high waste production News
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KSS Acquires LIONEX Technology, Launches proprietary Li-PRO Solution
Koch Separation Solutions (KSS) announced today the acquisition of LIONEX technology from Chemionex Inc. The acquisition serves as the foundation for the launch of their Li-PRO™ process featuring a proprietary global solution for Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE). “The launch of the Li-PRO process, coupled with the broader EPC capabilities of our parent, Koch Engineered Solutions, will ...
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New online waste assessment tool to boost business resource efficiency
A tool to help businesses be more resource efficient by putting their waste back to work was launched today by the Environment Agency and a number of waste and resource sector organisations. The IsItWaste tool is a free, easy-to-use assessment tool that will help businesses in England to check whether a waste or surplus material is a by-product or achieves End-of-Waste status and can be ...
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Oxidation of sulfides in waste rock piles
Oxidation of sulfides in mining wastes produces high concentrations of sulfate, iron, and other metals and frequently also very low pH values. Compared with fine-grain mine tailings produced in ore treatment by flotation and other techniques, waste rock is just displaced material comprising large particles deposited into piles. In waste rock piles with high permeability and sulfide content, the ...
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EU - Commission proposes safety standards for disposing spent fuel and radioactive waste from nuclear power plants
The Commission today proposed safety standards for disposing spent fuel and radioactive waste from nuclear power plants as well as from medicine or research. In the Directive put forward today, Member States are asked to present national programmes, indicating when, where and how they will construct and manage final repositories aimed at guaranteeing the highest safety standards. With the ...
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Questions & Answers: Safety standards for nuclear waste disposal
Why is the Commission proposing the Directive? More than 50 years after the first nuclear power plant become operational (1956 Calder Hall, UK), there are still no final repositories for nuclear waste in the whole European Union. Some Member States such as Sweden, Finland and France are in the planning phase. To minimize the risk of contamination, the EU is proposing high safety standards ...
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New Covent Garden Market is first in the UK to install a MRF
A London market is the first UK market to install a materials recycling facility and introduce a pay as you throw scheme for tenants in a bid to achieve zero waste to landfill. The UK’s largest fresh produce market, New Covent Garden Market situated in Vauxhall, has completely revised its waste system. It has installed a low-tech MRF to reclaim recyclable materials such as cardboard, a variety ...
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When oxygen makes pollution worse
Oxidation of sulfides in mining wastes produces high concentrations of sulfate, iron, and other metals, and frequently also very low pH values. Compared to fine-grain mine tailings, produced in ore treatment by flotation and other techniques, waste rock is just displaced material comprising large size particles and deposited in waste rock piles. In waste rock piles with high permeability and ...
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Converting Local Waste Into High Profit Exportable Products
Who says waste accumulation hampers the economy of a nation. Presumably, the perception states that local waste poses a serious threat to the growth and development of the country. Well, every hurdle to mankind is crossed with an equally innovative step. Sorbilite Inc., the leader in Environmental Innovations and Solutions, has traversed a step further to boost the economy of several nations ...
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Sofscape 3rd Generation Tire Recycling Molding System
Sofscape is taking the tire recycling industry to a whole new level with the introduction of its 3rd generation molding system. The Sofscape patented molding line converts crumb rubber, produced from waste tires, into high quality rubber products in 25 seconds. Sofscape Caribe doesn’t follow the traditional molding process that uses one set of molds, static hydraulic presses and long ...
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New Programmable Logic Controller Expert Added to Enviro-Equipment Inc.’s Remediation Division
Enviro-Equipment Inc. (http://www.enviroequipment.com), a leading provider and manufacturer of environmental monitoring equipment for rent and purchase in North America, announced today that it has added Craig Richardson to the firm’s Remediation Division. Mr. Richardson brings valued expertise in programmable logic controllers, remote telemetry controls, industrial controls, and ...
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Tetronics to supply BlueOak recovery technology to reclaim precious metals from electronic waste across the USA
Tetronics has secured its first contract with BlueOak Resources, USA to provide Plasma refining technology for the recovery of precious metals from e-waste in a plant located in Osceola, Arkansas. This launch project will cement the strategic relationship formed between the two companies to exploit the US e-waste market. London, 22 July 2014 – Tetronics International, a global leader in ...
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British plastics recyclers lead the way at IdentiPlast 2013
A clothing-store mannequin and an award-winning recyclables bin, both made from UK-sourced household plastic packaging waste, served to highlight progress made by British firms in recycling challenging materials at an international conference on plastic waste recovery. Containing 50% recycled post-consumer flexible films, the plastic male torso was produced during a project co-ordinated by ...
By Axion Group
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Leading dairy producer shows food manufacturers how waste-to-energy innovation achieves outstanding environmental and production benefits
One of the largest dairy production operations in the US is achieving outstanding environmental performance from a Global Water & Energy, a member of the Global Water Engineering (GWE) Group of Companies, FLOTAMET™ anaerobic digestion plant that removes pollution from wastewater and transforms it into green energy to heat boilers. The FLOTAMET™-M system installed at HP ...
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Washington nuke waste tanks flawed?
While one of the newer double-walled nuclear waste storage tanks at a Washington state complex has leaked, six others have "significant construction flaws" that could lead to additional leaks, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The 28 double-walled tanks at Hanford nuclear waste complex hold some of the worst radioactive waste at the nation's most contaminated nuclear ...
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Unlocking maximum value – saleable tons from iron ore waste
The allure of recovering and beneficiating iron ore from marginal and low-grade overburden stockpiles, oversize stockpiles and fines dams is only ever apparent during commodity booms or busts – when unlocking every available ton and turning it into minable and profitable material is crucial. Wet processing equipment company CDE has successfully helped bring an Australian iron ore miner ...
By VUKA Group
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The 2012 LIFE+ projects
Austria 4 projects (14.5 million) LIFE+ Environment Policy and Governance (1 project – 3.6 million) LIFE-URBANLAKE (Stadt Wien – Magistratsabteilung 45 – Wiener Gewässer): This project intends to define strategies to reduce the vulnerability of the “Alte Donau” from effects of climate change and other anthropogenic pressures with the goal of securing the oxbow ...
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