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Kirk Environmental to provide digestion tanks for Oxford food waste treatment centre
Agrivert have appointed Kirk Environmental to provide five 4,500m3 concrete digestion tanks for Oxfordshire County Council - at what will be the one of UK’s first large-scale AD facilities to be purpose-built for a local authority. The new 30,000-tonne food waste treatment centre at Cassington (just north of Oxford), is the inaugural stage of the council's plans to generate electricity for 5,000 homes. Working in close partnership with Agr... [more]
Vancouver municipalities implement food waste diversion and composting programs
Harvest Power has announced that multiple municipalities in the Metro Vancouver Region have partnered with Harvest and Fraser Richmond Soil & Fibre Ltd. (FRSF) to implement food waste diversion and composting programs. Harvest owns and operates North America’s largest permitted food and yard waste composting facility at FRSF in Richmond, just outside of Vancouver. The City of Vancouver began phase one of its Residential Food Scraps Collection ... [more]
Slow Recycling helps Welsh householders and businesses to move towards zero waste
A new one year pilot project in Presteigne and Norton in Wales is challenging 1,200 householders and approximately 100 businesses to move towards zero waste. The first stage of the project focuses on households and businesses, whilst the second focuses on levering manufacturers to produce products which can be easily reused or recycled by consumers. The pilot has been set up by Cwm Harry Land Trust, with support from Aylesford Newsprint, Powys... [more]
Residents of Leeds green tower block reduce fuel bills and carbon emissions
Thanks to an innovative ‘Green Tower Block’ scheme run by West North West Homes Leeds (WNWHL), residents of a Leeds tower block have saved a combined £10,000 on their annual fuel bills and reduced carbon emissions by over 7,000 tonnes over the last year. The scheme which began in February 2009 at Grayson’s Crest in Kirkstall, involved a programme of large-scale refurbishments to improve the energy efficiency of the building and to save residen... [more]
Syntec Biofuel partners with EERC to convert biomass and waste into bio-butanol
Syntec Biofuel Inc. has entered into a joint development program with the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks for converting a wide variety of biomass and waste into bio-butanol. The core process utilizes Syntec’s high-performance catalyst technology in conjunction with an upgrading process exclusively licensed from the EERC Foundation. Butanol has a high purity and energy level ... [more]
Other Biodegradable waste news and reviews
Cutting waste to landfill will mean incinerators and slop buckets
Households that agree to have incinerators built in their backyard could be given discounts on their fuel bills under plans to tackle 'Nimbyism' and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.
Middletown sets guidelines for yard waste collection
Middletown Township’s guidelines for the preparation of yard waste collection have been updated regarding the pickup of large branches. The revised guidelines are aimed at ensuring that yard waste is collected in a timely manner, while protecting the welfare of people doing the collection.
Disposing of dog waste ecologically
Q: What is the most ecologically sound way to dispose of dog waste? Some say take it home and flush it down the toilet (without the pick-up bag, of course). Others say that wastes too much water, and that it's better to just toss the bag into the garbage. Any... Waste - Water - Business - Waste management - Toilet
Removal of old MRFs ordered; new trash collection scheme set
Obsolete materials recovery facilities in some villages in Iloilo City should be removed and converted into useful projects, Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said.
Getting behind a green trend
With parenting magazines advertising organic baby food and BPA-free sippy cups, the green living trend has affected childrearing, too, from top to bottom -- the very bottom. About a year ago, when Vikki Casey-Ahmed opened Latham-based Sonrise Diaper Service and resolved to spend her Mondays driving around with a minivan filled with less-than-fresh cloth diapers, she'd resurrected a service that ...
Mayor eyes MRF abolition in villages
ILOILO City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog wants the solid waste management board to evaluate the performance of material recovery facility (MRF) that was set up in the city's barangays. read more
TerraSphere Systems' Entry into Pharmaceutical Market Through PharmaSphere Subsidiary
BOSTON, Jul 29, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) -- Converted Organics, Inc. (Nasdaq:COIN) today announced that TerraSphere Systems, LLC, a leader in the vertical farming market, has established PharmaSphere Systems, LLC as a biotechnology company that will produce and market high-value, plant-based compounds to the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and cosmeceutical markets, through ...
EU tackles e-waste anew through legislation, entrepreneurship
Brussels is spearheading a new effort to crackdown on loopholes in electronic waste management, while a new Belgian tech company has become the first to receive fair-trade certification.
La Costa Resort and Spa Awarded Bronze Level Certification by Green Seal for Commitment to Sustainability
La Costa’s Green Seal Certification Marks the First in San Diego County
Converted Organics Announces TerraSphere Systems' Entry Into Pharmaceutical Market Through PharmaSphere Subsidiary
BOSTON -- Converted Organics, Inc. today announced that TerraSphere Systems, LLC, a leader in the vertical farming market, has established PharmaSphere Systems, LLC as a biotechnology company that will produce and market high-value, plant-based compounds to the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and cosmeceutical markets, through the use of TerraSphere's vertical farming technology.
