landfill engineering News
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EPA hears objections to its Proposed Decision on the Fingal landfill facility, Ireland
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today began an oral hearing in Balbriggan, Co. Dublin. The oral hearing has been convened by the EPA to listen to objections and concerns about its Proposed Decision to licence Fingal County Council to develop an engineered landfill facility and public recycling facility at Nevitt, Lusk, County Dublin.If approved, the proposed decision provides for a ...
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Johnson Joins CEC as New Senior Project Manager
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) welcomes Scott Johnson, Senior Project Manager in the Waste Management practice of the firm's Phoenix office. At CEC, Johnson will contribute to the Solid Waste Industry Consulting Group. Most recently with Cornerstone, Johnson brings 20 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering and a background in both consulting and the private ...
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Highly-reputable companies join Terracon to expand services and presence in Southeast US
Terracon Consultants, Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of three engineering companies—Gallet & Associates, Inc., Aquaterra Engineering and WPC, Inc. Terracon is one of the nation’s largest employee-owned engineering consulting firms with headquarters in Olathe, Kan. The acquisitions allow the company to further expand its service offerings and geographic presence to clients in the ...
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HMRC: Landfill waste taxable ‘unless expressly exempt’
All materials sent to landfill sites will be taxable ‘unless expressly exempt’, under the government’s proposed changes to Landfill Tax legislation from 1 April next year. HMRC elaborated on its plans on the 5th of December in a Policy Paper “Landfill Tax: definition of taxable disposal”. In it, the tax body confirmed that the current list for deciding materials ...
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Waste Management World Scoops Prestigious WTERT 2012 Award
PennWell Corporation's Waste Management World (WMW) magazine has been awarded the Waste to Energy Research and Technology Council's (WTERT) award for making a significant contribution to global sustainable waste management during the first decade of the 21st century. WTERT is part of Columbia University's Earth Engineering Center in New Yorkand the award - an original bronze statuette by ...
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NWRA and EREF to Hold Coal Ash Management Forum
The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) and the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF) will partner to hold the Coal Ash Management Forum on July 21 - 22, 2016. The conference aims to be a forum where both the utility and waste management industries can share ideas, research, operations strategies and case studies on how to manage coal ash beneficially or in a ...
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Tana Oy’s 50th anniversary
Tana’s first 50 years have been marked by exceptional innovativeness and a pioneering spit, right from its very first steps to the present day. The Finnish company has achieved unprecedented solutions not only in terms of its products but also its operating methods, refusing to stick with the most common solutions unless they are the most sensible for any given situation. Matti Sinkkonen, ...
By Tana Oy
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Sanitas Technologies Releases Sanitas v.9.0 Ground Water Statistical Software Program
Software used nationwide for groundwater statistical analyses by waste management companies, environmental engineers and consultants, state and local government agencies, electric utilities, industrial, chemical and ammunition manufacturers, and refineries. A national leader in ground water statistics since 1991, Sanitas Technologies today announced the newest release of their Sanitas ground ...
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New regulations loom for land remediation
Could the remediation industry be facing another steep learning curve as regulators tackle legislation overload by bringing about a variety of new directives? The subject of land remediation has long been cloaked in confusion with contradictory regulations, confusion over permits and most legislation remaining open to interpretation. Recently some issues – such as the definition of waste - ...
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Thermal Desorption opens at Waste Recovery Park
Augean plc was granted authorisation to build and operate an innovative waste recovery park for the treatment of hazardous wastes, located on land adjacent to its existing landfill site at Port Clarence, Teesside. The 12.7 hectare site will provide an integrated waste management facility that uses several complementary treatment processes to recover more waste for reuse and recycling, providing ...
By Augean PLC
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Republic Services Opens New Landfill And Transfer Station
Leading environmental services company Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG) today dedicated a state-of-the-art landfill and transfer station in Texas to meet the Rio Grande Valley's waste needs for the next 100 years. The new La Gloria landfill is a highly-engineered facility and was designed as a safe, environmentally sound system for waste disposal. The 2037-acre landfill replaces Republic's ...
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Bavarian Export Prize!
After many years of engagement and dedication our hard work has finally been recognised: We are the proud award winners of the Bavarian Export Prize for 2018 in the category services! We are extremely pleased to see our process engineering avoiding incineration and landfilling of hazardous wastes duly rewarded. Our VacuDry® technology is able to recover e.g. 100% drilling fluids, leading to ...
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OECD Working Party on Resource Productivity and Waste Posts Documents Concerning Nanomaterials
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently posted four reflection papers that discuss the possible release of nanomaterials from waste treatment operations and a literature review on four specific waste treatment processes of recycling, incineration, landfilling, and wastewater treatment. The papers aim to point out the knowledge gaps and areas where further ...
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OECD Claims Urgent Research Needed into Risks from Nanomaterials in Household Waste
According to a February 22, 2016, press release from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an OECD report states that “[u]rgent research is needed to assess the possible risks to human health and ecosystems from the ever-increasing amounts of engineered nanomaterials going into household waste and ending up in the environment.” The OECD report, ...
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QED Environmental Systems signs new three year partnership with Hofstetter Switzerland for Europe and Middle East
Leading environmental sampling equipment manufacturer QED Environmental Systems Ltd has signed an important partnership contract with Swiss Hofstetter, to supply and integrate biogas analysers across Europe and the Middle East for the very innovative solutions developed by Hofstetter for gas treatment, gas cogeneration and landfill leachate treatment. The three-year contract will see QED ...
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Clean Energy Projects Turn Landfills into Community Assets
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recognized the accomplishments of numerous landfill methane partners who are generating clean, renewable energy while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 'Across the nation, EPA is helping transform landfill waste into energy wealth,' said Bill Wehrum, acting assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Air and Radiation. 'We are ...
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Veolia Environnement Begins Operations at its Wisconsin Hickory Meadows Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project
Veolia Environnement North America (VENA) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to mark the commencement of operations for its new landfill gas-to-energy project (LFGTE) at the Veolia ES Hickory Meadows Landfill, located in eastern Wisconsin. State, community and business leaders gathered at the project site to recognize the environmental and economic benefits of ...
By Veolia
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WasteExpo 2016: Presenting Eco-Friendly Odor Mitigation Solutions for Waste Management
Next week, a wide-range of professionals from government, waste services companies, composting providers, engineering firms, and landfills (and more) will be convening in Las Vegas at the most significant event for the waste management and recycling industry, WasteExpo 2016. Hosted in conjunction with the National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), WasteExpo has become the ...
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WasteExpo 2017: Defending Against Odor Nuisance Complaints in Landfills
Next week, a wide-range of professionals from government, waste services companies, composting providers, engineering firms, and landfills, will be convening in New Orleans at the most significant event for the waste management and recycling industry, WasteExpo 2017. Over the years, WasteExpo has become the industry-defining event for advancing innovations, tacking key issues and networking in ...
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Liberty Tire Recycling to Highlight Remediation Services at New York Federation of Solid Waste and Recycling Conference and Trade Show
Liberty Tire Recycling, the premier provider of tire recycling services in North America, will highlight its eco-friendly, sustainable solutions along with its tire collection and remediation services as an exhibitor at the upcoming New York Federation of Solid Waste and Recycling Conference and Trade Show. Sponsored by the New York Solid Waste Associations, the conference and trade show is ...
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