Landfills and Disposal Archives - Page 3 of 12 - Plastic Waste Solutions
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POLL: Metro Vancouver residents strongly against incineration proposal- Canada
Posted on September 24, 2014 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalPOLL: Metro Vancouver residents strongly against incineration proposal Before they do this, they need to put some of the cost this will be back on to the people who are responsible for making this waste in the first place, namely...
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Profits Boom as Chinese Waste to Energy Firm Secures Gate Fee Increases – China
Posted on March 6, 2014 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalProfits Boom as Chinese Waste to Energy Firm Secures Gate Fee Increases - Waste Management World. The company said that its environmental protection projects processed a total of 4.423 million tonnes of household waste 68,000 tonnes of industrial and hazardous...
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Alter NRG to Supply 15 MW Plasma Gasification Waste to Energy Plant in China – Waste Management World
Posted on March 6, 2014 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalAlter NRG to Supply 15 MW Plasma Gasification Waste to Energy Plant in China - Waste Management World. The company (TSX: NRG and OTCQX: ANRGF) said that it has signed a $15 million agreement with Bijie City Green Environmental Energy...
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Waste Management to open third landfill-to-NG facility – USA
Posted on October 21, 2013 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalWaste Management to open third landfill-to-NG facility. The facility will be designed to process approximately 3,500 standard cubic feet per minute (SCFM) of incoming landfill gas, equivalent to 105 million British thermal units per hour. This is as much gas...
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WCA, Morrow Renewables, and Enerdyne Power Systems Unveil New High BTU Landfill Gas-To-Energy Facility That Will Benefit Houston and Fort Bend Residents | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine
Posted on October 6, 2013 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalWCA, Morrow Renewables, and Enerdyne Power Systems Unveil New High BTU Landfill Gas-To-Energy Facility That Will Benefit Houston and Fort Bend Residents | Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine. The annual reduction of greenhouse gases attributable to this project is approximately...
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WM opens $1.5-million Florida transfer station – USA
Posted on July 28, 2013 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalWM opens $1.5-million Florida transfer station. City of Fort Pierce officials joined in the festivities to kickoff off the city’s new Single-Stream Cart recycling program. Over the past few weeks, more than 5,000 64-gallon blue carts on wheels have been delivered...
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Until the robots conquer us: Is biodegradability a beneficial attribute for discarded solid waste?
Posted on July 25, 2013 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalUntil the robots conquer us: Is biodegradability a beneficial attribute for discarded solid waste?. "It is this analysis that has led to headlines about biodegradable materials being bad for the environment. I would say it shows that there are negative...
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WM expands Iowa waste-to-energy facility
Posted on July 22, 2013 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalWM expands Iowa waste-to-energy facility. Waste Management has announced the expansion of waste-to-energy facility in Des Moines, Iowa. The company says its Des Moines Metro Methane Recovery Facility at the Metro Park East landfill in Polk County will increase output from 6.4...
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Landfill Levies – Different jurisdictions use levies to achieve specific outcomes
Posted on July 15, 2013 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalLandfill Levies. Landfill levies (or taxes, depending on where you live) are added to the tipping fee at a landfill to increase the cost of disposal to a point where diversion becomes more economically attractive. There...
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Landfill Gas to Electricity – Canada
Posted on July 11, 2013 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalLandfill Gas to Electricity. The success of the newly-named Nanaimo Bioenergy Centre is the result resulted of a willingness of the partners and stakeholders to embrace and manage policy, plus financial and innovation risk. In 2008 the establishment of...
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