waste operator Articles
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Automating waste logistics in manufacturing - Sensoneo & Sigfox
Enabling “Just-in-Time” waste collection in production halls Automating route scheduling to minimize human tasks and drive efficiency Calculating the fastest routes on factory floor plans to collect only reported bins Sensoneo, the provider of enterprise-grade smart waste management solutions, has partnered with Sigfox Germany to introduce an end-to-end solution for monitoring ...
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TFC Recycling: Going the Extra Mile
From the first company to offer single-stream recycling in the mid-Atlantic region to becoming a leader in transitioning to alternative fuels, TFC Recycling is committed to improving its technologies as well as helping other organizations implement a natural gas program. Started by the Benedetto family in 1973, TFC Recycling still operates as a family owned business today, now run by Michael ...
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Green walls in St. Pée, France - Case Study
Equipment: several Biocomp 3. Installation date: 2011. Treatment volume: 30 m3/year. Loading: 5 days/week. Waste: organic waste from supermarkets. ...
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Casella Waste Systems: Moving towards zero waste
Started in 1975 as a single truck operation in Rutland, VT, Casella Waste Systems now stands as one of the leading waste and recycling companies in the U.S., employing more than 1,700 people. The company owns and/or operates 31 solid waste collection operations, 29 transfer stations, 17 recycling facilities, nine Subtitle D landfills, three landfill gas-to-energy facilities, one landfill ...
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Manufacturing Goes Lean and Green
Manufacturers around the world are uncovering the environmental as well as financial benefits of lean approaches. When John Quarmley started Highwood USA, a synthetic woods manufacturer, in 2003, he wanted the company to be good to its employees, to its community and especially to the environment. Based in the small town of Tamaqua, Pa., Highwood uses polystyrene resin and various mineral ...
By Ensia
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France: Monitoring of H2S concentrations in ambient air at a green algae treatment site - Case Study
The waste recovery syndicate Kerval operates on the site of Launay-Lantic, a composting plant of green algae, household waste and green waste, as well as a technical landfill of waste. The 2019 season had been marked by massive strandings and arrivals of green algae on the site of Lantic having generated extremely malodorous juices. In this context, Kerval has worked with ...
By ENVEA
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Combustion Of Heavy Fuels And Liquid Wastes
This paper describes the design and operating conditions of liquid and gas combustors for heavy fuels and liquid wastes. Lower fuel prices can be achieved by switching from light oil to heavy ones, or combining with unconventional waste fuels. Unconventional waste fuels such as energetic off gases and organic liquid waste require especially designed combustion equipment like a special combustor ...
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Waste management in Algeria - Case Study
Client Overview Stidest specialises in the collection, treatment and incineration of waste. Their main groups are pharmaceutical, veterinary, medical and paramedical. This usually consists of expired drugs, waste with a risk of infection and general medical waste you would expect to find at a hospital. Stidest’s main asset was their incinerators, but the ones that they had from an ...
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15 U.S. Corporations pledge to halve food waste by 2030
Fifteen United States-based corporations have openly pledged to cut food loss and waste in their operations 50 percent by 2030. This reduction aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which call for cutting “per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses” in ...
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Bin sorting needs to be simpler!
Putting the bins out should be a simple task. But for many households, sorting rubbish into the right receptacle has become too complicated. Multiple bins and complex rules – which can be different in each council – are making waste disposal a challenge. As a result, local authorities regularly deal with incorrectly sorted refuse. How can we make bin sorting simpler, to help councils ...
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Mining Companies Dig Deeper into Waste Challenges
Mining Waste Challenges – Africa Mineral extraction adopts the very latest technology and operational methods and the waste aspect is a high agenda item that Inciner8 solves within mining compounds. Uncluttered, efficient operations with active heavy plant and machinery demand that waste solutions are present to clear, clean and deliver a consistent solution in many 24 x 7 x 365 mining ...
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Mining Companies Dig Deeper into Waste Challenges
Sweden Copper Mine Boliden Aitik GällivareMining Waste Challenges – Africa Mineral extraction adopts the very latest technology and operational methods and the waste aspect is a high agenda item that Inciner8 solves within mining compounds. Uncluttered, efficient operations with active heavy plant and machinery demand that waste solutions are present to clear, clean and deliver a ...
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The Resource Utilization Rate of Bulky Waste Processing System Reaches 100%
Since the implementation of waste classification in Beijing, great attention has been paid to the treatment of bulky waste, and it is required that each street must set up at least one temporary storage place for bulky waste. The streets with conditions can also be equipped with bulky waste treatment stations, or directly handles the waste on-site. Each district should set up at least one ...
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Organic waste in circulation -co-operation between university, practice and society in Sweden
A challenge for the future is to improve recirculation of organic waste, including its contents of nutrients, between urban and agricultural ecosystems. The main reason for developing recirculating systems is to conserve energy and nutrients. The aim is to enable production of high quality and quantity food and feed on a long-term basis, to develop safe and economically feasible systems, to ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Landfilling of Pre-treated Waste - Consequences for the Construction, Operation and After-care of Landfills
INTRODUCTION From the realisation of the German Waste Storage Ordinance (Ordinance on Environmentally Compatible Storage of Waste from Human Settlements AbfAblV, ANONYM, 2001) follows that in Germany from June 2005 on only pre-treated wastes are allowed to be furnished to landfills. In some parts pre-treatment will fundamentally change the physical, biological and chemical properties of the ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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EU Confirms Disposal Ranking for Waste Burning
The European Commission has confirmed that, following a European court of justice ruling delivered in February, energy recovery from dedicated waste incinerators can no longer be counted towards waste recovery targets under the EU packaging directive. By extension, the same should logically apply also to the end-of-life vehicles (ELV) and waste electrical and electronic equipment (Weee) ...
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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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NSW Waste Guide 2014
The Environment Protection Authority (EPA), in collaboration with the state of New South Wales (NSW, Australia), is responsible for the provision of guidelines relating to waste in the NSW. Reforms are made to enforce the protection of the environment as well as the community. The Protection of the Environment Operations (Waste) Regulation 2014 was developed as a result of thorough consultation ...
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Role of Dewatering Machine in Waste Management
A screw press dewatering machine is commonly used in waste management for its efficient and effective ability to separate liquids from solid materials. It can be used to process a wide range of materials across various industries. The primary function of the machine is to separate liquids from solids by applying pressure and mechanical force through a rotating screw mechanism. Here are some ...
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Multiple location integrated management plan case study
A multiple location restaurant chain was challenged by increasing costs from their waste hauler and a lack of response regarding service concerns and pricing questions. The RecycleSmart Solution RecycleSmart worked with the existing service provider to complete a full inventory of all locations, right sizing of waste bins for each location and developing schedules to fit the seasonality of the ...
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