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10 things you need to know about the circular economy
10 things you need to know about the circular economy A working circular economy could be a practical solution to the planet’s emerging resource problems. Here’s 10 facts you should know. 1. Why do we need one? The circular economy is touted as a practical solution to the planet’s emerging resource crunch. Reserves of key resources such as rare earth metals and minerals are ...
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Continuous process industries - Direct steam injection / heating - Case Study
PROBLEM How is it possible to optimise the temperature of washwater used for cooling and removing trace contaminants from fibres during the final stages of rayon manufacture? A robust method for heating acidified recycled washwater was required. Direct steam injection into cold fluids in an empty pipe is thermally efficient, but results in other serious problems associated with vibration, noise ...
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Membrane process treatment for greywater recycling: investigations on direct tubular nanofiltration
On-site greywater recycling and reuse is one of the main ways to reduce potable water requirement in urban areas. Direct membrane filtration is a promising technology to recycle greywater on-site. This study aimed at selecting a tubular nanofiltration (NF) membrane and its operating conditions in order to treat and reuse greywater in buildings. To do so, a synthetic greywater (SGW) was ...
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Frac Water Management: Shale Water Expo 2014
We just got back from the recent Shale Water Expo in Houston. This was the first conference and exhibition in the United States to focus on the natural gas drilling industry’s biggest issue: water. Water management is on everybody’s mind these days. Water, the high-cost, high-volume component in hydraulic fracturing, is more than just an operating expense. It has become an item of ...
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What`s the role of geomembrane in a landfill?
Geomembrane is a very low permeability synthetic membrane liner or barrier used with any geotechnical engineering-related material so on control fluid (or gas) migration in a human-made project, structure, or system. Geomembranes are often included as part of the engineered barrier system for modern landfills (Rowe, 2001). As defined in ASTM D4439-00, a geomembrane is ‘‘an ...
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How NYC Residential Buildings Recycle Cardboard
DSNY Recycling Guidelines The Department of Sanitation for New York City has recycling laws that are different for individual residents and residential buildings with four or more residential units. For those larger buildings, recycling cardboard can be a time consuming and difficult task. Building superintendents must provide recycling areas within the building that are accessible to ...
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Chairman of the Environment Agency officially opens RDC’s recycling services centre
The Chairman of the Environment Agency Lord Chris Smith, yesterday visited RDC, Computacenter’s IT Recovery and Recycling arm based in Witham, Essex, to officially open their innovative Recycling Services Centre. RDC leads the European market in the field of IT Asset Recovery and The Environment Agency is one of RDC’s long standing customers; since 1999 RDC has recovered 100% of the Environment ...
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Risk-based planning for water recycling in an Australian context
Australia has seen an unprecedented proliferation in large scale water recycling schemes since the late 1990s. This has been driven by a recent decade of drought, policies to encourage water efficiency in new homes and buildings in urban areas, and to reduce pressure on rain-fed water supplies by replacement with alternate water sources in rural areas. Underpinning these drivers are principles ...
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EPA Issues Proposed Revisions to Definition of Solid Waste
The definition of “solid waste” under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is unquestionably one of the most difficult environmental concepts to get one's head around. Even after 27 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is still tinkering with revisions to the definition to better define the types of recycling activities that fall within the scope of the ...
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