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Organic Waste Converter - TALLBOY
Organic waste converter TALLBOY® by Riteways, is a unique machine that turns recyclable organic waste into earthy-smelling, nutrient-rich compost. What are the examples of organic waste? Food waste, green leaves grass clippings or leaves, household/hotels/restaurant or industrial kitchen waste, municipal waste composts, agriculture waste & other organic waste. What are the types of ...
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EPA Recognizes the NASA Johnson Space Center for Significant Improvements in Solid Waste Efforts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, for their efforts increasing their municipal solid waste composted from 16 tons in 2011 to 250 tons in 2012, resulting in a 1448% improvement. This achievement was made while participating in the Federal Green Challenge, (FGC) a national ...
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Eight bidders announced for Huge Welsh PPP
Huge Welsh public private partnership (PPP) proposal Prosiect Gwyrdd has drawn up the long-list of companies in the running for the contract to manage waste from six local authorities in the country, including Cardiff. The chosen companies are: Covanta MVV Umwelt Shanks Group Sita UK Urbaser Veolia ES Aurora Viridor Waste Management Waste Recycling Group (WRG) Each company will be ...
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EU statistics show the UK landfilling rate is above average
The United Kingdom landfills more municipal waste than the European Union’s average rate according to figures published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Results showed that the UK still heavily relies on landfill to deal with its waste, using this method for 55% of its waste in 2008. The average rate for landfilling in the EU27 is 40%. Germany and the Netherlands ...
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Labour works towards zero waste society in manifesto
A new Labour Government will move Britain towards a ’zero waste’ society and drive the introduction of on-the-go recycling on streets and in shopping centres, according the party’s 2010 manifesto.The 76-page document mentions the word ‘waste’ a total of five times and the word ‘recyclable’ only three times. Outlining the party’s past achievements, the manifesto explains that “we have made it far ...
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NASA´s Johnson Space Center, White Sands Earn EPA ´Green´ Honors
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized NASA's White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M., and Johnson Space Center in Houston as Federal Green Challenge National Award winners. White Sands received the National Award for Overall Achievement for outstanding efforts in 2012 to advance sustainability efforts and its leadership in reducing the environmental footprint of ...
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Municipal waste recycling up to 44% in EU
Municipal waste generation in the EU was down to 475kg per capita in 2014, 10% less than 2002 levels, with 44% being either recycled, composted or anaerobically digested. New data from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, shows that Municipal waste generation has been falling every year since 2007, with a peak in 2002 of 527kg per person. The amount of municipal waste generated varies ...
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Scottish council plans not `yet adequate` to meet waste targets
Scottish councils do not have adequate plans to meet landfill and recycling targets beyond 2010, according to a critical new report. The report is written by Audit Scotland and is entitled Protecting and improving Scotland’s environment. Audit Scotland provides the Auditor General and the Accounts Commission with the services they need to check that public money is being spent effectively and ...
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MÓNASHELL® Biofiltration Odor Control System
With over 600 references the MÓNASHELL Biofiltration System is a sustainable, low maintenance and low operating cost alternative to traditional carbon or chemical scrubbing systems and exhibits many advantages over other biofilters. The reuse of waste shells as media maintains a neutral pH, allowing for highly effective biological treatment of odorous sulfur compounds in wastewater and ...
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World Bank Approves US$15m additional financing for environment management in Uganda
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors this week approved a US$15 million International Development Association (IDA) credit to provide additional financing to the Second Environment Management Capacity Building Project (EMCBP II) in Uganda. The project is implemented by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA). The additional credit will, over the next three years, finance the ...
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Huge Welsh PPP out to tender
Five local authorities in south east Wales have joined forces to find a solution to treat reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill, which is “set to be the biggest collaboration between the public and private sector in Welsh history”. Prosiect Gwyrdd - made up from local authorities in south east Wales, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport and the Vale of Glamorgan – has put the waste ...
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WasteExpo 2016: Presenting Eco-Friendly Odor Mitigation Solutions for Waste Management
Next week, a wide-range of professionals from government, waste services companies, composting providers, engineering firms, and landfills (and more) will be convening in Las Vegas at the most significant event for the waste management and recycling industry, WasteExpo 2016. Hosted in conjunction with the National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), WasteExpo has become the ...
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EPA Provides Syracuse University Funding to Support Environmental Education; $131,050 Environmental Education Grant To Support At Least 30 Projects
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck announced today that EPA has provided more than $130,000 to Syracuse University to fund educational projects in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the eight federally recognized Tribal Nations within New York State. The university will use the funding to award approximately 30 grants of $5,000 or less to schools and ...
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Europe`s demand for resources reaching far beyond its borders
Demand for materials is so intense that between 20 and 30 % of the resources we use in Europe are now imported. With the boom in international trade, EU consumption and production damage ecosystems and human health far beyond Europe’s borders, according to a report published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). 'Unsustainable resource use is a truly global problem – ...
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Room for improvement for recycling in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland has failed to significantly improve 2008’s recycling rates, after it increased the percentage of municipal waste sent for recycling by just over 1% in a year. In total, 29.9% of municipal waste was sent for recycling and composting in the final quarter of 2009, a slight increase over the same period in 2008, which stood at 28.3%. Of the 234,683 tonnes of municipal waste ...
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EC refers Germany to Court of Justice over award of waste disposal contract without competitive tender procedure
The European Commission has decided to refer Germany to the European Court of Justice over a public service contract for the disposal of biodegradable and green wastes that the municipality of Bonn had awarded to a private waste disposal undertaking without a competitive tender procedure.Under a combined waste disposal arrangement concluded in 1997 and running until 2016, the municipality has to ...
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ABB helps revolutionize waste management
Designed and engineered by Australian company AnaeCo, the first installation of this patented technology known as DiCOM® is currently under construction at a municipal waste transfer station* in Perth, Australia’s fourth largest city. DiCOM is an automated bioconversion process that converts municipal waste into high quality compost which would otherwise be incinerated or transported to a ...
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Construction starts on innovative GBP15m waste treatment facility
Organic Waste Management has started work on its innovative GBP15 million solid waste treatment facility in Cheshire. The mechanical biological treatment plant will serve Manchester’s industrial commercial market to divert 180,000 tonnes of waste from landfill. The plant is the first in the UK to use the Bedminster technology to recover the hard recyclables and convert the residue to compost. OWM ...
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What Did You Recycle Today?
Don't throw those empty water bottles into the trash – recycle them. The same goes for the empty cereal box. On the eve of America Recycles Day, EPA is encouraging all Americans to expand their recycling activities. Every year, America Recycles Day gives millions of Americans the opportunity to become better informed about the importance of daily recycling and buying recycled products. America ...
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Bord na Mona awarded new odor control system contracts in Italy and the UK worth US$2.5m
Less than two months after announcing the United States market introduction of its MÓNASHELL™ odor control treatment solution, Bord na Móna Environmental Products U.S. Inc. announced today that its parent company had been awarded contracts to install nearly $2.5-million in odor control treatment solutions in Italy and the United Kingdom. “Odor emitted from wastewater treatment processes is ...
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