waste operator Articles
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EFFECTIVE COST RECOVERY SYSTEM –A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
A paper delivered at a 3-day Technical Capacity Enhancement Training for private sector waste operators in Lagos State, Nigeria. It highlights the importance of Cost recovery in the sustainance of effective service delivery of waste ...
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Waste connections: staying on the pulse of the waste industry
Through training, research, surveys, community involvement and customer service, California-based Waste Connections stays ahead of standards and regulations and remains linked to their customers coast to coast. Founded in 1997 by a group of industry professionals with more than 50 years of industry experience, Waste Connections (Folsom, CA) is an integrated solid waste services company that ...
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Transfer station retrofits and expansions: Rethinking inside and outside the box for reuse of your facility
Existing solid waste transfer stations are being forced into use beyond their planned capacity and design life, and with Capital Improvements Program budgets stretched to the breaking point, financing and constructing a new solid waste transfer station is not always feasible. The rigors of locating and permitting a new solid waste transfer station alone can make the prospects of replacement seem ...
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Sludge drying beds, Sarasota County, Florida - Case Study
Dewatering sludge at wastewater treatment plants has traditionally been a major operational concern. Most large operations must use mechanical filter presses or centrifuges to efficiently dewater their sludge. For many smaller operations, however, this equipment is too expensive and too large for their needs. Therefore, many smaller facilities rely on the sand filter drying beds for sludge ...
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Forecasting of solid waste composition using fuzzy regression approach: a case of Delhi
Fuzzy regression based approach has been used for forecasting the solid waste composition of Delhi, India between years 2007 to 2024. The estimates show that the plastic content of the waste is expected to increase from 2.74% to 3.55%. The percentages of paper and food waste are expected to decrease from 29.50% to 24.58% and from 36.37% to 27.55% respectively. The metals and glass has been ...
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Robust corona-electrostatic separation method for solid waste recycling
The objective was to reduce variation in the outcome of a corona-electrostatic separation process for solid waste recycling by finding operating conditions (high-voltage level, roll speed, splitter position) under which uncontrollable variation in 'noise factors' (ambient humidity, metal content in the feed) has minimal impact on the quantity and the quality of the recovered products. The samples ...
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Tips On Application of A Solid Waste Sorting Plant
When managing a solid waste sorting plant, it is best to aim to incorporate new technology to the processes being conducted. Lots of companies that neglect to make use of the latest technological developments often be a little more inefficient than their competitors. Companies that wish to become as successful as you can in the marketplace should consider possible improvements that they could ...
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Your local waste management operation spends more time on odour management than you think
When it comes to odour management at landfills, it’s widely accepted that prevention is better than a cure. Any possibility of slightly reducing odour impact can save navigating the fallout of a disruptive situation for waste management operations and local communities. However, odour is notoriously difficult to measure and manage. Moreover, limiting the impact of offensive odours is a ...
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10 Reasons to Install a Space-Saving Indoor Compactor
Are you operating a business that produces a high volume of waste, but has limited operating space? Save space in your facility and trips to the dumpster by installing a space-saving indoor compactor. Harmony’s Stainless Steel Compactors are the perfect solution to indoor solid waste removal. Our 300SS, 450SS and 700SS compactors provide you with the space saving advantage you need to ...
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Exploring Solid Waste Management Challenges in Zimbabwe: A Case Study
Zimbabwe, like most other developing countries, is facing enormous and growing solid waste management challenges due to rapid urbanisation and the continued use of the traditional waste generation and refuse collection and disposal models. Developed countries have moved from the same traditional refuse collection and disposal regimes and are using the more efficient integrated solid waste ...
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Industrial Shredder for Sale Hungary
In Hungary, industrial shredders are very common used in waste process and recycling industry. AIShred provides world class industrial shredder for converting waste To valuables in Hungary and other counties in EU. AIShred manufactures a full range of industrial shredder with features of cost-effective, highly-efficient, durable and easy-to-operate to provide waste shredding solution. The ...
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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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Commercial Pontotoc, Mississippi (U.S.)
Status: Under development Feedstock: Sorted municipal solid waste and wood residues Planned Product: Ethanol Expected Capacity: 38 million litres/ 10 million gallons per year Enerkem plans to build and operate a waste-to-biofuels plant in Pontotoc, Mississippi, under its U.S. affiliate, Enerkem Mississippi Biofuels LLC. The company has signed an agreement with the Three Rivers Solid Waste ...
By Enerkem
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Low cost pre-treatment of waste landfill emissions - does mechanically-biologically treated waste facilitate the operation of low environmental impact landfills?
Rules and regulations contained in the German Federal Waste Management Act are specified and complemented in administrative directives. One of them is the so called Technische Anleitung Siedlungsabfall (TASi), in other words the Technical Directive for Municipal Solid Waste, which stipulates criteria for the use, treatment and disposal of waste materials. Where it is not possible to ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Planning a Centralized Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility -- An Operator's Perspective
INTRODUCTION The rapid industrial development of the Philippines and the implementation of the Toxic Substance and Hazardous and Nuclear Waste Control Act (1992) is causing an urgent need for hazardous waste treatment facilities. Estimates of hazardous waste volumes in metropolitan Manila are rising from 232,000 tons/year in 1995 to 659,000 tons/year in the year 2010. Mr. Walter Vergara of ...
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Semi Trailer Garbage Transfer Compactor
Semi Trailer Garbage Transfer Compactor 85 cbm Capacity Procompactor design and develops Semi Trailer Garbage Transfer Compactor for waste management equipment.Procompactor Semi Trailer Garbage Equipment is mostly used for transferring solid waste to long-distance facilities. Thanks to its capacity, smaller garbage trucks can load their load onto such trailer equipment to save time and gas thus ...
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Making MGP Wastes Beneficial
More than 11 billion gallons of coal tar were generated at MGP sites in the United States from 1816 to 1947. The types and quantities of waste discharged to surface waters from MGPs vary from site to site, and the disposition of several billion gallons is unknown and remains unaccounted for. Numerous locations in the United States have sediments and soils contaminated with wastes generated from ...
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St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
Location: St. Landry Parish Landfill Washington, Louisiana Partners: St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Commission BioCNG, LLC GT Environmental Finance RPH Engineering Aucoin & Associates Progressive Waste Contact: F.J. Jolivette Plant Operator St. Landry Parish Landfill fjolivette@slpsolidwaste.org Feedstock: Landfill biogas Maximum Annual Fuel Production: 175,000 GGEs ...
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PrayForAmazon Because it is Drowning in Waste
This guest post was written by Gabriela G P Otero, Technical Coordinator at ABRELPE, the Brazilian Association of Public Cleansing and Waste Management Companies and ISWA National Member in Brazil. Manaus, a 2,2 million inhabitants city, is the capital of Amazonas state in Brazil and is located in the heart of the Amazon forest – recently subject to international concerns on its ...
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Where Can You Find a Tyre Pyrolysis Plant?
Obtaining a tyre pyrolysis plant has become easier with global manufacturers offering specialized options for rubber tyres. Some countries, like China, provide high-quality plants at minimal costs. These plants can efficiently convert large quantities of tyres into biofuel, charcoal, and bio oil. Businesses dealing with municipal solid waste or operating landfills can benefit from this investment ...
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