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Ahlstrom interim report January-June 2011: Solid strategy execution continued

Continuing operations April-June 2011 compared with April-June 2010: Net sales EUR 423.7 million (EUR 424.9 million). Operating profit EUR 22.1 million (EUR 28.2 million) and operating profit excluding non-recurring items EUR 20.4 million (EUR 27.4 million). Operating margin excluding non-recurring items 4.8% (6.4%). Profit before taxes EUR 14.3 ...

Aug. 9, 2011

By Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Waste-to-energy revolution boosted by biobattery idea

Competition to make bio-fuels out of waste products that would otherwise have to be dumped is creating a fast-growing, worldwide industry. And a German research organisation now believes it has perfected a system called a “biobattery” for turning a vast range of waste ...

Mar. 3, 2015

By Climate News Network

MeWa QZ cleans mixed metal and plastic waste

A feature of medium-sized businesses in Germany is their ability to continually identify new niches and successfully service them. GRUNSKE Metall - Recycling GmbH & Co. KG of Oranienburg recently commissioned a new plant for cleaning metals that have already run through sorting systems for domestic and industrial waste. Using a Querstromzerspaner supplied by MeWa, the company is able to ...

Jan. 31, 2011

By ANDRITZ MeWa - ANDRITZ Group

Frost & Sullivan Analysis - A Rising Mountain of Urban Waste to Boost the Waste to Energy Plant Market

In 2012 Europeans generated approximately 265 million tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW). A mountain of urban waste that is rising year after year caused by growing volumes of packaging and food disposed by our households. With the World Bank predicting that global generation of MSW will rise from the current 1.3 billion tonnes/year to 2.2 billion tonnes/year by 2025, the annual cost of solid ...

Feb. 25, 2013

By Frost & Sullivan

Sieves aid recycling process for waste paint

Russell Finex has supplied its Russell Compact Sieve to remove contaminants for waste paint to make it ready for recycling. The sieve was supplied to UK-based Newlife Paints, which recycles waste emulsion paint. Once a batch of paint is ready to be processed, it is placed into a large drum. Although the batch of paint will be of the same colour, the content will be of different quality as they ...

Jul. 26, 2011

By Filtration + Separation - Elsevier Ltd

Using lasers to detect explosives and hazardous waste

A soldier in a humvee aims a portable device at an abandoned car 50 meters away (more than 150 feet). Pressing a button, a laser in the device fires. She reads a screen, and beckons her patrol to move away quickly. In a lab, a technician is inserting a fragment of a toy into a sample case, inserting it into a machine, and pressing a button. He inserts one fragment after another—each test takes ...

Jun. 4, 2009

By Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

MeWa QZ cleans mixed metal and plastic waste

A feature of medium-sized businesses in Germany is their ability to continually identify new niches and successfully service them. GRUNSKE Metall - Recycling GmbH & Co. KG of Oranienburg recently commissioned a new plant for cleaning metals that have already run through sorting systems for domestic and industrial waste. Using a Querstromzerspaner supplied by MeWa, the company is able to ...

Feb. 24, 2011

By ANDRITZ MeWa - ANDRITZ Group

Special Issue of Waste Management journal on “Biowaste to Fuel”

A Special Issue of Waste Management journal on “Biowaste to Fuel” will shortly be launched, based on a set of selected papers from the Venice Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste. The following topics will be dealt with: Bio-Waste characterisations for energy production purposes (material composition analysis and chemical characteristics, temporal variability and potential ...

Apr. 22, 2014

By EuroWaste Srl

At BrauBeviale 2016, Flottweg Presents Separation Technology Solutions from a Single Source

At the BrauBeviale 2016 from November 8 to 10, Flottweg will be presenting its brand-new decanter Z3E. This machine rounds out Flottweg's product line to offer even smaller industrial concerns an attractive centrifuge concept. Visit us at BrauBeviale 2016: Hall 6, Booth 107! Despite its smaller size, this modular machine boasts all the features and customization options ...

Sep. 29, 2016

By Flottweg SE

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 ...

