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New E-lifter delivered

Earlier this month, EcoNord and Van Schijndel delivered a brand-new Garbage Truck fitted with the latest version of the EcoNord E-lifter for a Dutch customer. This fully electric bin lifter is equipped to lift common garbage containers but can also lift the larger 4-wheel containers with the foldable DIN arms. ...

May 21, 2019

By Econord Ltd

Arslan Damper “Stability is Important in Quality Process”

Arslan Damper stepped up the deliveries along 2013. A delivery ceremony was held for the 30 pieces of semi-pipe tipper exported to Turkmenistan. Since 1981, Arslan Damper, without compromising quality continuing to pursue the concept of service, manufactures tippers, trailers, hydraulic refuse compactors, hook-lifts, containers, garbage containers with its 100 employees. The main principle of ...

Jan. 15, 2016

By Arslan Damper Makine San. Tic. Ltd. Sti.

Kanyon Shopping Mall in Istanbul installed a Big Hanna

Kanyon Shopping Mall is a multi-purpose complex located on the Büyükdere Avenue in the Levent business district of Istanbul, Turkey. It houses 160 stores as well as an office- and a residential block. During 2016 Kanyon celebrate it´s 10th anniversary and decided to meet the future with a more sustainable waste management. They invested in a Big Hanna T120 composter. As more and ...

Jun. 15, 2016

By Susteco AB

Idaho, Oregon, and Washington manufacturers failed to notify authorities about chemical releases

Three northwest businesses violated federal community right-to-know reporting requirements by failing to report releases of toxic chemicals on time to the federal Toxics Release Inventory. According to three separate settlements with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Frazier Industrial Company, Formula Corp, and McClure Industries, Inc. will pay nearly $12,000 in combined penalties. ...

Dec. 20, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Zimbabwe`s capital at risk from poor water

Zimbabwe's capital is at risk of a new cholera outbreak caused by collapsed water treatment and sanitation facilities, according to a Human Rights Watch report issued Tuesday. Residents in Harare's most impoverished townships have little access to clean piped water and often resort to drinking water from wells contaminated with feces and must defecate in the open, said the report. "The ...

Nov. 19, 2013

By Associated Press

Aco Recycling Introduces new solutions for Smart Waste Management by IoT Tech: Aco Smart Wastee

Aco Smart Wastee is a low cost wireless sensor device conceived to be installed in waste containers and monitor their fill level and status. It enables an optimization in the route planning for waste collection and an improved container management thus providing an important cost reduction of the exploitation. Aco Smart Wastee has an optimized design presenting a HDP (high density polyethylene) ...

Jan. 12, 2017

By Aco Recycling

Waste crisis erupts in Naples

Police have withdrawn from the entrance of a defunct waste dump that officials say will be reopened to take garbage that has piled up by the ton in the streets of Naples. Although residents of the southern port city are upset by the piles of trash, they have also blocked plans to reopen the dump in the Pianura neighborhood of Naples. About 500 demonstrators clashed with police at the the ...

Jan. 8, 2008

By Environment News Service (ENS)

Pennsylvania Trash Dumper Fined $5.7 Million

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, October 9, 2007 (ENS) - The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has fined Fredrick Thebes and his sons, Christopher Thebes and Douglas Thebes a hefty $5.7 million for illegally disposing waste on their property in Centre Township, Perry County. The three men are the owners of Fred D. Thebes & Sons Inc. and Dynamite Disposal Inc., a trash collection ...

Oct. 11, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

WESH 2 ? Kissimmee unveils new underground waste system

This article first appeared on WESH 2. KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Kissimmee has unveiled its new underground waste system. The system is the first of its kind in the United States. The city hopes the system will get rid of odor, public trash containers and keep trash off the streets. ...

Nov. 7, 2019

By Underground Refuses Systems Inc.

Inspection record of deliver goods on February 27 ,2014

The 27th of February, 2014 was the day we would deliver goods. We came to the pellet mill workshop again at around 10 o'clock in the morning. The container truck from the port had been ready to load the cargoes . I’d recorded the procedures from packing to delivering with my camera. All the cargoes were packed into 111 wooden boxes and loaded into a 40 feet container. In order to make ...

