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E-Waste becomes a top priority for EPA action
When it comes to international environmental challenges, climate change is among the most commonly cited top priorities. But EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson this week added e-waste and four other issues to the agency`s areas of focus.
In a memo from the meeting of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation in Guanajuato, Mexico, Jackson spelled out why e-waste has become a top-level concern for the administration.
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Zero Valent Iron for Soil and Water Remediation
Waterloo, Canada; Oberhausen, Germany. The Adventus Group, a multinational remediation technology enterprise, provides a review of the Observatory NANO Focus Report 2010 on the issues surrounding nano-scale ZVI (nZVI) for treatment of contaminated water and soil.
The debate over nano-scale versus micro-scale zero valent iron (ZVI) has attracted the attention of leading scientists in the environmental remediation industry. As originators of ZVI permeable reactive barrier (PRB) technology, EnviroMetal Technologies and Adventus Americas join the debate, enjoying the benefit of over 20 years ... |
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PRé Consultants bv
PRé Consultants develops practical tools to assess and improve the environmental performance of your products or services, which are also used in our consultancy work. Our tools are based on the concept of Life Cycle thinking, also known as the cradle to grave approach or ecobalance. This concept is increasingly used in environmental management and as basis for policy making.
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