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Waste management in Russia under reform

Russia is undergoing a reorganization of its waste management system. The future emphasis will be on increasing recycling while still acknowledging the need for more authorized landfill capacity. This means that there is a growing market for waste separation methods as well as technology prolonging the lifecycle of landfills. A delegation of Russian waste management directors visited the ...

Sep. 25, 2018

By Tana Oy

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Burmese waste management begins a new era with the TANA landfill compactor

Wong Fong Myanmar recently signed a distributorship agreement with Tana Oy. Mr. Sunny Liu of Wong Fong Myanmar says that with this agreement they are hoping to be able to improve solid waste management in Myanmar (Burma). From left: Kari Kangas (Tana Oy), Mirja Yli-Erkkilä (Tana Oy), Sunny ...

Jun. 26, 2018

By Tana Oy

China: Solid Waste Treatment in Liaoning

Liaoning province, China's important industrial and raw material base, lies in the south of the country's northeast region. With 14 municipalities and a population of 42 million, the province covers an area of over 150,000 sq. km. The pillar industries in Liaoning include petrochemical, metallurgy, electronics/information technology, and manufacturing. The outputs of these industries are also ...

Mar. 3, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

EPA to Revise Definition of Solid Waste

Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to modify the definition of solid waste rule to streamline regulation of hazardous secondary materials. The proposed rule would provide for the recycling of such materials as solvents, metals, and certain other chemicals. 'This proposal recognizes that recycling secondary materials can both help the environment and ...

Mar. 18, 2007

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

China: solid and hazardous waste management

Solid waste management, including hazardous waste and electronics waste treatment, has become a key environmental priority in China. The lack of adequate waste treatment facilities and decades of poor management practices, particularly with respect to hazardous wastes, have combined to create a serious threat not only to the environment but also to public health. China’s solid waste can be ...

May 7, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

Converting municipal solid waste to biomass feedstock

CleanTech Biofuels, Inc., an early stage provider of cellulosic biomass feedstock derived from municipal solid waste (MSW) for renewable energy and bio-based chemical production, has received a US patent for its process and apparatus for converting MSW into cellulosic biomass feedstock, known collectively as the Biomass Recovery Process. The Biomass Recovery Process is carried out by the angled ...

Jul. 12, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

Global municipal solid waste continues to grow

Growing prosperity and urbanization could double the volume of municipal solid waste annually by 2025, challenging environmental and public health management in the world’s cities, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute (www.worldwatch.org) for its Vital Signs Online service. Although some of this waste is eventually recycled, the doubling of waste that current ...

Jul. 23, 2012

By Worldwatch Institute

Discounts On Municipal Solid Waste Sorting Machines

If you are accountable for the vast majority of municipal solid waste that is certainly processed inside your city, you know how important it is actually to possess a proper sorting machine. Solid waste could be convoluted, containing numerous materials, a few of which might be sold to get a profit. When you have ever extracted plastic, or rubber tires out of this waste material, you are aware ...

Jan. 15, 2019

By Kingtiger (Shanghai) Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.

Definition of solid waste revised to encourage recycling

A final rule under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act streamlines regulation of hazardous secondary materials when they are recycled by reclamation. EPA's regulation maintains strong protection of human health and the environment by limiting the streamlined requirements to specific, legitimate recycling activities. 'Removing barriers to legitimate recycling is good for business and the ...

Oct. 8, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Global Municipal Solid Waste Continues to Grow

Growing prosperity and urbanization could double the volume of municipal solid waste annually by 2025, challenging environmental and public health management in the world's cities, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute (www.worldwatch.org) for its Vital Signs Online service. Although some of this waste is eventually recycled, the doubling ...

Jul. 23, 2012

By GLOBE SERIES

Rising municipal solid waste generation fuelling the municipal solid waste-to-energy market, notes Frost & Sullivan

Extensive technology adoption and better collection efficiency of municipal solid waste (MSW) could help the Indian municipal solid waste-to-energy market register a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.7 by 2013. The increase in the quantity of waste generated, coupled with the need for a proper means of waste disposal, offers significant growth opportunities to the market. New analysis from ...

Mar. 28, 2011

By Frost & Sullivan

3rd China Solid Waste Summit 2011 is scheduled

The 3rd Annual China Solid Waste Summit 2011 will be convened on 13-14 December in Shanghai, China. As China's premier gathering focusing on solid waste management industry, the event has been successfully held twice, attracting more than 300 attendees across the world. In the meantime, the high-level event has gained great support from international associations and organizations, namely ...

Sep. 2, 2011

By IGVision International Corporation Shanghai

EUR 5m for municipal solid waste management in Serbia

The EBRD is lending €5 million to the Duboko Waste Management Company to build a regional solid waste landfill that will serve more than 300,000 people in nine municipalities across central and western Serbia. Inadequate solid waste treatment is one of the biggest ecological problems in the country and solid waste management has been defined as one of the priorities of Serbia’s environmental ...

Mar. 23, 2008

By European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Call for Abstracts - World Solid Waste Congress 2012

Academics, operators, public officials and operators in the waste industry are invited to submit a one page abstract in English before October 30th 2011, to participate in the World Solid Waste Congress. The proceedings as well as the template for submission are available on the official website at: http://www.iswa2012.org/call-abstracts/ ...

Jul. 18, 2011

By ATIA-ISWA Italy

New technologies of complex recycling of municipal solid waste

UkrSSEC ”Energostal” developed effective technologies of complex recycling of solid domestic waste and concluded first contracts on creation of enterprises for waste recycling on the “turn-key” basis. In January-February 2010 UkrSSEC ”Energostal”, city halls of two big towns of Ukraine (its western and southern regions) and also investors signed tripartite protocols on building of modern ...

Mar. 29, 2010

By UkrSSEC Energostal

China Solid Waste Disposal Industry Report, 2012

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: China Solid Waste Disposal Industry Report, 2012 ...

Jan. 14, 2013

By ReportLinker

EPA to hold public meeting on definition of solid waste

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public meeting on possible revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste (DSW) rule on June 30, 2009 at the EPA Potomac Yards Conference Center in Arlington, Va. The hearing is an opportunity for stakeholders and members of the public to voice their opinions on the rule. The DSW rule modified the regulations for recycling hazardous secondary ...

Jun. 29, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Incinerator equipment: solid waste thermal oxidizer system

This incinerator equipment, GEI model A 1.0, is built as a solid waste thermal oxidizer system. The modular, multiple chambered with controlled air A 1.0 incinerator is perfect for the unique demands of mixed composition of solid waste disposal. Benefits of the incinerator equipment model A 1.0 : Environmentally safe stack exhaust to atmosphere, ...

Jun. 28, 2010

By Erosion Pollution | GEI Works, Inc. (Granite Environmental, Inc.)

Solid waste incinerator for commercial, industrial and medical industries

Granite Environmental solid waste incinerators provide a safe and effective solution for solid waste disposal in environmentally sensitive and remote locations. Incineration is a waste treatment technology for the controlled combustion of waste organic materials and substances. Our company has four models for commercial and industrial waste incineration available. Key ...

Jun. 27, 2010

By Erosion Pollution | GEI Works, Inc. (Granite Environmental, Inc.)

W2E Announces DHEC Solid Waste Permit for Organic Waste Management Facility in Columbia

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Jan. 19, 2011

By Eisenmann

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