waste incineration News
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Order for EfW Plant in Thailand
A consortium formed by Hitachi Zosen Corporationand KPN Green Energy Solution Co., Ltd.(KPN), engaged in the engineering of renewable energy plants in Thailand,has received an order from WPGE Phetchaburi Co., Ltd. (WPP) for an Energy-from-Waste plant comprising a stoker-type waste incinerator with a processing capacity of 476tons per day and power output of 7,900kilowatts. Project outline ...
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Court Upholds New Jersey`s Tough Mercury Rule
TRENTON, New Jersey (ENS) – In a unanimous decision, the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey has affirmed the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's regulations to protect people from the impacts of mercury emissions from iron and steel melters. The decision, released by the court April 13, allows the state to move forward with its efforts to address four of the ...
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South Korea's Dioxin Double Take
Untitled Document CHANGWON, South Korea, July 19, 2005 (ENS) - The South Korean government has promised to establish dioxin regulations by the end of this year after studies are done to determine if dioxins are dangerous to humans. Dioxins are a group of 75 chemically related chemicals classified by the World Health Organization ...
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EIB financing of EU municipal waste management projects
Within the last 8 years period (2000-2007), the EIB signed loans of around EUR 1,5 billion dedicated to investments in municipal waste management facilities. Nearly EUR 1 billion of the signed amount involves incineration. This represents some 0. 3% of total signed loans of EIB during that period. The projects are located mainly in EU-15, notably FR, DK, IT, NL, UK and often involve efficient ...
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Waste management and landfills in Austria - interview with Dr. David Laner
David Laner has been working as a research associate at the Department for Waste and Resources Management at the Vienna University of Technology dealing with landfill aftercare and criteria to assess the long-term environmental risk associated with landfills. His main areas of research as a senior fellow are the environmental risk assessment of landfills and scientific-technical ...
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Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Receives Permit to Accept MSW at the Company-Operated Juniper Ridge Landfill in Maine
Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CWST), a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, said today that it has received a permit from the State of Maine to accept in-state municipal solid waste (MSW) directly at the state-owned, company-operated Juniper Ridge Landfill in Old Town, Maine. The company said the Maine Department of Environmental Protection issued a ...
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Krakow welcomes CEM 2020 international emissions monitoring event
From 13th to 15th May, Krakow will be the focus of the world’s leading organisations in industrial emissions monitoring. The CEM 2020 emissions monitoring event will address both European and global emissions monitoring issues, providing the latest help and advice to process operators on the best ways to conduct monitoring; ensuring regulatory compliance and optimising process control. In ...
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MEPs give green light for new EU waste legislation with binding 2020 targets
The EU will have new waste legislation which includes targets for re-use and recycling of waste to be attained by 2020 after MEPs adopted amendments. The directive sets out rules on recycling and requires Member States to draw up binding national programmes for waste prevention. Waste prevention targets will be considered by the Commission in the future. Incineration of waste will be categorised ...
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Municipality in Poland to Treat Organic Waste Using Dry Fermentation
Starting in 2024, the new Kompogas® plant being built by Hitachi Zosen Inova on behalf of the German company Eggersmann Anlagen Concept for the Wielkopolskie Centrum Recyklingu waste incineration plant in Jarocin will treat around 15,000 tonnes of household organic and green waste a year to produce renewable energy and fertiliser.Jarocin, Poland. One of the goals of Poland’s new energy policy is ...
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BMH Enviro’s waste crusher produces RDF with 70% biomass content
BMH Enviro’s Tyrannosaurus® heavy-duty crushers convert waste into refuse-derived fuel (RDF) that is 70% biomass according to CEN 15747, a method that can determine the renewable content of most materials. Using RDF with high biomass content helps companies lower their greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories and obtain more carbon credits in cap-and-trade programs. Companies in ...
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‘One day install’ for new static waste plant
Kiverco has just launched a series of waste recycling plants that are sure to revolutionise the waste industry. The ‘Ks series’ is a simple yet highly effective range of waste recovery plants that come in modules and enables up to 14 recovered products from various mixed waste streams. The most interesting feature of the new systems is that you can offload, install and operate all in the same day ...
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Rubbish can power Africa’s cities
Energy generated from rubbish could power an estimated 40 million households across Africa by 2025, proposes a study. Using existing data on refuse and urban population growth, the researchers measured the total energy potential of all Africa’s urban solid waste from both incineration and methane produced from landfill sites. “Our analysis shows that waste, and in particular ...
By SciDev.Net
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Highest recycling rates in Austria and Germany – but UK and Ireland show fastest increase
Austria, Germany and Belgium recycled the largest proportion of municipal waste in Europe in 2010. Although some countries have rapidly increased recycling rates, Europe is still wasting vast quantities of valuable resources by sending them to landfill, and many countries risk falling short of legally binding recycling targets. Overall 35 % of municipal waste was recycled in Europe in 2010, a ...
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Carpet Recycling UK: landfill diversion of carpet waste rises
The volume of carpet waste diverted from landfill in the UK has shown a modest increase with 175,252 tonnes reused, recycled or recovered for energy in 2018, according to Carpet Recycling UK. This represents a diversion rate of 44% - up from 42% and an increase of 7,252 tonnes on 2017, the not for profit membership association reports. Around 400,000 tonnes of waste carpet arise each year in the ...
By Axion Group
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Circular economy: “systemic change” needed to address resource scarcity
Binding waste-reduction targets, revamped ecodesign legislation and measures to break the link between growth and the use of natural resources are the chief demands set out in a resolution passed on Wednesday by environment MEPs,who call on the Commission to table new legislation by the end of 2015. “It is a vital step for the EU to use resources more efficiently and to reduce our ...
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Ten New England Organizations Commit to Reduce Food Waste
Ten New England educational, healthcare and other business institutions have become members of EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge, a national initiative that encourages businesses, organizations and institutions to actively participate in food waste prevention, surplus food donation and food waste recycling activities. The 10 new participants in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge from New ...
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Carpet Recycling UK: landfill diversion of carpet waste rises to 42%
Volumes of carpet waste diverted from landfill in the UK continue to rise, with 168,000 tonnes reused, recycled or recovered for energy in 2017, reports Carpet Recycling UK. This represents a diversion rate of 42% - up from 35% and an increase in 26,000 tonnes compared to 2016, according to the industry body’s latest figures. Around 400,000 tonnes of waste carpet arise each year in ...
By Axion Group
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Kiverco Recycling Plant Gives Fresh Start to Waste Services Business
Fresh Start Waste Services’ new recycling plant, representing a sizeable investment to reprocess materials for waste-to-energy operations, was installed just a few weeks before the UK locked down in March. The new plant has already allowed the company to increase its recycling output, create additional revenue streams, including establishing a new business line, and attract new customers. ...
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Time to Bring Waste Full Circle
Leading NGOs have called on the EU to use a broad mix of legal and economic instruments as part of an ambitious package when it proposes its review of waste policy next month [1]. In a joint statement they highlight ten steps the EU should take to make its waste policy more resource-efficient, which include increasing the recycling target for municipal solid waste to 70%, introducing binding ...
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EPA reaches agreement with Honolulu to continue cleanup at Waipahu Ash Landfill
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the City and County of Honolulu recently signed an agreement to begin work on the second phase of cleanup at the Waipahu Ash Landfill site on Oahu. “Honolulu’s latest agreement will allow the ongoing cleanup at the old ash landfill to proceed to the next stage,” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the ...
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