Posts from ‘April, 2012’

http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/display/article-display/5564410912/articles/waste-management-world/waste-to-energy/2012/04/Covanta_to_Offer_300_TPD_Commercial_Gasification_System.html?cmpid=EnlWMW_WeeklyApril272012 25 April 2012 Morristown, New Jersey based waste to energy developer, Covanta Energy (NYSE: CVA), has completed commercial testing of the ‘first-of-its-kind’ modular gasification technology that it plans to offer to its clients. The company said that the technology has demonstrated the ability to gasify unprocessed post-recycled municipal solid waste (MSW) in a commercial environment, while [...]

http://www.gizmag.com/plasma-flashlight/22075/ The handheld plasma flashlight that can rid the skin of bacteria in an instant (Image: X. Pei et al., Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics) An international team of scientists has created a handheld, battery powered device that has been shown to effectively rid skin of bacteria in an instant by blasting it with [...]

http://www.waste-management-world.com/index/display/article-display/_printArticle/articles/waste-management-world/waste-to-energy/2012/04/Gasification___Pyrolysis_the_Answer_for_U_S__Waste_Plastics_.html 25 April 2012 A new study showing has shown that emerging new technologies designed to convert waste into fuels or raw materials offer environmental benefits and cost savings over landfill disposal. The study – Environmental and Economic Analysis of Emerging Plastics Conversion Technologies – has been The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Plastics Division and [...]

http://blog.tetronics.com/whats-been-happening/thermal-technologies-over coming-the-variability-of-waste-by-dr-tim-johnson 28th February 2012 in What’s been happening One of the most difficult aspects of waste treatment is that ‘waste’ is a highly variable thing.  By its very nature, waste comes from an almost unlimited number of sources and in a huge range of compositions and forms.  Unfortunately, this inherent variability makes it harder [...]

From: James Middleton [mailto:dynamco@netvigator.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 8:14 PM To: ‘enquiry@cyleung2012.com‘; ceeo@ce-elect-office.hk Subject: Gasification news Dear CY Leung, please find the attached self explanatory information on what the world is doing with its waste – – – – making jet fuel. It seems this freely available information somehow eluded our current HK Environment Minister’s [...]

http://www.letsrecycle.com/news/opinions/innovation-in-waste-management Dr Tim Johnson, technical director at high temperature plasma arc technology manufacturer Tetronics, argues that plasma technology can be seen as a viable option for waste management. We are often told by politicians and think-tank consultants that it is innovation that drives growth in jobs and in the economy. It is of course very [...]

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http://www.marketwatch.com/story/lakeside-energy-and-american-securities-take-equity-stake-in-inentec-inc-2012-04-03 press release April 3, 2012, 8:33 a.m. EDT Action Follows Recent Move By Waste Management, Inc. To Become Major Investor BEND, Ore., Apr 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — InEnTec Inc., the developer of proprietary technology to produce renewable fuels and other valuable products from household, industrial, and chemical wastes, today announced that Lakeside Energy [...]