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Biowaste challenges and opportunities in the coming decade

Facing up to the challenges of dealing with biowastes over the next decade will need the right balance of controls and incentives to encourage the reuse of waste while protecting the environment and human health, according to the UK Environment Agency. The United Kingdom produces over 100 million tonnes of biodegradable waste every year, enough to fill approximately 25 Wembley stadiums, and most ...

Apr. 9, 2008

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

Ozone helps to reduce release odors from biowaste and seweage treatment

With regard to new EU Directives in next year it is not more allowed to dispose any biologigal waste to open field garbage piles. There are two alternatives to treat biological waste: unaerobic way to produce biogas/methane and aerobic treatment to make compost to use in landfill etc.All these waste process methodes produce disturbing odor releases to the neighborhood environment. The releases ...

Oct. 30, 2009

MEPs opt for compromise on EU soil directive

The European parliament's environment committee voted against a major weakening of proposals for an EU directive on soil protection on Tuesday. The committee rejected several amendments from centre-right rapporteur Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines which would have watered down the proposals significantly (EED 13/09/07). Adopting a series of compromise amendments, MEPs retained an obligation on member ...

Oct. 10, 2007

By Environmental News and Data Services (ENDS)

End of Waste Conference debates how the industry can maximise the potential of end of waste and quality protocols

Experts from the glass, paper, plastics and organics recycling sectors discussed and debated the current status of EU end of waste criteria at the End of Waste and Quality Protocols Conference in London last week. (30th January). At the event, organised by letsrecycle.com, concerns were raised about the quality of materials, cross–border variations in rules and regulations and that the ...

Feb. 7, 2014

By Environment Media Group

Euro MPs move forward on soil protection directive

The European Parliament yesterday adopted its first-reading report on the first EU directive on soil protection. Among the key points adopted by MEPs is the setting up of public inventories of contaminated sites within the EU and the need for Member States to draw up remediation strategies. MEPs reinstate a list of potentially soil polluting activities. Member States will be allowed some ...

Nov. 15, 2007

By European Parliament

Innovative Thermal Oxidation Technology Piloted at Rotorua

Today the Minister for the Environment Hon Dr Nick Smith opened a pilot plant that will test an innovative process that converts biosolid waste into valuable chemical products. Opening of the pilot plant, installed at Rotorua District Council’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, is a milestone event in a research project involving Crown Research Institute Scion and the Council, who joined forces ...

May 31, 2011

By Scion - New Zealand Forest Research Institute Limited

Verderflex launches its new Steptronic range at Achema 2015

Leading peristaltic pumps manufacturer, Verderflex, will be at exhibiting at ACHEMA, Frankfurt, Germany on June 15 - 19, 2015, in partnership with its German distributor Verder Deutschland GmbH. Achema is the World’s leading show for ...

May 27, 2015

By Verderflex Peristaltic Pumps - part of the Verder Group

Verderflex launches its new Vantage 5000 and Steptronic range at Achema 2015

Leading peristaltic pumps manufacturer, Verderflex, will be exhibiting at ACHEMA, Frankfurt, Germany on June 15 - 19, 2015, in partnership with its German distributor Verder Deutschland GmbH. Achema is the ...

May 29, 2015

By Verderflex Peristaltic Pumps - part of the Verder Group

Meetings not to be missed on the ECOMONDO 2015 conference program

BIOECONOMY WITH BIOMETHANE, BIOREFINERIES, SUSTAINABLE FOOD INDUSTRY AT ECOMONDO 2015 Ecomondo 2015 will dedicate ample space to the Italian bioeconomy, which currently has a value of over 240 billion euros and provides 22 million jobs. On Friday 6th November, a large event will be ...

Jul. 1, 2015

By Italian Exhibition Group S.p.A.

Screening and shredding technology from Eggersmann for processing wood and bio-waste

The Eggersmann Group has a wide-reaching product portfolio of high-performance shredders, screening machines and windsifters at its disposal to treat all kinds of materials. To process wood and bio-waste the company offers multiple solutions of well-known brands. Soon to be, an increase of waste wood and bio mass is expected in shredding and screening. For this reason, the demands in throughput ...

Jun. 6, 2017

By Eggersmann GmbH

Screening und shredding technology from Eggersmann for processing wood and bio-waste

Wardenburg. Soon to be, an increase of waste wood and bio mass is expected in shredding and screening. For this reason, the demands in throughput and flexibility of the machines are high. In the field of waste wood shredding, there is an incline in the demand for one end product in one operation – smaller than 150 mm and not contaminated. In addition, in the treatment of biomass the ...

Sep. 7, 2017

By Eggersmann GmbH

TMO to present at CleanEquity Monaco 2010 - 4-5 March 2010

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Feb. 8, 2010

By Thomson Reuters

New CIP System Feature Offers ‘Sterilising on the Move’

Suncombe, one of the world’s leading Cleaning In Place (CIP), bio-waste decontamination and hygienic process engineers, has announce the launch of a sterilising version of its well-established MobileCIP™ portable CIP System. Primarily for use in the BioPharma sector, the new range is called the MobileCIP/SIP™ and has been developed in close co-ordination ...

Jun. 19, 2017

By Suncombe Ltd

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