waste containment News
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Legal expert evaluation corning the waste and recycling containers 1100 with a domed lid
Due to the numerous enquiries concerning the waste container 1100 with a domed lid – old waste containers without a safety lid, i.e. those manufactured before 09/2000, the GGAWB has retained the legal services of TaylorWessing in Düsseldorf to carry out a legal expert evaluation. The question to be answered is: Are the waste containers 1100 SD that were manufactured before 09/2000, ...
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HSM SECURIO C16 – Rounding off the SECURIO range at entry level
The compact entry-level model HSM SECURIO C16, is the latest addition to the HSM family – ideal for use at home or in a small office and not just because of the pleasantly unobtrusive operating noise. The document shredder is also characterised by its ease-of-use and its safety features, it is equipped with a folding guard with integrated contact protection which if pressed, for ...
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P. HENKEL GmbH will exhibit at Pollutec 2016 – Lyon, France
Together with our French partner Moulinot Compost & Biogaz we will present our new products at this year´s exhibition Pollutec in Lyon, France (29th November – 2nd December 2016). You will find us in hall 2 on the showground “EUREXPO”. Pollutec is the most important international exhibition of environmental equipment technologies and services in France. We are looking ...
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Tragic Accident: Child trapped in a waste container dies
A 10 year old boy was trapped in waste container in Erfurt and died of his injuries after being in a coma for nine days. The boy was throwing plastic waste into a yellow wheeled container (1100 liters - sliding domed lid) and was caught in the lid according to the District Attorneys Office in Erfurt on Friday. The exact circumstances of the accident are still unclear. Since the beginning of 2009 ...
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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) ...
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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) ...
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OECD Working Party on Resource Productivity and Waste Posts Documents Concerning Nanomaterials
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently posted four reflection papers that discuss the possible release of nanomaterials from waste treatment operations and a literature review on four specific waste treatment processes of recycling, incineration, landfilling, and wastewater treatment. The papers aim to point out the knowledge gaps and areas where further ...
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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 Declaration on Waste Containing Nanomaterials. According to the press release, over 80 signatories have endorsed the Declaration, “demonstrating ...
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Handicapped accessible Waste and Recycling Container 1100
The set of issues concerning the usability of sliding domed lid containers according to EN 840 was particularly focused on in discussions with representatives of handicapped associations. Access for persons in wheelchairs is not easy, e.g. to manage the sliding domed lid of the waste and recycling container 1100. These containers could be placed in such a way as to resolve this situation, e.g. ...
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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 ...
By Sotkon Group
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Compaction of Waste in Waste and Recycling Containers
The quality committee of GGAWB e.V. has agreed on the following regulation: Plastic and metal mobile 2-wheeled and 4-wheeled waste and recycling containers: capacity up to 1700 liters, are developed, manufactured and certified in accordance with the European Standard EN 840 and the RAL Quality Guideline RAL-GZ 951/1 and RAL-GZ 951/2, respectively. The demands made on a container defined in these ...
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Straight reveals 11% revenue increase for 2009
Waste container supplier Straight has revealed an 11% increase in revenue for the year ended 31 December 2009 in its preliminary results. Group turnover has risen to £28.3 million up from 2008’s figure of £25.4 million. Straight chief executive Jonathan Straight said: “I am delighted. I think we worked very hard in 2008 to fix problems in 2007 and 2008, so 2009 has been a great year for ...
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Electro-Coatings of Iowa, Inc., to Pay $19,171 Civil Penalty for Hazardous Waste Violations in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Electro-Coatings of Iowa, Inc., a chrome, nickel, and zinc plating operation, has agreed to pay a $19,171 civil penalty to the United States to settle a series of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) violations in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In addition to paying the civil penalty, the company will spend a minimum of $110,000 to install technology that will reduce the amount of hazardous chrome ...
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Belvedere waste transfer jetty contract won
The contract to design a 270m long waste transfer jetty for the Belvedere energy-from-waste plant in East London has been won by Mott MacDonald. Construction company Costain, which was sub-contracted to build the facility by VonRollInova last year, has appointed Mott MacDonald to carry out marine works. The plan is that containerised waste will be brought to the site at Halfway Reach on the ...
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Association statement on the professional disposal of construction and demolition waste containing asbestos
Asbestos is a pollutant that was widely used in buildings in the past and is therefore still frequently found in today’s building stock. However, even minor asbestos contents in building products prevent their recycling or other utilization according to the current legal situation. A “0-fibre approach” is currently being pursued within the LAGA M23. The specification states that ...
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Sumter Coatings Inc. to pay civil penalty for resource conservation and recovery act violations
Sumter Coatings Inc. (SCI) agreed to pay a $55,000 civil penalty as part of a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a series of hazardous waste violations at its facility in Sumter, South Carolina. As part of the settlement, SCI agreed to develop a personnel training program, develop a schedule for implementation of the training program and identify facility employees ...
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New SecurityCAPs™ for HPLC/UHPLC Solvent and Waste Bottles Ensure Safety and Prevent Contamination
Phenomenex Inc., a global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, introduces SecurityCAP – a mobile phase and solvent waste safety system for HPLC and UHPLC Systems. SecurityCAP products are specially designed for solvent bottles and waste containers, providing increased laboratory safety, chromatographic security and cost savings. ...
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Waste Management LampTracker, Inc., to pay $118,800 penalty for hazardous waste violations at Kaiser, Mo., Facility
Waste Management LampTracker, Inc., has agreed to pay a $118,800 civil penalty to the United States to settle a series of violations of its Missouri Hazardous Waste Permit and the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) at its permitted Kaiser, Mo., facility and a nearby unpermitted materials staging area. Waste Management LampTracker, which collects and recycles universal waste ...
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Maine company fined for hazardous waste violations
Oxford Aviation, Inc., of Oxford Maine , a company that refurbishes and refinishes airplanes, has resolved a case involving EPA allegations that the company violated hazardous waste requirements. Following a Sept. 2009 EPA inspection of the Oxford facility, EPA alleged that Oxford violated the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by failing to adequately determine the contents of ...
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Space vehicle manufacturer SpaceX fined for hazardous waste violations (CA)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies, Inc., - also known as SpaceX - $45,600 for violating hazardous waste requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. SpaceX designs and manufactures launch vehicles, which are used to place satellites into orbit and to deliver cargo to the international space station. SpaceX ...
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