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Russia Struggles With Responsible Tyre Practices from Consumers
In a recently distributed video, Dmitry Guberniev, one of the Russian most popular sports commentators, called Russians to make the country cleaner by delivering tyres to collecting services.With the new push, REO seeks to combat a long-standing problem of a low passenger tyres collection rate. It is believed that a large number of passenger tyres in the country end up in landfills or even on the ...
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TecnoConverting Engineering Introduces Tecno-Grabber System
TecnoConverting Engineering presents Tecno-Grabber, a new waste collection system for sewage and stormwater networks. TecnoConverting Engineering has developed the new Tecno-Grabber waste collection system, made of an reusable ultra resistant plastic net fixed on a stainless steel baffle, each Tecno-Grabber unit is capable to retain more than 100kg of residues drawn with waste water, avoiding ...
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`Intelligent` waste collection system trialled in Shanghai
New research has developed a system to monitor municipal waste. It uses sensors to calculate the weight, volume and, potentially, type of waste, identify hazardous waste and optimise the routes of waste collection trucks. The EU's Sixth Environment Action Programme identifies waste prevention and management as one of four top priorities1. In the EU, approximately 3562 million tons of waste are ...
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Introducing: Efficient Waste Handling Solutions From Eldan
Eldan Recycling offer its customers complete recycling solution, now also including material transport! From January 1st 2014 Eldan Recycling offer a wide range of additional waste handling solutions like vacuum systems, waste collection systems and bin cleaning systems. Entering waste handling systems Eldan Recycling is one of the leading experts within equipment for recycling. By extending ...
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Flat recycling to go underground with new Finnish waste system
A Finnish underground waste system by vacuum technology firm MariMatic is set to rival the Swedish Envac system and help encourage residents to recycle from flats. MariMatic may look to the UK to develop the Metro Taifun system that does away with kerbside collections and collects municipal waste using an underground network of vacuum pipes. The Envac system was recently installed at developer ...
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MariMatic to deliver Automatic Waste Collection to Sejong Happy City 5-1 South Korea.
MariMatic together with its local partner has, through a public tender process, been chosen by the Korea Land & Housing Corporation Ltd, as the supplier of an Automatic Waste Collection System (AWCS) for the new residential area in Sejong Happy City 5-1. The system utilizes MariMatic’s unique energy efficient MetroTaifun® Technology with non-corrosive pipe networks. Sejong City was ...
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Shanks to work on the Northampton schools PFI
Environmental services provider, Shanks will provide the waste collection services for the Northampton Schools PFI project. Shanks has been chosen by Amey to manage the waste of 41 primary and secondary schools as part of Amey’s Northampton Schools PFI project. Amey quality manager for Northampton Schools Richard Varley said: “We have undertaken a re-evaluation of the contract with the result ...
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London`s recycling collection schemes are `confusing`, says green party
London’s kerbside collection schemes are “confusing” and make it difficult for Londoner’s who change address to adapt to them, claims Green Party member for the London Assembly Darren Johnson. Johnson said: “London’s recycling collections are a confusing mess with different rules in virtually every local authority about what can and can’t be recycled and a hotch-potch of different coloured bins, ...
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Tidy Planet signs exclusive Italian partner to help reduce country’s food waste
Macclesfield-headquartered Tidy Planet has expanded its operations into Italy, appointing environmental solutions firm Ecologia Soluzione Ambiente (ESA), as the exclusive Italian partner of its food waste composting technology. The move aims to promote greater resource efficiency - through using food waste recycling solutions - across the Italian and Egyptian markets. ESA – the 17 ...
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Waste architecture at Sardinia 2017
Following the incredible success of the International Workshop on Waste Architecture, a parallel event of the Sardinia 2015 Symposium, we are glad to announce that Waste Architecture has been included in the main programme of Sardinia 2017. Waste Architecture is a new and relatively unexplored conceptual and design topic which promises to give rise to a lively debate between environmental ...
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New tool to make waste collection routes more efficient
Significant savings on mileage and vehicle costs can be achieved by using computer optimisation to plan waste collection routes, new research suggests. When applied to a case study of cooking oil recycling in Portugal, it was found that the technique could lead to a reduction of 13% in annual distance travelled and a fleet hiring cost reduction of 11%. The increased interest in recycling has led ...
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Veolia wins huge westminster waste contract
Veolia Environmental Services has been named the preferred bidder to take on Westminster City Council’s £518M waste management contract. It is one of the UK’s largest waste, recycling and street cleansing contracts and will last for seven years, with a possible seven year extension. With the appointment of Veolia, Westminster’s current recycling rate of 23% is expected to substantially ...
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Councils would opt for waste vacuum system if they had more money
Additional councils would opt for the system that transports waste underground if they had more money, said a Brent Council official. The Envac system, in a housing development next to Wembley stadium in west London, does away with kerbside collections and goes underground (See MRW story). Envac is a Swedish-based firm that makes underground vacuum waste collection systems. Sweden has been ...
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Defra and BIS to work together to encourage business innovation in the waste sector
A Government report has highlighted ways that businesses can increase resource efficiency while tapping into lucrative business opportunities across the product supply chain. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have jointly published Less is More: Business Opportunities in Waste and Resource Management, part of the ...
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SWANA concerned about impact of Omicron on waste collection
The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has expressed concern that increased delays in solid waste collection are likely to occur over the holidays and into January. Due to these circumstances, SWANA encourages municipal solid waste officials and haulers to plan now for staffing shortages. The sharp increase in new COVID-19 cases, fueled by the highly contagious Omicron variant ...
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High tech waste vacuum technology, a first for the UK
For the first time in the UK rubbish can be transported through a system of underground vacuum pipes. The Envac system, in a housing development next to Wembley stadium in west London, does away with kerbside collections and goes underground. Envac is a Swedish-based firm that makes underground vacuum waste collection systems. Sweden has been using this system for 30 years and the system is ...
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EC takes UK to Court over wastewater collection systems
The European Commission has decided to take the United Kingdom to the European Court of Justice on the grounds that urban waste water collecting systems and treatment facilities in London and Whitburn in north east England do not comply with EU legislation. European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: ' More attention needs to be paid to upgrading collecting systems to ensure full ...
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Settlement with Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Creates Sustainable Path Forward for Tribal Utility Operations to Protect Residents and Environment
The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, a federally recognized Native American tribe located in northeastern Nebraska, and the Tribe’s Utilities Commission have reached a settlement with the United States to improve the Tribe’s drinking and wastewater systems and its trash collection program. The settlement, in the form of a judicial Consent Decree filed with the U.S. District Court of ...
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Dubai municipality to promote waste management initiatives at the Middle East Waste Summit
Dubai’s immense economic growth in recent years has brought about significant waste management challenges to the booming emirate. To respond to the increasing quantities of generated waste as well as the need for innovative waste management solutions, Dubai Municipality lends its full support to the Middle East Waste Summit 2009 (MEWS) to be held at the Dubai Airport Expo Centre from 26–28 May. ...
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Munro Distributing Now Offers Solar-Powered Waste & Recycling Collection System
Munro Distributing announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with BigBelly Solar, allowing the company to offer BigBelly Solar’s intelligent waste & recycling collection system to its customers. Munro Distributing is a distributor of clean energy solutions and electrical supplies with locations throughout Massachusetts and in RI, NY, ...
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