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TOMRA and Cleanaway partnership appointed as network operator for New South Wales container deposit scheme

Global sensor-based solutions provider TOMRA, and Australian waste management company Cleanaway, have been appointed as the network operator for a new container deposit scheme in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. NSW environment minister Gabrielle Upton announced the new scheme, which will see approximately 800 reverse vending machines installed across the state, contributing to its litter ...

Aug. 1, 2017

By TOMRA Sorting GmbH.

New Line Of Waste containers 100% non-corrosive.

EMF Containers Inc. is please to introduce our new line of waste containers (trash bin) in the industry. EMF Containers Inc. is located in the Magdalen Islands, Quebec. We specialize in the design and fabrication of fiberglass containers for service, commercial, municipal and residential applications. Our products range from 2 to 8 cubic yards, as well as custom sizes. We design containers for ...

Feb. 27, 2007

Chinese ports checking every waste paper container

Chinese ports are checking every container of waste paper due to an increase in low quality material. Higher than accepted paper contamination in exports from the UK to China seems to have caused Chinese authorities to increase the number of inspections carried out, with many in the industry reporting 100 per cent inspections at certain ports. Mark Lyndon Paper Enterprises UK managing ...

Sep. 29, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Landfill waste found in containers returned from Brazil

Unsuitable waste mixed with plastic has been found in some of the waste containers that were recently repatriated from Brazil. After forensic examination, environmental crime investigators from the Environment Agency have so far found nappies, wellington boots, torn and dirty textiles, cat food pouches and rotting cardboard in the containers. This has all been collected as evidence in the case. ...

Sep. 23, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

European Organizations Issue Declaration on Waste Containing Nanomaterials

On April 13, 2016, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), the European Environmental Citizens’ Organization for Standardization (ECOS), and the Oeko-Institut issued a press release announcing the availability of the ...

Apr. 20, 2016

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Geosynthetics for CCR Containment and Closure

New federal regulations on the disposal of coal combustion residuals represent new approaches in response to events where coal ash has been inadvertently released from impoundments, the blowing of contaminants into the air and the leakage of potential contaminants into groundwater. “The rule establishes technical requirements for landfills and surface impoundments under Subtitle D of the ...

Oct. 27, 2015

By Agru America, Inc.

ARCO pays US$2.7m to contain waste at old copper mine

The Atlantic Richfield Company, ARCO, has been ordered to reimburse the federal government US$2.77 million for work already performed to clean up abandoned wastes from the Anaconda copper mine that are contaminating air and water in central Nevada. The order issued by the US Environmental Protection Agency also requires ARCO to fund and develop a plan for a technical assistance program to ...

Jun. 30, 2008

By Environment News Service (ENS)

Scrap Container Shear

Wanshida Q43W-4000B Scrap Container Metal Shear in Clients yard in Ukraine. It started working from 2013 and power enough to working every day. : This horizontal metal shear is applicable for cutting the metal shaped in different cross section like round, square, channel, angle, I ...

Aug. 6, 2015

By Jiangsu Wanshida Hydraulic Machinery Company

ASTM E708 - 79(2011) Standard Specification for Waste Glass as a Raw Material for the Manufacture of Glass Containers

This specification covers particulate glass (cullet material) recovered from waste destined for disposal, smaller than 6 mm intended for reuse as a raw material in the manufacture of glass containers. Flint glass cullet is a particulate glass material that contains no more than 0.1 weight % Fe2O3, or 0.0015 weight % Cr2O3, as determined by ...

Feb. 2, 2012

By ASTM International

Research and Markets: Waste Systems in the UK to 2015: Market Snapshot Contains Historical and Forecast Market Value

Research and ...

Jul. 28, 2011

Aerial Survey Shows Radiological Wastes Contained in Secure Areas of West Lake Landfill; No Public Health Risks Posed

A March 2013 aerial survey of the West Lake Landfill at Bridgeton, Mo., has determined that radiologically-contaminated wastes buried there in the 1970s remain contained within secure, fenced areas of the Superfund site, and do not pose public health risks, according to a report issued today by EPA Region 7. Region 7 requested the survey, which was conducted March 8 by EPA’s Airborne ...

May 29, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

SOTKON implemented an experimental project of underground container systems for the collection of municipal solid waste

Cúcuta is the capital, the most populated city of the administrative division called Norte de Santander and the sixth most populous of Colombia. About two years ago, SOTKON implemented an experimental project of underground container systems for the collection of municipal solid waste (MSW) in order to test the effective reduction of operating costs and improvement of health and safety ...

Jul. 6, 2015

By Sotkon Waste Systems

EPA contains landfill fire on Pine Ridge reservation

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has contained and smothered a landfill fire on the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwest South Dakota. The landfill is located 13 miles south of Red Shirt along BIA Highway 41. When EPA responders arrived on site on June 12, the fire had burned approximately 80%, or five acres, of the landfill. EPA observed evidence of household hazardous waste, including ...

Jun. 22, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Medical Waste Market Analysis: Treatment, Containment, Management and Disposal Products Reviewed in New Research Report at ReportsnReports.com

“U.S. Medical Waste Treatment, Containment, Management and Disposal Markets” this report provides: An overview of the market for various types of medical waste treatment, containment, management, and disposal products, with current and potential applications for each Analyses of market trends, with data from ...

Jan. 7, 2013

Envirogen technology treats selenium-containing coal wastewaters

Envirogen Technologies Inc has moved into the market for the treatment of selenium-containing coal mining wastewaters with a portfolio of treatment solutions, including the company’s fluidized bed reactor (FBR) biological treatment systems. “With new regulations either in place or being developed, it appears that the ability to deal with selenium wastes will increasingly become a ...

Aug. 4, 2011

By Filtration + Separation - Elsevier Ltd

Metro container corp. site proposed for superfund list

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed the addition of the Metro Container Corporation site in Trainer, Delaware County, Pa. to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is a national list of sites where hazardous substances could impact human health and/or the environment. These sites first undergo a thorough investigation to determine the full nature and extent of ...

Sep. 15, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Interstate Products Expands Line of Spill Containment Pallets

Interstate Products, Inc. (IPI), the leading manufacturer of spill containment products and the preferred source for environmental and industrial solutions has expanded its line of secondary spill containment and storage products. As a manufacturer, service company and major US and international distributor, IPI now offers the most flexible and comprehensive spill protection, containment, ...

Jun. 2, 2011

By Interstate Products Inc

The ECO Funnel™ for Justrite® safety containers is back!

Our popular ECO Funnel™ designed for use with Justrite® polyethylene safety disposal cans is back in stock and ready to ship. Available in either 4' and 8' funnel sizes, the Justrite® ECO Funnel™ can be purchased on its own or as a complete system with a 2 gallon or 5 gallon Justrite® safety disposal can*. Secondary containment is also available for the 2 gallon safety cans and a steel spill tray ...

Sep. 29, 2009

By CP Lab Safety

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 join ...

Aug. 25, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Metro container corp. site added to superfund list

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the addition of the Metro Container Corporation site in Trainer, Delaware County, Pa. to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL is a national list of sites where hazardous substances could impact human health and/or the environment. These sites first undergo a thorough investigation to determine the full nature and extent of ...

Mar. 13, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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