Recycling Technology Innovations, News
Thermal waste treatment refers to the processes that use heat to treat waste materials. Thermal methods for waste management aim at the reduction of the waste volume, the conversion of waste into harmless materials and the utilization of the energy that is hidden within waste as heat, steam, electrical energy or combustible material. They include all processes converting the waste content into gas, liquid and solid products with simultaneous or consequent release of thermal energy. Thermal methods for solid waste management include: Gasification, Pyrolysis, Plasma and Incineration. This Technology Zones offers an insight into the latest innovations in thermal waste processing technology.
Since China refused last month to accept any more foreign waste for recycling, the UK is facing a challenge. How can it recycle more of its own waste? And should it bury or burn the low-grade waste that it can’t recycle? We’re trying to answer the second question. And it certainly divides opinions. So what are the facts about plastic waste?
Read moreLandfill is both ugly and polluting. But a new breed of technology promises to make it a thing of the past, transforming a huge portion of landfill material into clean gas. It’s thanks to a process called gasification, which involves turning carbon-based materials into gas by heating them to a high temperature but without burning them. The gas can be stored until it is needed for the generation of electricity.
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ANSFELDEN – One year ago EREMA announced the relaunch of the Multi-Purpose Reactor (MPR) at the Discovery Day. Since then, the trend towards the food contact grade direct processing of PET products has continued to grow. More and more customers are enhancing their existing extrusion plant by adding the attribute of food contact compliance.
Read moreVulcan® Systems, the leading provider of indirect rotary thermal desorption systems, is excited to announce the completion of a large scale thermal desorber and off gas treatment system. This unit was specifically designed to be modular for quick setup and to process a variety of feedstocks including drill cuttings, tank bottoms, and spent catalyst generated by petrochemical refineries.
Read morePITTSBURGH, PA – Most industrial processes produce waste, some of which can be hazardous and detrimental to public health and the environment, if not managed properly.
Read moreBARCELONA – Environmental technology supplier Tecam Group has been awarded the first project worldwide for NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) waste incineration.
Read moreMOBERLY, MO – Coal-fired power plants emit 772 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the atmosphere every year—more than 2.5 pounds for every person in the United States. As a result, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other organizations around the globe have tightened regulations on emissions of hazardous chemicals, such as mercury.
Read morePITTSBURGH, PA – In February 2014, more than 80,000 tons of coal ash spilled into the Dan River in Virginia, resulting in extensive clean-ups and concerns about the safety of the local drinking water. The amount of coal ash that poured into the Dan River was equal to the weight of the Washington Monument aboveground.
Read morePITTSBURGH, PA – Memorial Day week was busy for Vulcan® Systems as our staff readied a thermal desorption unit for shipping to Argentina. Vulcan® Systems worked hand-in-hand with Ganbatte, an Argentinean-based shipping company, to ensure that the shipment was prepared properly in order for all equipment to move through Argentina customs with ease.
Read morePITTSBURGH, PA – Since the 1990s thermal desorption technology has been used around the world to treat over 500,000 metric tons of drill cuttings, which are the soil, rock fragments and pulverized materials removed from boreholes during the drilling process.
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Sense2Sort develops sensor based sorting equipment based on XRF, LIBS, Induction, CCD and NIR technologies.
TOMRA Sorting Recycling offers sensor-based sorting technologies for mixed waste management industries (metal, plastics…)
Solid Particle Flow Meters and Feeders. Where accurate flow control is required.
Presona have been designing, supplying and maintaining prepress technology balers for more than 70 years.
