waste removal News
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TNU Supports Waste Removal Campaign
More than 100 volunteers participated on the weekend of March 10 to 12 in the cleaning of an old iron mine, in the Lorca district of Almendricos, located in the Sierra de Enmedio, Spain, a place of wild beauty, where hiking and cycling are popular.The activity was organised by the Resaltes de Murcia Caving Club and the Almendricos Cultural Association (ACUAL), in collaboration with the Lorca City ...
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Prevent Waste From Drum Top Pumps
When pumping from 205 litre drums you will always find liquids pooling on the top of the drum that need to be cleaned up and disposed of. If this liquid is allowed to overflow it can create a dangerous slip hazard. Spill Station Australia has released the Drum-Top Workstation that allows you to reclaim this liquid and avoid related OHS issues. The Drum-Top Workstation saves material, returns ...
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Local man pleads guilty to illegal waste disposal in Belbroughton
On 18 June, Giles Detheridge of Belbroughton, pleaded guilty at Redditch Magistrates’ Court to one charge relating to the illegal depositing of waste. Mr Detheridge was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £3,835.37 in costs, along with a £15 victim surcharge. The charge was brought by the Environment Agency under Regulation 12(1) and 38(1) (b) of the Environmental Permitting ...
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Stoke man gets 10,250GBP penalty for illegal waste activities
Christopher Whilock of Little Blakeley, Stoke on Trent, pleaded guilty at Cannock Magistrates’ Court to charges concerned with the illegal depositing of waste and failure to remove that waste. Mr Whilock was fined 2,500GBP and ordered to pay 7,500GBP in costs, along with a 250GBP victim surcharge. The Magistrates said that had he not been bankrupt, the fine would have been higher. In ...
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GreasePaK – environmentally friendly method of preventing drains from getting blocked!
GreasePaK effectively prevents drains getting blocked by removing and then preventing grease build-up and keeping drains clear of FOGs, fats, oils and greases.GreasePaK also reduces the need for regular maintenance and cleaning on mechanical grease traps and cuts the demand for the collection of fats, oils and grease – boosting sustainability.Recommended for warewashing facilities, installed in ...
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Panera Bread Tackles the Urban Waste Problem in New York City
Panera Bread has brought an innovative solution to handling waste to Manhattan. Panera Bread entered the Manhattan market in style by opening its 1,500th cafe in February of 2012 at 330 7th Avenue at 29th Street. They have since opened three additional cafes: East 86th Street; Fifth Avenue at 40th Street; and Union Square. These new Manhattan cafes are following the trend set by other Panera ...
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Selenium removal from waste waters
Since more than one year is running a plant for the removal of selenium from the waste waters of a major coal-burning power plant. Thanks to our experience and know-how we are able to apply this technology, patented by TWT, in several industrial domains. If necessary, we can we can study the specific process starting with a pilot ...
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The Central Park Conservancy and Alcoa to Set a New Standard in Waste Removal
The Central Park Conservancy, an internationally recognized leader in park management and restoration, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from Alcoa Foundation and an in-kind donation of aluminum valued at $140,000 from Alcoa (NYSE:AA) to design a sustainable waste management system, to increase recycling and make trash removal in the Park more efficient. The ...
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Subsea robot dives into nuclear clean-up
A robotic arm used in underwater environments in the oil and gas industry will be helping Dounreay workers clean out radioactive cells. The manipulator will segregate and package up low and intermediate level waste removed from inside concrete cells as the clean-up of the materials test reactor reprocessing plant gathers pace. The cells contained tanks and pipework which became contaminated ...
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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 ...
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SEPA to help companies store waste legally after company fined
Storing waste on land without a waste management licence has led to a Fife based business man being fined £2,750. Mr Ronald Noble Mentiplay, trading as Murray Mentiplay, was fined £2,750 at Dunfermline Sheriff Court. Mr Mentiplay had previously pled guilty to failing to comply with an environmental notice requiring him to remove a variety of waste items from land near Saline, Fife at the same ...
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Gasholder Decommissioning - Waste Sludge Treatment
Throughout 2016 Solids Control Services (SCS) deployed a mobile (trailer mounted) liquid-solid separation system across the UK. The system was used as part of a national strategy to treat waste being removed from eight redundant gasholders at four locations. Approximately 4,500m3 of sludge and effluent was treated, reducing waste requiring offsite disposal by 85%. The high capacity treatment ...
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Illegal waste operator sentenced to prison again for continuing to commit waste offences
An illegal waste operator has been sentenced at Banbury Magistrates’ Court (2, July 2013) to a total of eight months imprisonment and ordered to pay costs of £9,449 for waste offences. David Ham, 36 of the Old Dairy, Dudgrove Lane, Whelford, Gloucestershire commited the offences at two sites at Whelford in Gloucestershire and Faringdon in Oxfordshire. Mr Ham was also guilty of ...
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Recycle Track Systems (RTS) is bringing technological innovation and a shared sustainability vision to the waste removal process at Juice Press
Recycle Track Systems (RTS), a waste and recycling technology company headquartered in New York City, is proud to announce a new partnership with Juice Press – the East Coast's fastest growing organic food and beverage retailer. Leveraging its proprietary technology, RTS is disrupting the waste and recycling industry by reducing costs, diverting more waste from landfills, and ...
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EPA awards nearly $200,000 for environmental job training in Richmond, Calif.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a $192,300 environmental workforce development grant to RichmondBUILD, an environmental job training program in Richmond, Calif. RichmondBUILD will use the federal grant to train 51 students and place at least 45 graduates in environmental jobs including solar energy installation, hazardous waste removal, and construction. ...
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Raymark Waste to be Removed at Sikorsky Airport Availability Session: September 17, 2014 at St. Joseph’s Parish Hal
As part of the Sikorsky Airport Improvements Project, the City of Bridgeport will be conducting a removal of hazardous waste at a parcel associated with the new runway safety area. The work, which will be overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, includes the excavation, treatment, and disposal of approximately 14,000 cubic yards of hazardous material associated with the Raymark ...
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Trash Talk: How Much Cash are You Throwing Away on Waste Removal?
Let's talk about waste removal and on-site incineration, and how they can impact your wallet and carbon footprint. In today's world, businesses and industries are constantly looking for ways to reduce their #carbon #footprint and #save #costs. One often overlooked method that can achieve both goals is #incineration. Incineration is the process of burning waste materials to generate heat and ...
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Pacific islands seek protection from deep-sea mining
Surging interest in deep-sea metal mining in the Pacific Ocean has prompted island nations to work together to develop the scientific capacity needed to protect their environment. The move follows the discovery of large deposits of rare-earth metals such as scandium on the seabed near Hawaii, Tahiti and other locations in the eastern South Pacific and central North Pacific. The latest discovery ...
By SciDev.Net
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Metal-free waste flows with magnetic separator
The re-designed High Gradient Separator has been specially developed for the recycling industry; and is particularly suitable for a difficult and dirty work environment. The magnetic value of the coil has been increased to 10,000 Gauss. This allows the magnetically weak Iron and RFS particles to be removed from waste and residual streams as well. In the recycling world, more and more RFS is found ...
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Osceola News Gazette ? Kissimmee first in the nation to use underground trash system
In this case, it’s OK to talk trash. The city of Kissimmee will be the first municipality in the United States to use underground receptacles emptied by a truck with a crane mechanism, replacing the metal open-air dumpsters that can be foul-smelling. Kissimmee-based Underground Refuse Systems, the brainchild of longtime School Board member Jay Wheeler, has brought the technology to the ...
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