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Organic Produce Distributor Composts Solid Waste into Wastewater In-House
Ace Natural, a regional distributor of organic produce, switched from solid waste haulers to dispose of organic waste to an LFC Bio-Digester installed on their property. The LFC Bio-Digester biologically decomposes solids into grey water that drains into sanitary sewer lines. The move to LFC eliminated the space, labor and odor associated with solid waste storage and the disposal cost of trucking ...
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Nitric Acid Extraction
A proposed new nitric acid extraction standard being developed by ASTM Committee E01 on Analytical Chemistry for Metals, Ores and Related Materials will be used to protect water used for drinking, recreational and agricultural purposes from environmental impacts. WK42045, Practice for Nitric Acid-Extraction of Elements from Ores and Related Metallurgical Materials Using Closed Vessel Microwave ...
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Defra welcomes budget funding for anaerobic digestion
The Secretary of State for Environment Hilary Benn has welcomed the measures in the 2009 Budget which encourage investment in low carbon jobs and anaerobic digestion. Chancellor Alistair Darling announced additional funding of £10 million of anaerobic digestion and waste infrastructure in the 2009 Budget (see MRW story). Benn said: “The Government is committed to reducing the amount of waste ...
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Top Safety Accreditation for Advetec
Local business Advetec Holdings Limited has been awarded accreditation from Alcumus SafeContractor for achieving excellence in health and safety in the workplace. Alcumus SafeContractor is a leading third party accreditation scheme which recognises extremely rigorous standards in health and safety management amongst contractors. It is used by thousands of organisations in the UK including SMEs ...
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Advetec invests in R&D to tackle plastic digestion & challenging organic waste streams
£600,000 investment in new labs and staff to test & treat new waste streams. Advetec, a specialist in the treatment and reduction of solid and liquid organic waste, is expanding its operations with a £600,000 investment in additional laboratories and staff. A doubling of office space with increased storage facilities and a new purpose-built laboratory for Research and Development ...
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W2E Announces DHEC Solid Waste Permit for Organic Waste Management Facility in Columbia
$12 Million Project to Process Organic Waste into Green Energy W2E received a solid waste permit from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) paving the way for the construction of a state-of-the-art anaerobic digestion facility in Columbia. The facility will begin construction under the supervision of W2E, and will process organic waste, turning it into ...
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North Elba, NY to Begin Municipal Anaerobic Digester Project for Food Waste Diversion with BIOFerm Energy Systems/Viessmann Group
The Town of North Elba, New York has selected BIOFermTM Energy Systems/Viessmann Group as the anaerobic digester technology provider for a community organic diversion project expected to begin this year. The biodigester, designed for source-separated municipal food and organic wastes at a regional level, will be the very first of its kind in the United States, according to the champion of the ...
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Driving green infrastructure USA grows
Renewable natural gas is derived from the methane that emits from organic waste as it decomposes. This methane is captured at agricultural facilities, landfills, wastewater treatment plants, and separated municipal solid waste digesters, and then cleaned in a treatment process to produce a product indistinguishable from natural gas. The resulting biomethane, or RNG, is then either injected into ...
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Commissioning of food waste digestion plant Benet in France, 1 MW elec
The first food waste digestion plant in France was completed in April 2010. entec biogas gmbh had got the commission for the design, as well as general contractor for mechanical and electrical engineering and commissioning of the biogas plant. Right now, the biogas plant is under commissioning and is expected to be on full capacity in September 2010. The biogas plant in Benet treats waste from ...
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US$80 billion in upgrades of North American wastewater treatment plants in the next 5 years
U.S. and Canadian cities and towns will spend over US$80 billion to upgrade and expand municipal wastewater treatment facilities over the next 5 years. This will represent 15 percent of the global spending for this segment. Some of these expenditures are just replacement of outdated facilities. Others are to meet water pollution discharge limits or reduction of odors. Some of the expenditures, ...
