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- Hazardous Waste Minimization at an Offshore Production Complex Located in Mexican Gulf
- This paper reports a hazardous waste minimization project at a production complex located in the Mexico Gulf. It describes the unit operation and processes that generate hazardous wastes according to Mexican regulation, identifies the causes and operational factors involved in the generation, and the results of material balances to estimate...
- White papers 2004-09-28
- Strategic Management of Waste Streams Generated by Exploration and Production Drilling Operations
- The emphasis on reducing the environmental impact of drilling operations promoted the development of technologies to safely contain, transfer and transport the generated wastes and, eventually, processes to treat those wastes, prior to disposal in a controlled fashion. A number of waste streams are generated in the drilling process, with...
- White papers 2004-07-20
- From Trash To Cash: Solid Waste Management In The Restaurant Industry
- Due to the nature of their operation, restaurants - which fall under commercial waste generators - typically generate solid wastes such as paper, cardboard, plastics, wood, food wastes, glass, metals, special wastes and hazardous wastes. Business-wise, restaurant owners and managers need to continually look for new and better ways to...
- White papers 2008-07-07
- Preserving Precious Capital by Eliminating Waste and Reducing the Overhead of Business Print and Marketing Collateral
- In a growing economy, companies focus on top line revenue. The recession forces management to concentrate almost exclusively on the bottom line, conserving profit by eliminating waste and improving processes. Controlling operational print and marketing assets presents an area of potential savings. Decision-makers need not hire expensive consultants to assess...
- White papers 2009-02-12
- ENERGOS in waste-to-energy venture
- ENERGOS will provide its biomass gasification technology to a waste-to-energy plant to be developed by United Utilities and Interserve. The facility, located in Derbyshire, England, will be fuelled by 140,000 tons of municipal waste and have a generating capacity of 8MW. ...
- Articles 2009-02-17
- Learning from Japan's Gaffes
- The U.S. is not the only nation to face a massive recession. As Barry Petersen reports, Japan suffered an economic crisis during the 1990's, and there were setbacks with their version of a stimulus.
- Videos 2009-02-15
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- Waste-Based Energy: One Piece Of The Sustainable Energy Puzzle
- Spittelau waste to energy plant provides district heating in Vienna. Image credit:Wikipedia In the past few years, there's been much talk about the variety of available and developing technologies that could help secure a more sustainable energy future. Since October is Energy Awareness Month, the discussion of these energy alternatives...
- News items 2009-10-19
- Low-Level Radioactive Waste Crisis in the Making
- A new radioactive-waste crisis is about to go critical -- the scheduled closing of a commercial low-level radioactive waste LLRW processing facility in Barnwell, S.C., which is a landfill owned by the state and operated by Energy Solutions. The preferred method of disposal for LLRW is shallow...
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Waste-to-Fuels Startup Terrabon Hauls in Waste Management Investment
- Terrabon has landed another investment partner -- this time, it's Waste Management-- in its pursuit of commercially viable green gasoline, a renewable fuel made from the organic waste found in your local landfill. BNET wrote about Houston, Texas-based Terrabon back in April, when Valero Energy, the largest U.S....
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- Waste Industry Briefs.(Briefs)(Waste Services Inc.)(Allied Waste Industries Inc.)(Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.)
- Solid Waste Waste Services seals Florida deals Waste Services Inc. has completed the acquisition of a material recovery facility and solid waste transfer station in Taft, Fla. Waste Services bought the...
- Research articles 2006-04-24
- Landfill waste to power Waste Management hauling fleet
- Germany's The Linde Group maintains its core business in industrial gases and engineering. But the company has been putting a new focus on alternative biogas, landfill gas, and hydrogen. And it isn't starting out small. "Our plans are to focus on these alternative fuels and bring them to market not...
- News items 2009-11-03
- Fulcrum BioEnergy claims proof of waste-to-ethanol tech
- Pleasanton, Calif.-based Fulcrum BioEnergy said its demonstration facility has now proved the viability of its waste-to-fuel technology, clearing the path for the startup to begin building a commercial plant capable of producing ethanol at $1 per gallon. Vice President Rick Barraza told the Cleantech Group today that Fulcrum plans to raise equity and...
- News items 2009-09-02
- USA Waste dumping effort for Waste Management deal. (USA Waste Services Inc.; Waste Management Inc.)
- The failure of a deal that would have made one company a giant waste hauler in Greater Cleveland could mean lower waste disposal costs for area businesses. USA Waste Services Inc. of Houston has backed off its offer to buy the Cleveland-area operationThe failure of a...
- Research articles 1997-05-12
- Waste Industry Briefs.(annual revenue of waste indusry in European Union)(Allied Waste Industries Inc. named as most trustworthy firms in America by Forbes magazine)(Waste Services Inc. to acquire South Florida operations of Allied Waste Industries Inc.)
- International Study: European waste market at $133B A new study shows that the waste management and recycling industry in the European Union has annual revenue of about 100 billion Euros, or $133 billion U.S. dollars. ...
- Research articles 2007-04-16
- Waste Industry Briefs.(Briefs)
- Hauling Waste Industries buys firms in Ga., N.C. Raleigh, N.C. - Waste Industries USA Inc. is acquiring two companies in the South. The Raleigh-based Waste Industries will purchase All American Waste...
- Research articles 2004-02-16
- Biffa acquires UK Waste for GBP380m.
- The UK-based water utility, Severn Trent Plc, has acquired the waste management firm UK Waste Management Ltd. from the US firm, Waste Management Inc. WMI for GBP380 million ($572.7 million). UK Waste will be merged with Severn Trent's waste business, Biffa Waste Services Ltd. and the...
- Research articles 2000-05-01
- Waste Industry Briefs.(Waste Connections Inc. acquires Harold Lemay Enterprises Inc.)(Waste Management Inc. pays $27,200 penalty for excessive idling of vehicles)(American Securities Corp. acquires Liberty Tire Services LLC.)
- Solid Waste Waste Connections acquires LeMay Waste Connections has completed the largest acquisition in its history, purchasing Harold LeMay Enterprises of Tacoma, Wash. The deal includes collection, recycling and transfer services as well as the portion...
- Research articles 2008-11-10
- Waste Management Benchmarking Study: A Baseline Assessment
- Ireland has the highest level of municipal waste generation per capita of all the benchmark countries and manufacturing waste generation per employee is also relatively high. Waste management and the associated costs continue to be a key issue for enterprise in Ireland. By not generating waste, one can eliminate the...
- White papers 2006-06-01
- CentraSep Technologies receives EPA revised Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest.(NEWS)
- EPA recently revised the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest used to track hazardous waste from a generator's site to the site of its disposition. As of September 5, 2006, the new Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest must be used for all hazardous waste s EPA recently...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- What Is Healthcare Waste?
- Healthcare waste is mainly produced by hospitals, health clinics, doctors' surgeries and veterinary practices, but also arises from residential homes, nursing homes and private households. Healthcare waste is primarily composed of noninfectious waste that is similar to general municipal waste and is a reservoir of potentially harmful micro-organisms that can...
- White papers 2007-08-22
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