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- Sand beneficial reuse guides unveiled
- Two guidance documents to help increase the beneficial reuse of metalcasting sand recently were unveiled by the metalcasting sector partnership of American Foundry Society AFS and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA. Both guides, aimed at assisting state environmental agencies and individual metalcasting facilities in developing sand beneficial reuse programs and...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- Miracle comebacks: three projects show that adaptive reuse makes good sense, in cities and beyond.
- Adaptive reuse projects often bring with them a fair amount of headaches. Historic designations, layers of municipal approvals, and constrained construction sites are just a few of the concerns that builders and developers often have to juggle with these kinds of endeavors. But adapting a building...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- Portland-based TVA Architects nears completion of adaptive reuse of
- Portland-based TVA Architects Inc. is nearing completion of the adaptive reuse of a 1940s-era warehouse to host a new Social Security Administration call center in Auburn, Wash., about 25 miles southeast of downtown Seattle. TVA was selected as the lead architect on the Federal government project...
- Research articles 2006-07-17
- Wastewater technology surges.(News & Views)
- A recently released report, U.S. Wastewater Treatment Equipment Markets, reveals that revenue in this industry totaled $774.4 million in 2004 and estimates it to reach $1.32 million by 2011. According to findings in the analysis--released by San Antonio-based Frost & Sullivan--the market is driven by the...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- AFS gathering critical data to evaluate sand usage, disposal and reuse
- In the continued efforts to increase the beneficial reuse of molding sands, U.S. metalcasting firms must help to compile better data about sand usage, disposal and reuse practices for the metalcasting industry. AFS, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA and the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences NCMS,...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- Rich Sootkoos: Green Alternatives for Big Business
- How can you clean up by riding the green wave? Rich Sootkoos' company, Reproduct, has created a greener alternative to recycled paper and is helping corporations create greener marketing materials, company reports, and greeting cards. Here he talks about building reuse into his products and garnering support from Microsoft execs,...
- Videos 2007-10-21
- NRC opens its tent to industrial byproducts.(National Recycling Coalition)
- Byline: Joe Truini The National Recycling Coalition has expanded its universe to include industrial byproducts. The coalition's board voted unanimously Aug. 27 to support the Industrial Resources Council, a group of associations trying to increase ...
- Research articles 2005-09-12
- A Troy, N.Y., artist.(Achievements)(Julia Christensen studies reuse of abandoned big-box stores)(Brief Article)
- A TROY, N.Y., ARTIST, Julia Christensen, has made communities' adaptive reuse of abandoned big-box stores the subject of her academic specialty. She recently received a master of fine arts degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for her work, which has already taken her on a 20,000-mile journey...
- Research articles 2005-05-18
- EU MEMBER STATES TO FOLLOW HARMONISED PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING END-OF-LIFE VEHICLES DIRECTIVE.
- The European Union member states should use a harmonised methodology and body of data to keep tabs on implementation of the 2000 Directive on the disposal of end-of-life vehicles. A Decision adopted by the European Commission on April 1 (C(2004)2849/3) outlines procedures, forms and frameworks for...
- Research articles 2005-04-20
- Old buildings transformed
- Seven years ago, McKissick Associates began helping St. Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral in Harrisburg find space for its school. St. Stephen's had been running the school in its church at 2 2 1 N. Front St., but it was out of room. Harrisburg-based McKissick Associates studied several buildings it could renovate...
- Research articles 2005-01-14
- Passing inspection: a new study examines the effects of wood additives and adhesives for recyclers
- Construction and demolition (C&D) scrap materials make up a sizable portion of the solid waste generated each year. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) estimates that 136 million tons of C&D debris are produced annually in the United States. Of this, material generated at new construction sites is...
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- Norco refinery is first in U.S. to meet environmental requirement
- Officials at the Motiva Enterprises/ Shell Chemical Norco East refinery site in Norco have been recognized by state and federal agencies for successfully remediating and managing environmental problems at the refinery. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality declared the site...
- Research articles 2004-06-28
- AFS partakes in EPA roundtable to address barriers to beneficial reuse
- On November 5, the EPA's National Center for Environmental Innovation gathered the top non-hazardous waste generating industries to discuss beneficial reuse and, in some states, a lack thereof. AFS and FIRST Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today joined representatives from the aluminum, concrete, cement, iron and steel, coal combustion, pulp and...
- Research articles 2003-12-01
- Land ho; GreenScapes initiative focuses on land use.(News)(Brief Article)
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has unveiled a nationwide partnership with industries to reduce, reuse and recycle waste material from large land-use applications. The agency revealed the GreenScapes Alliance, part of its Resource Conservation Challenge, at a national meeting of the U.S....
- Research articles 2003-11-24
- Antioch High fields get EPA OK for use.(News)
- Byline: C. L. Waller Daily Herald Staff Writer A Superfund site in Antioch is the first in the Midwest to receive a federal environmental seal of approval for its reuse as athletic fields. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 administrator Tom ...
- Research articles 2003-11-11
- Wastewater Processing - Products
- The MART Corporation manufactures proprietary Environmental Processing Equipment known as the EQ-1 Wastewater Processing System. The EQ-1 will treat almost every wastewater stream for less than 20 cents per gallon. This will reduce wastewater cost and allow utilization of resources where most needed. The EQ-1 reduces aqueous waste volume by...
- Research articles 2002-08-01
- Managing environmental liabilities for beneficial reuse
- U.S. foundries have practiced beneficial reuse of sand, slag, dust and sludge for as long as the industry has existed. For the past two decades, extensive efforts in the U.S. to establish environmental standards and regulatory vehicles for beneficial reuse have been overshadowed by the possibility of incurring liability under...
- Research articles 2002-04-01
- Promoting land reuse
- ENVIRONMENTAL EARLIER THIS YEAR, the U.S. Senate passed, by a 99-0 vote, Senate Bill 350, which encourages brownfields redevelopment. If passed by the House of Representatives and signed by the President, the bill will promote brownfields redevelopment through funding and a clarification of Superfund liability, long considered...
- Research articles 2001-07-01
- Federal agencies agree on reuse of Jefferson Proving Ground firing range; area to become national wildlife refuge.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-25 May 2000-US FWS: Federal agencies agree on reuse of Jefferson Proving Ground firing range; area to become national wildlife refuge C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25052000 An agreement has been reached to safely reuse the former Jefferson Proving...
- Research articles 2000-05-25
- In an effort to get Superfund sites into productive reuse.(Brief Article)
- In an effort to get Superfund sites into productive reuse, EPA plans to award each of 40 pilot projects $100,000 in money or services under its Superfund Redevelopment Initiative. The initiative, announced last year, would help communities restore toxic waste sites to productive use. Ten pilot...
- Research articles 2000-02-01
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