Environmental Containment News
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Warehouse Trash Compactors
Warehouse Trash Compactors Warehouses and distribution centers regularly generate waste in the form of recyclable operational by-products. We have several posts that feature large recycling balers designed to handle these types stubborn plastics, shrink wrap, non-ferrous metals, foam, and cardboard. But what about waste that can’t be recycled in warehouses? Should they just be thrown into ...
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Global Asbestos Awareness Week and Protecting Building Occupants and Workers in Puerto Rico from Exposure Risks
The 20th Global Asbestos Awareness Week (GAAW) takes place this week from April 1st through the 7th. The annual event is meant to raise public awareness of asbestos hazards and diseases that continue to impact people around the globe, and promote ways to prevent exposure to deadly asbestos fibers. Asbestos is a generic name given to six fibrous minerals that have been used in commercial ...
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Test Ceiling Materials for Asbestos before Beginning Renovation, Remodeling and Demolition Projects in Puerto Rico
Building renovation, remodeling and repurposing projects often involve changes to ceiling materials. This may include removing popcorn ceilings or taking down ceiling tiles, insulation or other actions that involve disturbing existing building materials. Before beginning this type of project, there are some important safety issues to address that involve ceiling materials. One that should not ...
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Room Alert and CCOHS: Protecting Canadian Workers & Workplaces
Though we talk a lot about workplace safety within the U.S. and OSHA guidelines, ensuring the health and safety of employees is paramount for businesses, facilities, and organizations in many other countries as well. For example in Canada, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) stands as a beacon of guidance and support in this endeavor. Established to promote the ...
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The best time to plan for drought is when it’s raining
The State of Global Water Resources Report 2022 says the hydrological cycle is spinning out of balance. The world’s weather has gone wild. Cold snaps, heat waves, dry spells, floods, and drought, all at one time exceptional occurrences, are now the norm. The planet is fluctuating between extremes as anomalies in weather conditions push the climate out of its groove. Natural disasters are ...
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Testing Ceiling Materials for Asbestos before Beginning Demolition or Renovation Projects
Many building renovation and repurposing projects involve changes to ceiling materials. This may include removing popcorn ceilings, taking down ceiling tiles, and other actions that involve disturbing existing building materials. There are some important safety issues to address before a property owner or construction company begins a renovation project involving ceiling materials. One that ...
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Harmony Adds Short Back Compactor Model
Harmony’s Stationary Compactors Harmony Enterprises manufactures the widest range of waste handling and recycling equipment available on the market. Harmony’s stationary compactors are ideal for commercial settings with larger volumes of dry waste. They can be ground or chute fed and help to reduce your business’s waste footprint with an amazing 4:1 compaction ratio! They ...
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Cleaning trade fair CMS 2023: The trends from Berlin
hyCLEANER: The battery-operated solar cleaning robot solarROBOT compact was designed for affordable, simple and safe cleaning of small to medium-sized PV systems from 50 to 2,000 m2 . Celina Kneiber (pictured) was delighted that the solar cleaning robot made it to the final of the Purus Awardin the small machine category thanks to its innovative concept. The compact size of the robot for dry and ...
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Chute Fed Compactors
What Is A Chute Fed Compactor? Chute fed compactors are waste reduction machines designed to receive trash through a chute system constructed inside of a building. The chute leads directly into the compaction chamber of the compactor. Chute compactors are used in buildings where there is minimal space for larger quantities of residential type garbage or mixed waste. There are essentially two ...
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Simplifying Conjugate Analysis with Amerigo Scientific's Biotinylation Reagents
Amerigo Scientific, a distributor focused on providing critical products and services to biomedical and life science communities, announced the launch of a wide range of biotinylation reagents. These revolutionary reagents aim to provide accurate protein conjugation and labeling as well as simplify conjugate analysis in various life science research fields. As one of the most widely used ...
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Midlands businessman honoured with international recycling award
At the International Electronics Recycling Congress (IERC) in Salzburg last week, CEO of KMK Metals Recycling and President of the European Electronics Recyclers Association (EERA), Kurt Kyck was bestowed the iconic IERC 2024 Honorary Award. Presenting the award, which is in the form of a large traditional cowbell, Jean Cox-Kearns described Kurt Kyck as a straight talker and a recognised ...
By ICM AG
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WOMA at IFAT 2024 in Munich
IFAT is the world's leading network for environmental technologies. Smart ultra-high-pressure solutions for municipal and industrial water jetting applications Experience WOMA high-pressure technology live at IFAT WOMA ultra-high-pressure solutions with high-pressure pumps, units and water tools are at home in a wide range of municipal and industrial applications. Experience a selection of ...
By WOMA GmbH
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Residential Trash Compactors
Residential Trash Compactors v. Open Top Dumpsters Property managers across the country have long known about the benefits of utilizing small recycling balers to manage cardboard waste that accumulates in multi-unit buildings. But, did you know that Harmony’s residential trash compactors are an affordable way to save time, space, labor, and money managing waste while improving the tenant ...
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Fears Raised Over Nanoplastics In Bottled Water
Over the last few years, there has been much research carried out into microplastics and the impact they have on the natural environment, with most of the plastic produced finding its way into landfills, where it can take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade. This leads to toxic substances potentially making their way into soil and water sources, putting plants, animals and human life at risk as a ...
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Oxysorb: Safeguarding Food Products During Trucker's Strike and Red Sea Crisis
The Trucker's strike and Red Sea crisis highlights the pressing need for reliable cargo preservation solutions that can protect and preserve the quality of food products during long periods of shipping and unexpected delays. Oxysorb is a crucial partner in safeguarding perishable food products from excess oxygen, moisture, and humidity in cargo containers.Oxysorb- An efficient Oxygen absorber ...
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What are the feeding devices for waste tire plastic recycling pyrolysis machine?
There are several feeding devices commonly used in waste tire plastic pyrolysis machines to facilitate the feeding of waste materials into the pyrolysis reactor. The choice of feeding device may vary depending on the specific design and capacity of the pyrolysis machine. Here are some common feeding devices: 1. Conveyor Belt: A conveyor belt system is often used to transport waste tires or ...
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Private Sector Workplace Injuries and Illnesses on the Rise
Last month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published its report on employer-reported workplace injuries and illnesses. This most recent report covers the 2-year period of 2021-2022. According to BLS, private industry employers reported 2.8 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2022, up 7.5% from 2021. This increase was driven by the rise in both injuries, up 4.5% to ...
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A New Certified Reference Material (CRM) Supporting Food Safety for Infants
Food products containing processing contaminants (PCs) can cause health risks. The maximum level set in EU regulation (EU) 2023/915 is particularly low for infant formula. Certified reference material (CRM) ERM-BD087 enables laboratories to reliably measure and implement the demanding thresholds. During the production of refined vegetable oil, there is a risk of processing contaminants (PCs) such ...
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Cardboard Compactors By Harmony
Compacting Cardboard Cardboard is a natural operational byproduct of just about every business’s operations. This commodity, although valuable, creates fire hazards, interferes with workplace safety, and reduces available workspace when not mitigated on a daily basis. Removing cardboard can be costly in terms of labor and time. To help deal with this, companies use cardboard compactors to ...
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How to improve tire pyrolysis oil quality with pyrolysis oil distillation machine?
Tire pyrolysis oil is a good fuel for industrial heating, but contains more impurities, heavier color. However, with pyrolysis oil distillation machine, we can improve tire pyrolysis oil quality by distillation, cooling, decolorization and flavor removal for wider uses and better benefits. There are mainly two methods to turn tire pyrolysis oil to diesel: catalytic distillation and pickling ...
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