waste reduction Articles
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The Post-Consumer Glass Recycling System
Post-consumer-glass containers are made from naturally occurring sand, soda ash and limestone ingredients. It’s the packaging material of choice for a majority of consumers, especially those concerned about their health and the environment. Glass is superior for preserving a product’s taste or flavour and maintaining the integrity or healthiness of foods and beverages. It is the ...
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Adressing the conflicting priorities of waste reduction and energy development
Many valuable materials are currently being discarded rather than used productively, and more needs to be done to maximize the value we recover from material streams. Unfortunately, building energy recovery facilities to handle the existing waste load creates a requirement to continue generating the same amount of waste, creating potential problems for plans to reduce waste. Waste is the fuel for ...
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TOM helps Mcdonald’s Chile cut the daily waste volume by 80%
McDonald’s is committed to improve its waste management, so it installed smart automatic waste bins, achieving a significant reduction in waste collection and in several of its locations. With TOM installed, bag switches occur only 3 times a day vs 3 times per hour before during rush hours. ...
By Orwak AB
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Reducing Waste At Retail Stores
Reducing Waste At Retail Stores Retail is an profit-driven industry based on consumer demand and the managing of indirect and direct costs. Retail managers and business owners are constantly looking at ways to eliminate unnecessary expenses. Waste handling is a controllable direct cost that all retail stores should work to reduce and help their bottom line. Not only will waste reduction at retail ...
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Pallet and Wood Waste Shredder
A pallet is a flat transport structure. There are different materials from which pallets are made: for example wood, plastic, corrugated cardboard and sheet metal. The most common are pallets made of wood. Pallets are the ideal helper for logistics tasks, but wooden pallets waste in particular take up valuable storage space. The more efficient solution for dispoal waste pallet is to use ...
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3 Construction Waste Management Best Practices
The rising popularity of green building practices is shining a spotlight on construction waste disposal in the U.S. While federal regulations are limited, states and local governments are increasingly setting new requirements for the proper management of C&D debris. According to the EPA, more than 530 million tons of C&D waste is generated across the country each year. This staggering ...
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Trash Bin Installation 101: Important Questions to Ask (Part 1)
This is a question that often crosses the minds of those who oversee waste management for cities and locations like amusement parks, universities, shopping malls, and airports. Many municipalities and businesses have reached the conclusion that there is no answer, and many will make their decision reactively based on complaints. That is, they install more bins when there are numerous complaints ...
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It’s a ‘no’ to Pay-as-you-throw
Axion Director Keith Freegard, recently spoke to Local Authority Waste and Recycling arguing against a Pay-as you-Throw scheme suggesting an element of ‘punishment’ could be counter-productive in increasing recycling rates. In my view, the Pay-as-You-Throw principle would not be a good idea because it is another example of trying to use a ‘stick’ to punish people for ...
By Axion Group
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Automatic Trash Compactors Save Time and Money for Scandinavian Furniture Store
Harmony Europe is helping to get the word out to business owners around the world that recycling and waste management does not have to be difficult. One example is a recent install of four SmartPack Automatic Trash Compactors in a famous Scandinavian furniture ...
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Delitek Cleans up Marine Waste Handling
Delitek AS is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of waste handling systems specially designed for use on board ships and offshore installations. Owners and operators across the globe rely on the Norwegian company’s technology to dispose of their waste in an environmentally responsible manner and in compliance with the latest regulations The very first waste handling system ...
By Delitek AS
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3 reasons for converting to the Circular Economy
A new economic model is possible and necessary, now more than ever. Climate changes are clear to see, with disastrous consequences for the environment and the World’s population. We can’t put it off any longer. The time has come to reverse the course and choose a sustainable economic model for the planet and for future generations: changing from the linear economy to the Circular ...
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The shredding of hazardous waste
An important company based in Emilia Romagna, specialised in the recovery and disposal of special hazardous industrial waste turned to us for a solution for the shredding of hazardous waste for bulk reduction, in line with 4.0 Industry requirements. In view of the type of application, a twin shaft shredder from the 2R series, 150 HP, with hydraulic drive, fitted with 4×75 mm tips, was ...
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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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Food and General Waste Hotel & Restaurant England, United Kingdom Case Study
The Centurion Best Western is a large resort that incorporates a hotel, restaurant, golf course and spa. The companyrun events including weddings, parties, meetings, and other functions which generate waste, e.g. food waste, tissue, plastic,paper, etc... Before the purpose built XO was installed, 4 individual 1100 litre bins were collected twice a week, incurringa high annual waste disposal cost, ...
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Compaction Ratio & Your Bottom Line
Benefits Of Waste Compaction It is widely accepted that compacting waste with a commercial or industrial compactor has several benefits for your business when compared to disposing of trash in an open top ...
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The Future of E-Waste: Predictions and Forecasts
E-waste has become an ever-growing problem in the world of today. Why? Because it is not biodegradable. Sure, you can still dump your electronic waste in the landfills, but you cannot really get rid of it without leaving hazardous effects on the environment. The future of e-waste has thus become a hot topic which requires our attention. According to research, e-waste constitutes 70% of the ...
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Recycling Equipment Grants and Assistance Programs
Sometimes our customers tell us they were able to get their recycling or waste management equipment partially paid for by a grant. The grants that are available vary greatly by state and need, but there are a number of grants and state assistance programs available if you put the time into researching and applying. The grants may be part of a regional effort to get people to beautify their ...
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Hazardous Waste Shredder Plant
Hazardous waste management is a challenging work, It is vital that the disposal of hazardous waste is both extremely safe and reliable. Shredding is an important step in hazardous waste management.AIShred manufacture hazardous waste shredders for hazardous waste shredding. Such as radioactive waste, steel drums containing hazardous materials or bacterially contaminated medical waste. Our ...
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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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