hazardous waste containment Articles
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The use of thermal plasma technology for treating air pollution control residues
Energy from waste (EFW) is an exciting industry to be in right now in the UK. As pointed out by Euston Ling and Dr. Adam Read's article "The Shifting Landscape for Renewable Energy in the UK" {Waste Advantage Magazine, June 2011), the EFW capacity in the UK is set to grow strongly in the next 10 years, with some commentators predicting a three-fold increase in EFW capacity from the current 4 ...
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Environmentally sound - Case study
On March 16, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to add hazardous waste aerosol cans to the category of “universal wastes” regulated under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations, codified at Title 40 of the C.F.R., Part 273. 83 Fed. Reg. 11654. According to EPA, this action would benefit the many manufacturing facilities and ...
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E-waste vis-à-vis human health and environment
The social, economic and technological growth of a developing society has resulted in rapid product obsolescence which in turn has become a new environmental challenge – i.e., ‘electronics waste’ (e-waste). Electronic waste has not been a problem as long as there were a few computers or other electronic devices on earth. With the increasing use of computers/electronic devices, our planet has ...
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Summary and Schemes of Sludge Drying Technology
#sewagesludgedewatering #activatedsludgesewagetreatment Due to the high output, high moisture content and huge volume of sludge in the increasingly large-scale sewage treatment plant, it is not only inconvenient in the process of storage, transportation, loading and unloading, but also has high potential environmental safety risks and hidden dangers. The cost of sludge disposal in some ...
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Time to address the air pollution control residue problem
The incineration of municipal solid waste is gaining increasing importance in the UK, especially as the burning of waste can be used to generate energy, providing a more sustainable solution to our waste problem by diverting it from landfill sites. An issue with incineration is that some of our waste contains hazardous chemicals such as chlorine and lead which are volatilised during the process. ...
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