resource recovery News
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Tasmania Launches Waste Tyre Grant Programme
The Tasmanian Government is now committed to investing in its resource recovery sector and driving the establishment of a circular economy in Tasmania, according to Roger Jaensch, Minister for Environment and Climate Change. Jaensche recently launched the expression of interest process for the Roads to Resource Recovery, Waste Tyre Reprocessing Grant Programme.Under the programme, the Tasmanian ...
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Harsco Corporation to Present at BB&T Capital Markets Commercial and Industrial Conference on March 28
Global industrial services and engineered products company Harsco Corporation (NYSE:HSC) said today that Company management will be presenting at the 6th annual BB&T Capital Markets Commercial and Industrial Conference on Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Harsco's Senior VP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Stephen Schnoor and Vice President of Investor Relations and Credit Eugene Truett will ...
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Defra launches research on household waste prevention
The Department for Environment and Rural Affairs has commissioned a six-month evidence review to compile all available research on household waste prevention and how to encourage householder behavioural change to aid future policy. It will review the research through its Waste and Resources Evidence Programme (WREP) to focus on waste prevention. The study will be led by consultant firm Brook ...
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NTR pulls plug on Greenstar sell-off
NTR has backtracked on its decision to sell its waste management subsidiary Greenstar. According to the Irish Times, NTR was seeking to attract bids above €160m (£136.7m) but failed to do so. When the news broke of a possible sale in March, the business was said to be worth €250m. Investor One51 and resource recovery firm Bord na Mona were both in the bidding process for the ...
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EPA to Co-Host Austin Sustainable Materials Management Workshop
The Environmental Protection Agency is partnering with the City of Austin and the State of Texas Alliance for Recycling (STAR) to help organizations think about materials management sustainably. The three agencies will host a workshop, Sustainable Materials Management: Bringing Everyone and Everything Together. Sustainable materials management promotes using and reusing materials most ...
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Harsco Corporation to present at Sidoti`s emerging growth institutional investor forum on March 20
Diversified industrial services and engineered products company Harsco Corporation (NYSE:HSC) said today that Company management will be presenting at Sidoti & Company's Sixteenth Annual Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum in New York City on Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Harsco's Senior VP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Stephen Schnoor and Vice President of Investor Relations and ...
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Tetronics’ plasma solutions featured in Manufacturing Today Europe
Leading online waste journal, Manufacturing Today Europe has recently featured Tetronics International in their latest issue. The feature gives a great overview of our plasma waste management solutions. The article includes insight and behind the scenes information on our resource recovery and hazardous waste treatment ...
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Axion Consulting launches re-designed website
Resource recovery specialist Axion Consulting has redesigned its website to reflect the comprehensive range of expertise and innovative services it offers to clients in recycling a wide range of material types including plastics, metals, textiles and aggregates. The new-look and easier-to-navigate website at www.axionconsulting.co.uk contains expanded information on the company, along with ...
By Axion Group
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CEMalta Created
Maltese Plans for Circular Economy to Include a Tyre Recycling Scheme Circular Economy Malta launched Malta's Resource Recovery and Recycling Agency (RRRA) is to be officially rebranded to Circular Economy Malta (CEMalta), to reflect a circular economy model for waste redistribution, Malta’s Minister for the Environment Aaron Farrugia recently announced. In light of Malta's rapidly ...
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New Report Outlines Potential of Future Water Resource Recovery Facilities
A new report from a workshop held jointly by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Science Foundation (NSF) outlines a range of research and actions needed to transform today’s water treatment plants into water resource recovery facilities. These water resource recovery facilities would produce not only clean drinking water, ...
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Kick-off workshop for the “AKIZ” research project successfully completed
At the end of March, the “AKIZ” research project was successfully launched in the city of Can Tho in southern Vietnam. Approximately 60 Vietnamese and German participants took the opportunity to get to know each other better on a personal level and to coordinate the joint work they would be undertaking. EnviroChemie and the Institute IWAR of the Technische Universität Darmstadt ...
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World-leading waste tyre resource recovery
Molectra has developed a MOBILE HAULPAK-TYRE PRE-PROCESSOR UNIT (MHTPPU) for size reduction of HAULPAK TYRES. Large earthmoving and haulpak tyres are not recycled anywhere in the world as they are big, costly to transport and to process. This is an important development in the tyre recycling industry, not only because the residual 85% of the rubber/steel left over after discarding actually are ...
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100% Recyclability from EFG
EFG Polymers aims to raise the bar on sustainability with its completely recycled thermoset rubber materials. EFG Looks at 100% Recyclability EFG Polymers, a resource recovery company, has announced that it has achieved over 100 per cent sustainability by re-engineering rubber waste and producing new valuable elastomers with no emissions, waste, or by-products. Reusing thermoset rubber waste ...
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Australian National Waste Policy Consultation paper released
Australian Environment Minister Peter Garrett has released a consultation paper: A National Waste Policy: Managing Waste to 2020 for public review and comment. Mr Garrett said waste policy had not been considered in the national context since 1992 and the current process would assist in providing much-needed clarity on what is appropriately dealt with at which level of government – local, state ...
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DC, Phoenix, San Antonio & San Diego Water Authorities to Join World Water-Tech 2016
Join the most exciting leaders in the water and wastewater industry this October at World Water-Tech North America, part of the newly launched Ontario Water Innovation Week. The theme for this year’s summit is “Accelerating Innovation in Energy Optimized and Climate Resilient Infrastructure”, and is a unique opportunity to hear from 60+ utility leaders, investors, and ...
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Water Sector Groups Release Water Resources Utility of the Future Annual Report
A partnership of water sector organizations—the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), the Water Environment Federation (WEF), the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) and WateReuse— today released the Water Resources Utility of the Future 2015 Annual Report. The report was officially released this morning during a special utility executives session at WEFTEC ...
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Axion rebrands with new website to reflect wider CE services
Resource recovery specialist Axion Consulting has rebranded as ‘Axion’ with a new website – www.axiongroup.co.uk - to reinforce its positioning as ‘Circular Economy specialists’. The company’s high quality recycled polymers will still be supplied under the Axion Polymers branding, with its marketing and product documents getting a fresh new look. ...
By Axion Group
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New Members Join Recology Board of Directors
Two prominent California businessmen have been elected to the board of directors of Recology, the leading independent employee-owned recycling and disposal services company in the western United States. Laurence A. Colton, new Recology board member. (Photo: Business Wire) Insurance executive Larry A. Colton, CEO of G2 Insurance Services, and recycling executive George P. McGrath, EVP and ...
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Itronics President Dr. John Whitney to Serve as Panelist at Prestigious Resource Recovery Conference
Itronics Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ITRO) is pleased to announce that Dr. John Whitney, its founder and President, will serve as a panelist at the prestigious resource recovery and waste management conference sponsored by The Envirobiz Group (www.envirobiz.com) at the Kona Kai Resort, San Diego, Ca., Sept. 19-23. The conference annually works to stimulate creative thinking on strategies for waste ...
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Axion Consulting adds expertise to resource recovery team
Axion Consulting has added further project management and marketing expertise to its Bramhall-based team of resource recovery and recycling specialists. Jessica Stewart brings a wealth of waste management experience to her new job as Project Consultant working across a range of initiatives, from carpet and WEEE recycling to broader research contracts and an internal environmental management ...
By Axion Group
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