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Waste-to-Energy Infographic: Turning Waste Into Value
Some industries produce wastewater and process water with a high organic load, which can make it hard to reach discharge limits. These businesses, including meat and fish processors, dairies, paper plants, and even pharmaceutical plants, often have to deal with excess sludge, which can be expensive to dispose of. Waste-to-energy technology, which often can be installed at an existing ...
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Toronto Hospital Biodigests Leftovers, Turns Food Scraps into Drain-safe Grey Water
Runnymede Healthcare Centre turns food scraps into environmentally-safe grey water by dumping the waste into a biodigester instead of a dumpster. Located in the hospital’s main kitchen, the machine enables the hospital to cut food waste hauling costs in half, eliminate odors, cut carbon and methane emissions, and stay ahead of Ontario’s plans to divert more food waste from landfills. ...
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Ljupka Arsova Joins GBB as Consultant II
Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB) is pleased to announce that Ms. Ljupka Arsova has joined the firm as Consultant II. A 2010 graduate of Columbia University with a M.S. in Earth and Environmental Engineering, Arsova has focused her work and education on solid waste management and how it can successfully be implemented in affordable ways. As a Research Associate at Columbia ...
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Sierra positions company to meet global environmental challenges
This week Sierra Instruments launched a completely redesigned website that features a new Sierra logo. The new landing page video also introduces “Think Ahead”, their new global campaign that focuses on clean energy solutions and provides a PDF download of their new 40-page Sierra Clean Energy Guide. The guide details how Sierra has partnered with customers from all over the world to ...
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Ganga Waters Polluted With Plastics and Microplastics, Study Finds
A new study titled, ‘Quantitative analysis of Microplastics along River Ganga’ released by Delhi-based NGO Toxics Link today finds that the river is heavily polluted with microplastics. The findings reveal the presence of microplastics in all samples collected from the river at Haridwar, Kanpur and Varanasi. The river waters were found to be polluted with multiple kinds of plastic, ...
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Muncher prototype providing greener option for waste disposal
Revolutionizing the way companies and facilities dispose of everyday waste and materials, Nevada-based company Ecologico-Logic is unveiling and demonstrating its machine prototype, the Muncher, as an environmentally friendly alternative to waste disposal. Ecologico-Logic consists of seven individuals with strong backgrounds in business, manufacturing, mechanical engineering and environmental ...
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BiOWiSH™ reduces sludge and odor at Texas dairy
June 30, 2011 For Immediate Release CHICAGO, IL - BiOWiSH™ Manure & Odor Treatment (Beef & Dairy) reduced sludge and odor during a recent case study at a Texas dairy farm. The owner of Wilhelmus Dairy began using the treatment because of concerns about odor and sludge content in the farm's primary lagoon. At the time treatment began, the sludge level in the lagoon was close to ...
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Environmentally attuned seafood manufacturer sets environmental standards with new GWE wastewater treatment plant
Turn-key plant from GWE has been installed at Indian Ocean Tuna Ltd, at its seafood processing operation in Victoria, capital of Seychelles. Indian Ocean Tuna – an operation of the Thai Union Group Public Company – produces 2,000 cubic meters a day of wastewater in its processing and canning operations. The new GWE plant is designed to remove over 95% of organic contaminants from ...
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New England Institutions Honored for Food Waste Recycling Efforts on America Recycles Day
In honor of America Recycles Day, two colleges in Massachusetts and a senior living facility in Connecticut were honored this week by EPA for their success in keeping extra food out of landfills and getting it to people who are hungry. In addition, regional achievement awards were given to 12 other organizations in three New England states. EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge invites ...
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New biodegradable waste management plans proposed and evaluated
Researchers have designed and proposed a new organic waste management plan for Catalonia, Spain, and presented it in a recent study. They say that the plan would reduce a number of environmental impacts that arise from landfilling biodegradable waste, including natural resource depletion, acidification, and eutrophication. To reduce the negative environmental effects of landfilling and to ...
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