green waste News
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Waste prevention through eco-innovation in production and consumption
Eco-innovations which help prevent the production of waste are explored in a recent German study. It considers the drivers and barriers to the uptake of material efficiency measures in businesses, green procurement and product leasing schemes. The revised European Waste Framework Directive1 requires all EU Member States to establish waste prevention programmes by 12 December 2013, with the aim ...
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EPA Region 4 Announces Award Recipient of 2012 President`s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 announced today that it has selected Karly and Jeffrey Krasnow from Vero Beach, Florida as the 2012 PEYA recipient. Karly and Jeffrey were presented the PEYA award by EPA Acting Regional Administrator, A. Stanley Meiburg. The PEYA program promotes awareness of our nation’s natural resources and encourages positive community ...
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Presidio Trust Awarded Honorable Mention for U.S. EPA Resource Conservation Competition
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announces the Presidio Trust as its 2012 WasteWise “Federal Government Partner of the Year” Honorable Mention recipient. The Presidio Trust is recognized for its efforts to reduce and compost food waste, and recycle and reclaim demolition materials for use in new construction projects. “Presidio Trust’s efforts alone will ...
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Eco Waste Solutions receives `Technology Green 15` award
Eco Waste Solutions is pleased to announce that it has recently been awarded the prestigious Deloitte Technology Green 15(TM) Award, an award created in 2007 to showcase 15 Canadian companies that are leading the way to create major breakthroughs in the field of green technology. 'The Deloitte Technology Green 15(TM) Award recognizes those Canadian companies that offer solutions to global ...
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New biodegradable waste management plans proposed and evaluated
Researchers have designed and proposed a new organic waste management plan for Catalonia, Spain, and presented it in a recent study. They say that the plan would reduce a number of environmental impacts that arise from landfilling biodegradable waste, including natural resource depletion, acidification, and eutrophication. To reduce the negative environmental effects of landfilling and to ...
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New Earth wins West of England waste management contract
The West of England Partnership, which consists of four unitary authorities: Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City and North Somerset Councils, has selected New Earth Solutions as its preferred contractor to provide a service for reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill.The new contract, due to start in 2011, runs for five years, with a four year extension option ...
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Republic services celebrates the dedication of new single stream recycling system
Today Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG), a leading provider of recycling and solid waste collection services, welcomed more than 200 guests, including many elected representatives from throughout Southern California, to celebrate the dedication of its newly modernized Recycling Complex. The enhancements include a new Eco Center and one of the largest and most sophisticated single-stream sorting ...
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GM’s Lockport Plant Achieves Landfill-Free Status
SOURCE: General Motors DESCRIPTION:LOCKPORT, N.Y., Novmeber 29, 2012 /3BL Media/ - General Motors’ Components Holdings Lockport plant is the automaker’s 103rdfacility to achieve landfill-free status, reusing, recycling or converting to energy all waste from its daily operations. The site, which makes heating and air conditioning components and radiators for a variety of Chevrolet,Buick, GMC, ...
By 3BL Media
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Siemens government technologies` CEO speaks about greening the DOD in military logistics forum
From radar development during World War II to computer sci-ence and the creation of the Internet, DoD has always been at the cutting edge of technology research. Now, it is engaged in a massive energy innovation effort that already is promising revolutionary changes in the ways Americans will think about and consume energy in the years to come. This push to go "green" is far more than a nod to a ...
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EPA honors Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park as Federal Green Challenge winner
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park with the EPA’s Federal Green Challenge Regional Overall Achievement award as part of its efforts to encourage federal departments to reduce their environmental footprints through sustainable practices. Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, located on Hawai‘i Island is one of the most ...
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Your views can help make Europe become a recycling society
The European Commission wants to know whether you think the recycling targets in EU waste legislation need reviewing, and how. The results of the consultation will be used to help develop potential new legislation to prevent waste and boost re-use and recycling, as part of a wider review of waste policies in 2014. Citizens, businesses, NGOs, public authorities and other interested parties are ...
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Bollegraaf UK limited supplies world’s largest steam autoclave recycling facility
Lubo Systems has recently designed and manufactured the recycling sorting system at Graphite Resources Derwenthaugh Ecoparc. This project was awarded via their UK representatives Bollegraaf UK Ltd. Derwenthaugh Ecoparc is located in Newcastle in the North East of the UK and it will be the world’s largest steam autoclave recycling facility. The facility provides a unique solution for municipal and ...
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Harsco Metals Forms Strategic Alliance with Tetronics
Tetronics Ltd., a global leader in the supply of Direct Current (DC) plasma waste recovery plants for the treatment of hazardous waste and metal recovery, today announced that it has signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Harsco Metals Group Ltd, an established and well respected globally operating services company. Through this alliance Harsco will seek to extend their technical offering ...
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Bollegraaf UK Limited supplies world’s largest steam autoclave recycling facility
Lubo Systems has recently designed and manufactured the recycling sorting system at Graphite Resources Derwenthaugh Ecoparc. This project was awarded via their UK representatives Bollegraaf UK Ltd. Derwenthaugh Ecoparc is located in Newcastle in the North East of the UK and it will be the world’s largest steam autoclave recycling facility. The facility provides a unique solution for ...
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Iron Creek Group Wins Esteemed Award for Sustainable Technology that Remediates Petroleum-Impacted Soil
North American based Iron Creek Group cleans environmentally impacted sites using the contaminants to fuel the clean-up and restoration of the soil. Right now, their technology is the best solution to help the Navy quickly and efficiently clean up the petroleum-impacted land around the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage facility in Oahu, HI. The group was awarded an esteemed Canadian Brownfield Award ...
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Ecolab Ranked 26th among Newsweek`s Greenest Companies in America
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Ecolab Inc. announced today that it ranked 26th on Newsweek’s Greenest Companies in America. Ecolab moved up significantly from its rank on the 500-company list last year. This is the second year the magazine has conducted its sustainability assessment. “This is wonderful recognition of our company’s focus on sustainability in our operations, and in turn, ...
By Ecolab Inc.
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World`s Largest And Most Extensive Material Processing System Is Open For Business
MILPITAS, Calif., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG), today officially flipped the switch on the world's largest recycling operation, which can process up to 110 tons-per-hour of multiple waste streams, and sets a new standard for the recycling industry. The facility will process all of the commercial waste generated by businesses in San Jose, California. In ...
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Westchester county real estate firm signs agreement with EPA to enhance sustainable practices
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today signed an agreement with Reckson Real Estate, one of Westchester County’s largest commercial real estate owners, to reduce the environmental impacts of the buildings it manages. The company has agreed to improve energy and water efficiency, reduce waste and use green landscaping practices. Reckson, a division of SL Green Realty ...
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Republic Services Opens World’s Largest Material Recovery Facility
Today Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG) celebrates the grand opening of the world’s largest material recovery facility (MRF) at the Newby Island Resource Recovery Park. The 110 tons-per-hour (tph) multi-stream system – designed, manufactured, and installed by Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) – is the first and largest of its kind and sets a new standard for recycling facilities. The ...
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The costs of not building green
Despite the narrowing gap in cost between green building and traditional 'to-code' building, most builders and home buyers still perceive the green option to be significantly more expensive. The reality is that due to increased builder education and an influx of affordable green building products, a building can be built green within the same budget as a non-green building. According to Clark ...
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