Laboratory Waste News
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Use ECO Funnel® to segregate your waste streams
Now you can segregate your waste streams with color-coded ECO Funnels. https://www.calpaclab.com/eco-funnels/We offer both our Original and new EF2 ECO Funnels (8" models only) in four different lid colors to keep incompatible waste streams separate. While every organization has its own color-coding rules and preferences, proper segregation of hazardous waste is a requirement for all laboratories ...
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Healthcare Facilities flouting bio medical waste management rules in Gujarat
Government, private hospitals and clinics in Gujarat are flouting the biomedical waste rules and increasing the risk of infection for the common public, says a new study by Toxics Link, a Delhi-based environmental group. The findings from the report titled ‘DON’T DUMP THAT’, assesses the current status of hospital waste management in four major districts of Gujarat- Ahmedabad, ...
By Toxics Link
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A light metal shredder: our latest innovation
When our customer in Milan asked us for a light metal shredder for his workshop and office, we did not have a product in the catalogue that could immediately meet his requirements. We normally supply products for traditional industrial environments, but a shredder for laboratories and offices, powered by the normal mains voltage typical of these environments, was not available in our catalogue. ...
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We have been awarded a certificate of excellence by the European Union for our Fast project, "From laboratory fluid waste to sewage water”, with which we introduced our TrueLab technology.
The Fast project was positively evaluated by a panel of international experts, exceeding high competitive thresholds for the 3 criterias judged: excellence, impact and implementation efficiency, required to receive funds from the UE Horizon 2020 budget. The certificate of excellency equals a mark of quality that recommends our project for partecipation to future european bands and to ...
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PuraLab: solution for biomedical laboratory liquid waste
Our innovative customized plant for the treatment of biomedical laboratory liquid waste. Newster Group was granted a European Fund, POR FERS 2014-2020 of the Emilia Romagna Region, with the identification code: TRUeLAB. The project brought to the assembly of the prototype PuraLab, an innovative customized plant for the treatment of biomedical laboratory liquid ...
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The importance of being active: our research and development projects
We are not satisfied with easy solutions, but we try to simplify the steps thanks to innovative solutions. We have signed up for several european and regional projects that brought us to develop units that are now being produced and we are very proud of these outcomes. They are challenging projects and we are only at the beginning! ...
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Make Mercury History - Meet us at COP3 of the Minamata Convention
The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP3) will take place from 25 to 29 November 2019 at the International Conference Centre in Geneva, Switzerland. As official partner of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Mercury Partnership econ will be present during the whole event. You can meet us, at our booth in the foyer of the ...
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Showcases New Innovations for the Clinic During AACC 2019
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE: TMO), the world leader in serving science, is showcasing its latest instruments, assays and software for improving speed, accuracy and usability across clinical and research labs during the 71st American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Scientific Meeting and Clinical Laboratory Exposition (AACC 2019). Thermo Fisher is exhibiting in booth 2110 at the ...
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Automation-Compatible Prepared Culture Media Plate Technology Boosts Laboratory Efficiency and Throughput
AACC 2019 – The launch of a robust, easy-to-handle, sustainable plate design for prepared culture media products in the U.S. and Canada supports the latest automated and manual methods for the analysis of microbiological samples for clinical, food safety testing and pharmaceutical laboratories. Fully compatible with all available automated specimen processors, the SmartPlate design brings ...
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Automation-Compatible Prepared Culture Media Plate Technology Boosts Laboratory Efficiency and Throughput
AACC 2019 – The launch of a robust, easy-to-handle, sustainable plate design for prepared culture media products in the U.S. and Canada supports the latest automated and manual methods for the analysis of microbiological samples for clinical, food safety testing and pharmaceutical laboratories. Fully compatible with all available automated specimen processors, the SmartPlate design brings ...
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Kohler Innovation for Good Workshop, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Delegates from Clarke Energy recently attended the Kohler Innovation for Good (IfG) workshop in Reggio Emilia, Italy, which was the first IfG event to take place outside of Wisconsin since its inception in 2011. The workshop is an opportunity for Kohler associates from across their varying businesses around the world to work with colleagues on sustainable goals that are important for everyone. ...
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New Solaris Nitrogen Generator for ELSD and Micro Mass Spectrometers
With variable purity in relation to outlet flow and pressure, Solaris can comfortably supply nitrogen to one or two ELSD instruments, or a single Compact Mass Spectrometer. Delivering a consistent, on demand supply of instrument-grade nitrogen at up to 10L/min and at purity levels of up to 99.5% (flow dependant), the new Solaris Nitrogen from Peak Scientific is a dedicated gas generation ...
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Baling technology strengthens National Nuclear Laboratory’s waste reduction programme
The world’s leading nuclear research organisation National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) has strengthened its waste reduction programme with investment in a heavy duty waste baler. NNL is globally renowned for its nuclear research, technical development, reactor operations support, and the provision of decommissioning expertise for facilities throughout the UK. But keen to advance its ...
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How can I safely dispose of my liquid lab waste and PCR waste?
Safely disposing of liquid waste in the lab, especially liquids in PCR multiwell plates, can be an awkward task. The Handvac units from Welch Ilmvac allow you to quickly, easily and safely draw up waste liquid from used PCR plates to collect it in a waste vessel for later disposal. The specialised attachments available make vacuum aspiration from any container quick and simple, while the ...
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Monitors arrive after radioactive waste site fire in Nevada
Radiation wasn't immediately detected during fly-overs of a burned trench containing long-buried radioactive waste at a commercial disposal site in rural southern Nevada, state and federal officials said Monday. Ground testing was scheduled next, headed by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency radiological emergency team sent to the site about 115 miles northwest of Las Vegas, said Rusty ...
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Idaho aquifer decline could hinder radioactive monitoring
A continued drop in underground water levels could make it more difficult to monitor the movement of radioactive contamination in an aquifer below an eastern Idaho nuclear facility, scientists say. Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey in a 36-page report released Monday said the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer level has dropped below two wells and about a dozen others are in danger due ...
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Drug Enforcement Administration Western Lab wins EPA Federal Green Challenge award for electronics recycling
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld presented the Federal Green Challenge award to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Western Laboratory for increasing its electronics recycling more than any other federal agency in 2014. Mr. Blumenfeld presented the national award at the DEA National Lab Directors Conference. “We applaud ...
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Feds reach settlement with New Mexico over Radiation Leak
The Energy Department will funnel more than $73 million toward road and water projects around New Mexico as part of a settlement over a radiation leak that forced the indefinite closure of a troubled nuclear waste dump. The agreement, announced by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez and state Environment Secretary Ryan Flynn, follows months of tense and slow negotiations. The settlement is the ...
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Report: Mix of cat litter, salts caused nuclear-dump mishap
An incompatible combination of nitrate salts and organic cat litter is to blame for a mishap that forced the closure of the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository, according to findings released Thursday by an independent team of experts from national laboratories around the country. The technical team was charged by the U.S. Energy Department to investigate all the possible ...
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Report: Feds to exceed costs for cleaning up nuke waste
The cost of cleaning up radioactive waste at one of the federal government's premier nuclear laboratories has already exceeded expectations and more cost overruns are expected, according to a report released Mondayby a government watchdog. The National Nuclear Security Administration spent about $931 million as of the end of the last fiscal year to remove contaminated rags, tools, equipment and ...
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