waste gas emissions Articles
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Sustainable Events: Reducing Footprint and Increasing Positive Impacts
When was the last time you attended a live event? Most probably, the recent business conference, job fair, festival or summit you attended was digital. Although virtual events are becoming more attractive, a lot of participants miss the personal interaction and the traditional exchange of business cards. During the last decade, the event industry has undergone some profound changes, and one of ...
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Biomethanation of solid wastes: analysis of case studies
Management of the organic fraction of urban solid waste using anaerobic procedures will contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and using biogas, which is a carbon neutral energy, to generate electrical energy will eventually help in reducing the combustion of fossil fuel. Energy recovery in the form of biogas from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generated in three different ...
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Envision 2050: The Future of Transportation
What will transportation be like in 2050? Will we all be stuck in one giant traffic jam? Flying to our appointments in personal airborne delivery systems? Teleporting ourselves and our stuff around? Or not going anywhere at all? In large part, the answers to these questions will depend on how we answer two other questions today: What would we like it to be like? And what would it take to get it ...
By Ensia
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Sustainability Metrics Offer a Level Playing Field for Data Centers
I am one of those people who live and breathe innovation, and, in my spare time, I sometimes (okay, very often) watch American football, so this is my favorite time of year. During a recent game, I listened to the announcer talk of a level playing field and it got me thinking about data center sustainability. In football, the scoring tells the winning team from the losing team – six points ...
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ESG Reporting Frameworks: Prioritizing Water Challenges for Sustainable Business
When companies and their consultants oversee an ESG reporting framework, the main focus is clearly to positively influence environmental, social, and governance factors. Each category within these ESG programs have multiple metrics that organizations must track. Common ESG metrics for the environmental category are greenhouse gas emissions and waste management. For the social category, ...
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Greenhouse gas emissions from waste management-assessment of quantification methods
Of the many sources of urban greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, solid waste is the only one for which management decisions are undertaken primarily by municipal governments themselves and is hence often the largest component of cities’ corporate inventories. It is essential that decision-makers select an appropriate quantification methodology and have an appreciation of methodological ...
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Methodology for the assessment of the greenhouse gas impact of wastewater sludge treatment
Nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) emissions from the wastewater sector represent the second largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the waste sector. A protocol has been developed to measure GHG from sewage sludge treatment. GHG measurements were performed on two industrial sewage sludge composting plants. Measurement campaigns showed GHG emissions range between 0.18 to 3.40 ...
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Advantages of Pyrolysis Technology for Waste Plastic Recycling
Pyrolysis, a revolutionary technology in waste management, holds the promise of transforming the environmental landscape by offering an efficient and sustainable solution to plastic waste. By employing high temperatures in an oxygen-starved environment, pyrolysis breaks down plastic materials into valuable resources, presenting numerous advantages in waste plastic recycling. Introduction to ...
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Huckabay Ridge
Location: Stephenville, TX Online date: November 2006 Acquisition Date: November 2010 In 2010 Element Markets acquired the largest anaerobic digestion facility in North America through its wholly owned subsidiary EM Biogas. The Huckabay Ridge Anaerobic Digestion Project, located in a large dairy community in Stephenville, Texas, turns manure and substrate (glycerin, grease trap and other organic ...
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What Use to Turn Limestone into Treasure? Ultrafine Grinding Mill Is Indispensable
In recent years, limestone and slag micropowder are used to provide concrete raw materials for cement enterprises. Or use construction waste, coal gangue, limestone, slag, slag and other waste materials for processing and utilization, production of insulation materials and interior and exterior wall panels, the benefits are very good. The traditional mill has only the function of grinding and ...
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Food Waste Statistics, The Reality Of Food Waste
Food Waste Statistics, The Reality Of Food Waste in America With the advent of social media, social and consumer awareness about food waste is at an all-time high. One topic that’s been extensively covered, and for good reason, is the food waste epidemic in the U.S. Newsfeeds are full of videos of eco-conscious consumers showing the carelessness with which food waste is handled, and the ...
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Recycling of Crude Oil Contaminated Soil: Pyrolysis
The recycling of crude oil contaminated soil presents a formidable challenge in the realm of environmental remediation. Traditional methods often fall short in addressing the complex matrix of hydrocarbons and pollutants embedded within the soil matrix. However, pyrolysis emerges as a promising technology, offering a sustainable and efficient approach to soil remediation and resource recovery. ...
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ESG – A Brief History Of Its Development – Part 2
In our previous blog titled “ESG – a brief history of its development – Part 1”, we referred to The Triple Bottomline concept, a framework that balances a company’s social, environmental and economic impacts. Its underlying purpose was to help transform a financial accounting-focused business system to a more comprehensive approach in measuring ...
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Food waste prevention roadmap factors in water savings
Food waste is a critical problem affecting business, communities, the environment and water scarcity worldwide, but the problem is particularly acute in the United States, according to a report from ReFED. ReFED is a group of businesses, nonprofits, foundations, and government leaders committed to reducing food waste. It was formed in early 2015 to create a Roadmap to Reduce U.S. Food Waste, the ...
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3 Things To Think About Before Buying Your Thanksgiving Turkey
Thanksgiving is time for celebration of family, football, and friends, sandwiched between platters of turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. But when you head out to pick up those last minute ingredients for your Thanksgiving feast, you may want to consider just how much food won’t get eaten at your table. Recent analysis from the World Resources Institute finds that nearly one-quarter of all ...
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How to tap the energy savings in greywater
Many operators of offices, hospitals, hotels, large condos, and other buildings are aware of the need to save money and reduce their environmental impact, through better water management. The result has been the growth of ways to reduce water consumption, ranging from low-flow show-crheads to landscaping that requires minimal watering. Building operators are also aware of a similar need to ...
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When companies track their climate emissions
Voluntary greenhouse gas accounting has become common in the private sector, but is it helping? Ten years ago, as part of a sustainability initiative, Walmart decided to take a look at its greenhouse gas emissions. The retail giant not only tallied up the carbon footprint of its trucking fleet and supersize stores, it also set out to quantify the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the ...
By Ensia
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Managing a Better Environment: Opportunities and Obstacles for ISO 14001 in Public Policy and Commerce (Executive Summary)
Overview Environmental policy is in transition. Many observers believe that the existing regulatory system, though it has accomplished great improvements in environmental quality, is approaching the limits of its effective ness. Government regulators and policy analysts are seeking better ways to address the many issues, like non-point source pollution, that remain largely unregulated. Most ...
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Creating a Sustainable Food Future: Interim Findings - A menu of solutions to sustainably feed more than 9 billion people by 2050
The world’s agricultural system faces a great balancing act. To meet different human needs, by 2050 it must simultaneously produce far more food for a population expected to reach about 9.6 billion, provide economic opportunities for the hundreds of millions of rural poor who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, and reduce environmental impacts, including ecosystem degradation and ...
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