waste collection site Articles
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Waste management in a tropical forest - Case Study
Waste Challenge: A mine under construction in a lush tropical forest has operations that are spread over a large distance from the port to the mine. Incoming supplies, and thousands of construction workers living and working on-site, generate significant amounts of waste. Location: Central American Country ECO Solution: Two Eco Waste Oxidizers were supplied to manage the waste. The systems are ...
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Improvement in recycling rates case study
Client: Kudos International Location: The Brighton Centre, Brighton Date: Ongoing Sector: Leisure About the Project: The Brighton Centre is a world renowned Conference and Concert Venue and hosts high profile events such as Political Party Conferences, Indoor Sporting Events and large music concerts. GPT were asked to review the waste provision at the site following continual issues with ...
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Waste Collection and Management Vehicles
Procompactor – Waste Collection and Management Vehicles Waste management is a critical aspect of modern society, and it is essential to have efficient and effective waste collection vehicles to maintain a clean and healthy environment. This article will discuss the importance of waste collection and management vehicles and the role they play in the proper disposal of waste. Waste ...
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Bioremediation Projects - Yukon - Case Study
Using OIL GATOR® a recycled waste product, an environmentally safe and cheap alternative on today's bioremediation market, SEEWOLF Enterprises Ltd. has worked on various projects in the ...
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Challenges and chances for organic waste management in Australia
As in many other countries, waste management in Australia was seen as little more than providing adequate waste collection services and landfill disposal sites until recently. Waste was not seen as a problem, prompting waste generation rates per capita to reach a very high level . Understandably so, since a mere 18 million Australians occupy a vast land area with seemingly abundant space for ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Challenges and chances for organic waste Management in Australia
As in many other countries, waste management in Australia was seen as little more than providing adequate waste collection services and landfill disposal sites until recently. Waste was not seen as a problem, prompting waste generation rates per capita to reach a very high level. Understandably so, since a mere 18 million Australians occupy a vast land area with seemingly abundant space for ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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A unique insight into waste management at remote locations
We have just discovered a fantastic article online detailing the ongoing issues with dealing with waste produced on remote islands. As we have been sharing the ongoing development of our G250 high capacity incineration plant for the Ascension Islands which is now installed and operational. This article details the issues on St Helena and the neighbouring, yet still many miles away Ascension ...
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Analysis of leachates from solid waste dumpsites: a tool for predicting the quality of composts derived from landfills
Leachate and soil samples were collected near five solid waste dump sites in the Accra metropolitan area of Ghana over a period of six months. The leachate samples were analysed for heavy metals, coliform bacteria and helminth eggs while the soil samples were analysed for only helminth eggs. Heavy metals analysed included Cd, Pb, Zn, Mn, and Cu. It has been observed that the leachates contain ...
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City of Dallas, TX sanitation services: improving its programs one step at a time
With a “can-do” attitude and a city slogan of “Live Large, Think Big™, the City of Dallas, TX has had a rich history of implementing innovative business strategies and building its reputation in leadership and progress. And it’s no different with its Sanitation Services Department. The recycling program was established in the early 1990s when the City of Dallas hired ...
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Evaluation of geomembrane, amended soil and composite liner system as lining materials for chromium decontamination in landfill site
A comprehensive laboratory and field–scale study was performed to explore the efficacies of geomembrane, amended soil liner material and composite liner packs for using as containment liner systems for attenuating chromium transport emanating from a chrome laden solid waste disposal site. Soil samples were collected from the site and were admixed with different amended materials, such as rice ...
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Setting up a UK-wide collection scheme for post-use vinyl flooring case study
Challenge: Manufacturers developed technology to recycle vinyl flooring material but needed a sustainable and cost effective recycling scheme to collect small volumes of material from a large geographical area High purity waste stream required to enable successful recycling Aim to remove the material from the general waste stream and avoid landfill Axion Solution: Work with Altro and ...
By Axion Group
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Biogen food waste anaerobic digestion plant, St Asaph - Case Study
Biogen provides an integrated food waste management solution for supermarkets, caterers, pubs, hotels, food manufacturers and local authorities across the UK. Biogen’s plant at Waen, St Asaph in Wales processes waste from a variety of county’s such as Conwy, Swansea, Denbighshire and Flintshire. The anaerobic digestion (AD) plant processes 22,500 tonnes of food waste per year which ...
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Reducing and recycling plasterboard waste on a site where space is a constraint
Developments in major city centres can often have space constraints, which limit the space available for material delivery, on site construction and waste collection. Due to the location there can also be increased demands forefficient transportation of materials and waste. Early consideration of plasterboard waste prevention, minimisation and management can contribute to efficient site ...
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Thyroid endocrine dysregulation and erythrocyte DNA damage associated with PBDE exposure in juvenile crucian carp collected from an e‐waste dismantling site in Zhejiang Province, China
In the present study, 40 juvenile crucian carp (Carassius auratus) were caught from a river close to an electronic waste (e‐waste) site (exposed group) and another located 80 km away from the e‐waste site (control group) in Zhejiang, China. Results indicated that muscle levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (median PBDEs, 235.98 ng/g wet wt; range, 7.70–703.31 ng/g wet wt), serum levels of ...
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