landfill waste recycling Articles
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Zero landfill, zero waste: the greening of industry in Singapore
This paper reviews how a land-scarce city-state is trying to achieve its goals of zero landfill and zero waste through the greening of industry. The main challenges Singapore confronts in its solid waste management are an increasing volume of industrial waste generated, a shortage of land for landfills, and escalating costs of incineration plants. To green its industries, there has been a ...
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Indicators to assess the recovery of natural resources contained in demolition waste
Demolition waste materials are one of the major industrial waste deposits in many countries and represent an important quantity of potential resources that are not exploited, because the major part of these wastes go to landfill. Indeed, recycling or recovery of demolition waste can reduce the need of primary natural resources. This article gives indicators and a method to analyse demolition ...
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Impact of CO2 Emission Trading Schemes on Residual Waste Management
ABSTRACT The EU-Emission trading scheme (ETS) in its current design hardly affects residual waste management directly: methane from landfill-sites is not included although it is one of the “Green-House-Gases” (GHG) of the Kyoto Protocol, CO2-emissions from waste incineration plants are generally exempted from the regulation of the directive and emissions from combustion of landfill-site gas can ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Understand the Inner Workings of Tyre Pyrolysis Plant
Tire pyrolysis plants are marvels of engineering, designed to transform end-of-life tires into valuable resources through a process known as pyrolysis. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the intricate workings of tyre pyrolysis machines and demystify the tire pyrolysis process, exploring its steps, mechanisms, and applications. Understanding Tire Pyrolysis Tire pyrolysis is a ...
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The Changing Shape of the Waste Management Industry
According to a recent interview conducted with Mike Walters, the waste and recycling manager for John Lewis, he highlighted his predictions for the waste management industry. In his talks on the future for the industry, he envisages a shift in resource efficiency and he predicts that in 20 years, there will be no such thing as “waste” but “end-of-first-life materials”. ...
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The Circular Economy and Paper Pulp Molding: A Sustainable Path Forward
The concept of a circular economy has gained prominence as a sustainable alternative to the traditional linear economic model of “take, make, dispose.” At the heart of the circular economy is the idea of keeping resources in use for as long as possible, minimizing waste and promoting recycling and reusability. One remarkable innovation that aligns perfectly with this concept is paper pulp ...
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Questions and answers on the Commission Communication `Towards a Circular Economy` and the Waste Targets Review
What is a circular economy? A circular economy preserves the value added in products for as long as possible and virtually eliminates waste. It retains the resources within the economy when a product has reached the end of its life, so that they remain in productive use and create further value. It may involve: Increasing the time products deliver their service before coming to the end of ...
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