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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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Waste Gasification, AD and MBT Facility Planned for Milton Keynes – UK
Posted on July 2, 2013 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalWaste Gasification, AD and MBT Facility Planned for Milton Keynes - Waste Management World. According to AmeyCespa, these technologies will help extract more recyclable materials, as well as generate...
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Oklahoma’s First Landfill Gas to Energy Project Operational
Posted on July 2, 2013 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalOklahoma’s First Landfill Gas to Energy Project Operational - Waste Management World. American Environmental Landfill (AEL) has begun operations of its new landfill gas to energy facility at its site near Tulsa, Oklahoma. The facility currently generates some 3.2...
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Peel Region approves waste-to-energy facility for 2020 – Canada
Posted on July 2, 2013 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalPeel Region approves waste-to-energy facility for 2020. Peel Regional Council has announced its approval for a 300,000-tonne per year waste-to-energy processing facility that could divert as much as 90 per cent of the region’s residential waste from landfill when it...
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Rubbish could power homes – Australia
Posted on June 8, 2013 by DrRossH in Landfills and DisposalRubbish could power homes - The West Australian. Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubbish otherwise heading for landfill would be used to generate enough electricity for 60,000 homes under a proposal for Kwinana. Melbourne firm Phoenix Energy has applied to...
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