well management Articles
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Revolutionizing Waste Collection and Management Vehicles
Waste collection and management is a critical component of a sustainable and healthy environment. The traditional methods of waste collection and management, such as manual labor and outdated vehicles, are often time-consuming, expensive, and inefficient. With the latest advancements in technology, waste collection, and management vehicles have revolutionized the way we manage waste, making the ...
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It’s the most wasteful time of the year: 6 strategies for dealing with festive rubbish
Christmas is traditionally a time for giving, but where there’s presents, there is also rubbish. As other industries wind down for the festive period, the waste management sector is experiencing a peak in demand – and local authorities can often still be clearing the Christmas backlog well into the New Year. To prevent the next few weeks from overwhelming your collection crews and ...
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20 ways to manage municipal waste more effectively in 2020
2020 marks the start of a new year and a new decade. It’s a great opportunity for local authorities to assess how well your essential services are functioning, in order to put new initiatives in place to innovate your services over the next 10 years. If you’re involved in waste management, we’ve put together 20 top tips to help you look at your department with fresh eyes, ...
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Keeping APCr out of Landfill
The CIWM have recently featured an article by our very own Dr David Deegan in the latest edition of their magazine. The article explains why Tetronics International were unhappy to be informed recently that Defra ministers had taken the decision not to remove the derogation that allows Air Pollution Control residues to be disposed of to landfill at three times the standard waste acceptance ...
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Hilton Hotel Athens - Case study
BACKGROUND The prestigious Hilton Hotel located in the chic Kolonaki district of Athens, is a 508 bedroom site with conferencing, spa and roof top bars. Boasting magnificent views of the Acropolis and Mount Lycabettus the site also offers unique catering to match, with fresh Agean fish served at the Milos restaurant, roof top BBQ’s from the Galaxy Bar for scenic sunset eating, to ...
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Project - Oakbank Services Install New Kiverco MRF
The Customer Oakbank Waste Management Ltd (T/A Oakbank Services) is a waste management company based in South West Scotland. Striving hard to re-use all waste and by diverting it from landfill. Oakbank Services handles all types of specialised wastes as well as providing haulage, skip hire and trade waste bin collections. It is owned by the Dundas Chemical Company where Cat 1 and Cat 3 ...
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SMS alerts with AEMS on Cory Envrionmental landfill site case study
Application Landfill gas monitoring Equipment AEMS Location United Kingdom Customer Cory Environmental Requirement The customer was looking for a ‘smart’ gas monitoring system to continuously monitor landfill gas concentrations and pressure and send alerts by SMS message when the site is not manned, avoiding the need for weekend and overnight staffing or lone working. ...
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Ontario Landfill Site - Case Study
A Texas based company with waste management sites around North America have installed electrical generation plants at various locations that use methane collected from the waste. The daily operation of these sites include the management of the leachate, a liquid waste by-product of decomposition, and the collection of gas for electricity production. This is typically carried out at multiple wells ...
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Honolulu, HI’s department of environmental services: Protecting its most precious resources
Honolulu’s refuse collection can be dated back to the 1850s when the then-Hawaiian monarchy provided urban public services. Now, referred to as “opala” (the Hawaiian word for garbage), Honolulu’s trash is picked up by the Department of Environmental Services (ENV), which came into existence after a reorganization in 1998. Prior to that time, a small division within the ...
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UK`s first vinyl flooring recycling scheme - Recofloor - wins top CIWM Award for Innovative Practice
Recofloor’s unique, innovative and sustainable approach to the collection and recycling of waste vinyl flooring triumphed at the 2010 Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) Awards for Environmental Excellence. The UK’s first vinyl flooring recycling scheme won the highly-contested Innovative Practice in Waste Management and Resource Recovery (SME) category, just two months ...
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