contaminated waste Articles
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Benefits to groundwater quality by diverting construction and demolition wastes from landfills
The objective of this report is to evaluate the effects to groundwater by diversion of solid wastes from landfills. The focus is directed to the diversion of solid wastes from construction and demolition landfills associated with deconstruction and demolition projects. The environmental benefits of this diversion are discussed including groundwater contamination issues. Additionally, diversion ...
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Successful European Roadshow for Kiverco Density Separator
The Kiverco Compact Density Separator (DS150) has impressed many people throughout its travels around Europe recently. The machine, which is also part of the popular Kiverco Compact range, took part in demonstrations in Denmark and France, operating alongside various other machines. Also known as a Windshifter, the Kiverco DS150 has been designed to efficiently separate material into ...
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What are the treatment options for landfill leachate?
New contributor to Water/Waste Processing aims to answer readers’ most pressing questions It’s said the United States has 1,654 landfills, handling more than 250-million tons of trash each year. One Washington landfill covers a 2,545-acre area, has a 120-million-ton capacity and a 40-year expected trash-receiving life. The facility, the Republic Services-Roosevelt Regional Landfill ...
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Urban Wood Waste Recycling
Urban wood waste can include sawn lumber, pruned branches, stumps, and whole trees from street and park maintenance. The primary components of urban wood waste are used lumber, shipping pallets, trees, branches, and other wood debris from construction and demolition clearing and grubbing activities.The end uses of wood recovered from construction and demolition activities are sometimes limited. ...
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Plasterboard collection trials at household waste recycling centres
Executive summary Over one million tonnes of waste plasterboard are estimated to be produced each year in the UK from construction and demolition activities. Most of this waste is currently sent to landfill, even though it can easily be recycled. WRAP is working to divert plasterboard waste from landfill by seeking to overcome the barriers to plasterboard recycling. One area of its work is to ...
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