Aug. 18, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Treatment of Different Wastes by Supercritical Water Oxidation

Abstract If left to conventional treatment processes, the destruction of toxic organic wastewaters and associated sludge volume reduction clearly becomes an overwhelming problem. Two options, incineration and supercritical water oxidation (SCWO), exist for the complete destruction of toxic wastewaters and organic sludges. Incineration has associated problems such as very high cost and ...

May 10, 2010

By SCFI Group Limited

MBT Jiangsu – High-tech waste processing for China

More than 200 waste-to-energy (WtE) plants are operating in China nowadays. One of them in the City of Lianyungang, Shandong Province north of Shanghai, will be complemented by a pre-treatment plant for municipal solid waste (MSW). The Austrian-German technology firm REDWAVE designed the process of the entire plant. Tim van Heeswijk from the sales division of REDWAVE presented the concept and the ...

May 31, 2017

By REDWAVE a division of BT-Wolfgang Binder GmbH

Metal Separation in the Processing of Secondary Fuels - the Extraction of Potential Recycables and Equipment Protection

The treatment of solid domestic and commercial refuse and the extraction of secondary fuels from these materials will be subject to stricter regulations due to new landfill regulations coming into force. In this way, it will be possible to further increase the recycling quotas and minimize bottlenecks in processing capacity. There are grounds for believing that the competition between ...

Dec. 6, 2006

By Steinert Elektromagnetbau GmbH

MeWa introduces new special shredder for cable waste

Accordingly cable waste promises high output quality, this recycled content is a sought-after commodity. MeWa Recycling Maschinen und Anlagenbau GmbH in Gechingen, Germany, introduces for the first time with the CableCutter CC 1200 a machine that is completely geared towards breaking down cable waste. Especially the plant efficiency of the treatment process can be decisively increased by this new ...

Sep. 22, 2009

By ANDRITZ MeWa - ANDRITZ Group

REDWAVE presented Plant Design on Hannover Waste Symposium

More than 200 waste-to-energy (WtE) plants are operating in China nowadays. One of them in the City of Lianyungang, Shandong Province north of Shanghai, will be complemented by a pre-treatment plant for municipal solid waste (MSW). The AustrianGerman technology firm REDWAVE designed the process of the entire plant. Tim van Heeswijk from the sales division of REDWAVE presented the concept and the ...

May 30, 2017

By REDWAVE a division of BT-Wolfgang Binder GmbH

New solution for separating single-layer PET trays from PET bottles

TOMRA has made it possible to separate single-layer PET trays from PET bottles, enhancing the previous capability of its AUTOSORT machine to separate multi-layer trays. This breakthrough is commercially significant because small but critical differences in the chemical properties of PET food trays and PET bottles mean that they have to be separated for equivalent-product recycling. The key to ...

Dec. 13, 2017

By TOMRA Sorting GmbH.

NLWA seeks bidders for flagship PFI waste project

The North London Waste Authority (NLWA) will be holding a procurement information day for firms interested in bidding for its 25-30 year private finance initiative waste contract. The announcement follows confirmation last month that the contract is to be supported by a record-breaking £258.4 million in private finance initiative credits from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ...

Apr. 8, 2010

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

New biodegradable waste management plans proposed and evaluated

Researchers have designed and proposed a new organic waste management plan for Catalonia, Spain, and presented it in a recent study. They say that the plan would reduce a number of environmental impacts that arise from landfilling biodegradable waste, including natural resource depletion, acidification, and eutrophication. To reduce the negative environmental effects of landfilling and to ...

Apr. 22, 2015

By European Commission, Environment DG

Ahlstrom interim report January-June 2011: Solid strategy execution continued

Ahlstrom Corporation STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 10.8.2011 at 09.45 Continuing operations April-June 2011 compared with April-June 2010: ...

Aug. 9, 2011

By Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Eriez® Announces Eco-Certification Program for Various Magnetic Separation, Feeding and Recycling Equipment

Demonstrating its commitment to a better, cleaner environment, Eriez® has developed an eco-certification designation for a variety of the company's magnetic separation and recycling equipment as well as its line of small feeders. The self-certified program was put in place in ...

May 23, 2011

By Eriez Magnetics Europe Ltd

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