Ecology News
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Spain’s TNU Promotes Retreading
Spain’s TNU asks; “Did you know that the energy savings of the retreaded tyres of a truck would supply energy to 482 homes for 1 day?” Retreading is a process by which a used tyre is given a new useful life by replacing the original tread with a new one. Among the advantages of this process are ecological and economic savings: savings in oil consumption, savings in water ...
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Veolia launches an unprecedented program to boost wastewater reuse in France
The initiative aims to develop wastewater reuse at all compatible sewage treatment plants operated by Veolia by installing compact wastewater recycling units. This pioneering circular economy approach will help to scale-up wastewater reuse technology in France. With around 100 plants targeted, the initiative could save around 3 million cubic meters of drinking water, equivalent to the average ...
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Remote Monitoring as an enabler of financing options
Remote monitoring is used in solar and drinking water systems to ensure their sustainability. Through easy to install plug-and-play boxes, EcoPhi has found a way to enable permanent system monitoring and efficiency control of such plants. Often the benefits of monitoring on a financial level are underestimated and without a proper monitoring and control system, some projects would not be ...
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EScIS is excited to share that KaizenLAB now integrates with ESdat Environmental Data Management Software!
With a staff of over 55 in Canada and Environmental Laboratories in Trinidad and Guyana, KaizenLAB's main labs are in Calgary and Edmonton."As Albertans, we understand our province's relationship with the oil and gas industry. It has supported many businesses in the world of natural resources. Like all industries, oil and gas have been impacted by the ebbs and flows of an ever-changing economy, ...
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Stantec wins Program Management Consultant for Metro Vancouver`s Wastewater Treatment Plant plan
Stantec, a global leader in sustainable design and engineering, has been selected as the Program Management Consultant (PMC) for the Iona Island Wastewater Treatment Plant (IIWWTP) Projects in Vancouver, British Columbia. The $9.9 billion (CAD) multi-year program includes construction of a new tertiary treatment facility and a range of ecological restoration and off-site works projects ...
By Stantec
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Submersible Hydraulic Dredge Pump
Submersible Dredging pumps are crucial for the dredging operations in develop and maintain harbors networks, keep or improve navigability of water-ways, restore dams capacity, construction of damps and ports, recover valuable mineral deposits, contaminants remediation, installation of off-shore platforms, fast reaction in civil emergencies, among others… all of them are essential ...
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Great Things Comes in Small Packages: A Great Little Laser System
Recently PerfoTec integrated a PerfoTec Laser Perforation system on a manual film rewinder. This was the smallest installation in the history of PerfoTec. First things first: Research PerfoTec and the University of Foggia and, in particular, the Research group on Postharvest technology of Prof. Giancarlo Colelli and Prof. Maria Luisa Amodio (Dept of Agricultural Sciences, Food, Natural ...
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THE RIGHT WAY
Managing and procuring materials in the construction industry is rapidly becoming a concern, due to material shortages and rising costs. For example, let’s talk about asphalt: how many miles of new roads are being built, how many new projects need to be financed, and how many roads are under maintenance? Suffice to say, the European’s road network has a total length of 86,992 miles ...
By MB Crusher
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Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) & Wiser: A Quick Guide
To help water companies around the UK improve the environment, reduce flood risks, comply with legal requirements and build resilience for both the environment and customers, the Environment Agency and Natural England have published a series of water industry strategic environmental requirements – or WISER. The document sets out the issues and opportunities that suppliers should take into ...
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Water Quality Testing in Puerto Rico from Public and Private Sources for Arsenic, Lead and Other Contaminants
In 2017, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) released a report claiming that “Puerto Rico suffers the worst rate of drinking water violations of any state or territory in the nation.” The report declared that more than 3 million people on the islands were served by water systems with violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act. Violations of the Arsenic Rule were included in ...
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Wild Wiske Revival Project to Improve Water Quality
A three-year £230,000 project in North Yorkshire has been underway to help drive improvements in the water quality of a local river near Northallerton, carried out between the Environment Agency and the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. The Wild Wiske Revival: Clean and Green project includes enhancements such as reduced pollution, new wetland habitat and a restored river bank, with the focus on ...
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Saint-Gobain installs gypsum recycling technology at Arkansas plant
Building materials manufacturer Saint-Gobain, with North American headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania, through its building products subsidiary, CertainTeed LLC, Malvern, has installed recycling technology at its gypsum wallboard plant in Nashville, Arkansas. According to a news release by Saint-Gobain, the technology will allow the plant to recycle 65,000 tons of materials annually ...
By Saint-Gobain
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Tyres to Roads in Alabama
The repaving at Lake Guntersville State Park was paid for in part by an $829,080 grant from ADEM to Alabama State Parks. Officials with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Alabama Department of Environmental Management recently showed off newly resurfaced roads and parking areas at Lake Guntersville State Park paved with asphalt made from scrap tyres. Enjoy the ...
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Clarke Energy to Demonstrate Carbon Negative Carbon Capture System at Severn Trent Water after Winning Ofwat’s “Water Breakthrough Challenge”
Clarke Energy part of consortium including Severn Trent, CCM, Brunel University, United Utilities Southern Water and Scottish Water that win Ofwat’s “Water Breakthrough Challenge”. The consortium’s winning bid will support the demonstration of an innovative carbon capture and conversion system at Severn Trent wastewater treatment site in England. The demonstration ...
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CERC launches MAQS-Health coupled air quality modelling system
This ambitious SPF Clean Air project, led by CERC, has developed a new world-leading coupled air quality modelling system spanning national to urban street scales and accounting for physical and chemical processes at all relevant scales: from thousands of kilometres to metres, and from seconds to days or weeks. We launched the system on 24th March at an online workshop with 50 stakeholders from ...
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Efficient recycling of paper waste
The recycling of waste paper and paper waste is of great economic and ecological importance. The more paper is recycled, the less wood has to be felled. With our shredders, we make a major contribution to the economic shredding of paper and cardboard. This also includes paper rolls as in our most recent customer example. The recycling of waste paper and paper waste is of great economic and ...
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The observation Seminar on sewage sludge treatment of Guiyang urban buried domestic sewage plant was successfully concluded
In response to the national green development strategy and promote the green upgrading of environmental protection industry, Guangzhou SHINCCI Energy Equipment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as SHINCCI energy) was jointly sponsored by the water supply, drainage and ecological environment branch of Guangdong engineering survey and Design Industry Association and Guizhou architectural design ...
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IoT integration with maintenance system: Siveco China and Schaeffler join forces to release Industry 4.0 solutions
Siveco China and Schaeffler's Industry 4.0 team established a partnership in China in early 2020. At the time, Siveco China hoped to expand its Smart O&M ecological system to help clients optimize the lifecycle of their assets and ensure regulatory compliance using IT. Schaeffler, on the other hand, was actively shaping digital transformation and the connection of components and systems to ...
By Siveco China
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AIS Barrier Installed to Control Water Hyacinth
Oil Stop manufactured, delivered, and AMPOL installed, its AIS (Aquatic Invasive Species) Barrier for a private hunting and fishing club in South Louisiana. In late spring and summer, the water hyacinth would accumulate so thick in their canal that it was sometimes impossible to operate their ...
By AMPOL
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Bernhard Doll Joins as Chief Commercial Officer
Gutermann is pleased to announce that, effective 14th of March 2022, Bernhard Doll has joined Gutermann as Chief Commercial Officer, to lead the company into the next stage of growth and expansion in close concert with the CEO and the senior executive team, coordinating the overall global commercial strategy. With a background in Applied Sciences and Arts, Bernhard Doll has ...
By Gutermann AG
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