Mar. 14, 2014

By Gemco Energy

Orlando Sentinel – Kissimmee company develops new, underground dumpsters

A new line of attractive public trash bins, with more security from animals, is debuting in Kissimmee today. The bins are built into 11-foot-deep pits in the ground, the product of businessman Jay Wheeler’s new company, Kissimmee-based Underground Refuse Systems. The containers will keep trash in Kissimmee’s public areas “out of view and clean for years to come,” said ...

Jun. 14, 2019

By Underground Refuses Systems Inc.

‘Algarve Clube Atlântico’ even more unique with SOTKON equipment

It has already been installed in the complex and it is fully operational the second SOTKON ecological island for disposal of selective and undifferentiated waste. The famous stainless steel intake column model 510 and a container of 3m3 capacity were chosen for all units. The ‘Algarve Clube Atlântico’ is a luxury resort and one of the most sought after due to its unique location ...

Oct. 24, 2016

By Sotkon Group

Click Orlando ? Trash containers going underground in Kissimmee

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Dumpster divers, beware. Trash is going underground in Kissimmee. Officials on Wednesday are unveiling the city’s first underground waste containers. The goal is to eliminate dumpster divers, both human and animal. There will eventually be 17 underground trash containers throughout Osceola County. The underground containers measure about 6 cubic yards (5 meters) ...

Nov. 7, 2019

By Underground Refuses Systems Inc.

Click Orlando ? Trash containers going underground in Kissimmee

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Dumpster divers, beware. Trash is going underground in Kissimmee. Officials on Wednesday are unveiling the city’s first underground waste containers. The goal is to eliminate dumpster divers, both human and animal. There will eventually be 17 underground trash containers throughout Osceola County. The underground containers measure about 6 cubic yards (5 meters) ...

Nov. 7, 2019

By Underground Refuses Systems Inc.

Environment Agency to meet English soil plant developer

The Environment Agency is set to meet Directors from TCSR, the company who are proposing to develop a contaminated land treatment plant in Nuneaton. Following a successful afternoon meeting the public on Tuesday 22 July 2008, David Hudson, Environment Manager for the Environment Agency said: 'We had some frank discussions with local residents on Tuesday afternoon and I think we now ...

Jul. 25, 2008

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

SEPA warns of North East tyre dumpers

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued a warning to tyre fitters, garages and other businesses producing waste tyres to check that they are only passed to genuine registered waste carriers. Following a spate of tyre dumping incidents in the North East, it is apparent that illegal disposal operators are active in the area, using unmarked hired vans to collect tyres. The ...

Sep. 10, 2008

By Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)

Sotkon Angola is a supplier of Futungo de Belas project in Luanda

Around 300 units of the SOTKON Standard 3m3 model of underground waste containers have already been provided for the first phase of the project of rehabilitation and urban redevelopment of Fine Futungo in Luanda, also called Tourism Development Pole Futungo Fine and Mussulo, and the installation has already begun and it is expected to become operational soon. The foundation stone of the works of ...

Jun. 22, 2016

By Sotkon Group

Garbage: a tool to a sustainable you

Were you aware that the average American throws out 550 pounds of paper, 318 pounds of food, and 90 pounds of glass per year? About 80 percent of that garbage ends up in landfills. Garbage isn't necessarily a fun thing to think about but it certainly is an opportunity to evaluate ones choices and lifestyles. As a green living consultant, I oftentimes ask clients, "What is in your garbage?" Your ...

Feb. 18, 2011

By 3BL Media

What to consider when reviewing your waste management – Webinar for the Education Sector

On Wednesday 29th January, Mike Callaghan of GPT Waste will be presenting a webinar in conjunction with Minerva Procurement Consultancy. The Practical Procurement Webinar will cover waste management for the education sector. The webinar entitled ‘ What to consider when reviewing your waste management’ will highlight what to look for in a service, typical waste generated by schools ...

Jan. 23, 2014

By GPT Waste Management Ltd

Ten more containers return to UK from Brazil

A further ten containers of the allegedly hazardous waste are to arrive back in the UK today (25 August) from Brazil, bringing the total number returned to 81. On 21 August, 71 containers of the 89 said to have been illegally exported to Brazil were repatriated. (see MRW story). A further ten are expected to arrive in the port of Felixstowe at lunchtime aboard the Safmarine Nile. They will ...

Aug. 25, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company