Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Viridor says its soon-to-be-opened Avonmouth plastics recycling plant will reprocess over 80,0000 tonnes of plastic, creating recycled raw material ready to be returned to the economy. The circular economy for plastics report highlights the significant role that recycling plastics can play in ensuring the UK achieves net zero.

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Unsustainable

AUGUST 20, 2019

In developed countries, recycled paper is very easy to find, yet not nearly enough people are making that switch. Recycled paper can save the Earth; here are some facts that reveal how and why. words Ana Yong Recycled paper has been around for a long time but not everyone is using it. offices use 12.1 offices use 12.1

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The team at InfoTiles visit a water recycling plant at Anglian Water. As the proof-of-concept programme continues to prove the benefits of the solution, full integration will create better-informed asset management decision-making and allow for further understanding of maintenance prioritisation of water recycling assets.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 8, 2022

Unfortunately, these ubiquitous “forever chemicals” do not break down in the body and are linked to harmful health effects in humans and animals. In the county, frequent droughts mean that the utility is investing in new technology to increase the county’s problematic drinking water supply through water recycling and aquifer recharge.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The material is converted into a proprietary recycled polymer. Growing pressure to transition to the circular economy and the desire to eliminate legacy additives is proving to be a conundrum for the plastics recycling sector. This is making recycling more difficult, whereas in a circular economy, the process should be made easier.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

Yorkshire Water’s £50M Energy & Recycling Facility in Huddersfield. At Yorkshire Water’s new £50M Huddersfield Energy and Recycling Facility (E&RF), the digester mixing system from Landia is ensuring that total gas production can reach its anticipated 22,192Nm3/d (normal cubic meter/day).

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Carpet Recycling UK, a trade association set up to encourage carpet recycling, oversees 73% of diverted carpet waste being sent to incineration at an approximate climate cost of £16.5 Less than 2% of carpet waste is actually recycled. million a year to society. million a year in unpaid climate harm alone.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Siemens Gamesa claims to have created the world’s first recyclable wind turbine blades. Gregorio Acero, Head of Quality Management & Health, Safety and Environment at Siemens Gamesa, says the company plans for the turbines to “generate renewable electricity for 20-30 years.”

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

A circular economy for electric vehicle batteries appears to be still some way off, but metal recycling expert EMR claims to be making inroads, and to be helping shape the future of the sector. EMR recycles thousands of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) every week at its more than 60 UK sites. A lot of this work is already underway.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Will Rogers is health and safety director at Eco Verde Energy, a firm that provides operational, advisory and back office support to anaerobic digestion plants. At EVE, we have recently reviewed the health and safety policy for all EVE-managed AD plants, to optimise worker safety. Addressing lone working has been a key element of this.

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

Working with BASF, Aramark, Hampton Farms and Missouri Organic Recycling to be the first professional sports venue to sell pre-packaged peanuts in compostable bags beginning in 2017. Sustainable Infrastructure – Recycling in the Midwest : EPA Region 7 representative moderating a panel with Missouri Recycling Association and Ripple Glass.

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Greenability Magazine

JANUARY 3, 2022

Calendar listings can be related to organic food, energy-efficiency, recycling, renewable energy, zero-waste, native plant gardening, nature, resilient living and many other environmental topics. Photo: Electronic recycling event. The post Promote your eco-events in Greenability appeared first on Greenability Magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Well over half of all household material sent for recycling over the three months to June this year was composted, according to the quarterly Northern Ireland Local Authority Collected Municipal Waste Management statistics produced by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). Of all household waste, 29.3%

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A seemingly ground-breaking project to create a circular end-of-life supply chain for the electric vehicle industry is being led by EMR Metals Recycling. Ian Constance, Chief Executive at the APC said: “Recycling of electric vehicle batteries is a principal part of the electric supply chain, so it’s vital that we get it right.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 12, 2023

A used batteries collection point at a recycling facility in Bunya, Australia in February 2022. The film emphasises the dangers of throwing away batteries, and the importance of never binning and always recycling batteries and electricals containing batteries. To participate in the survey please click on the survey link. “We

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2022

You can use patterned wrapping paper and old cereal boxes to create a nifty file/magazine holder or a desk organizer. Gift the go-getters in your office sustainable business cards such as these 100% recyclable cotton cards from Moo or Botanical Paperworks plantable business cards that biodegrade and grow into herbs and wildflowers.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Deep-sea mining is an emerging, extractive industry that could threaten the health of the ocean in as little as two years. According to a recent Earthworks report, it is already technologically possible to recover and recycle upwards of 90 percent lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2022

Mark Nelson’s address will reflect on his experiences in the early 1990s Biosphere 2 project in the Arizona desert, in which he was responsible for managing a constructed wetland marsh recycling system. Air, water and nutrient recycling systems were interconnected, and innovative wastewater treatment and reuse systems created.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

As companies that drill for oil and natural gas using hydraulic fracturing consider recycling and reusing wastewater that surfaces from wells during the fracking process, chemists at The University of Toledo discovered that the new and unexplored waste contains many environmental contaminants including organic chemicals and metallic elements.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

These toxins are an obstacle for the circular economy in the future involving reuse and recycling, they explain. It encourages the re-use, repair and recycling of products and materials. The study indicates that reuse and recycling is not always automatically a good thing. per cent by weight for phthalates and 0.15

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It will manage waste collection and sortation as well as materials to be recycled from households in the region. Through the Project STOP Banyuwangi initiative, we work hand-in-hand to make tangible improvements to the health of the local environment and people living in Banyuwangi.” “We

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

And with the addition of an algae-based feed to the system, the Naked Clams can be fortified with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids – nutrients essential for human health. We’re growing them using wood that would otherwise go to landfill or be recycled, to produce food that’s high in protein and essential nutrients like Vitamin B12.”

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

Particulate matter concentration levels are now five to ten levels greater than that recommended by the World Health Organisation, with the situation predicted to worsen as populations grow and industrialization accelerates.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

Back in the summer, they celebrated 10 years of spent carbon reactivation at their Immingham facility, the site later being awarded a prestigious Green Apple environmental award as well as its ISO45001 accreditation for health & safety.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2019

European Commission-funded project with UN support urges consumersto favour products containing plastics recycled from electronic waste. Philips and Whirlpool among first firms offering support by designing products to use more recycled plastic, ease plastic reuse at product end-of-life.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Our research found evidence for a shuffling during that dormant period that may help us identify microbial associates that are key to coral health and recovery from disturbance.”. For example, the ground squirrel’s gut microbiome plays an important role in nitrogen recycling while the squirrel fasts during hibernation.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Agribed is sterile and helps to optimise bird health and welfare where the key benefit of its high absorbency ensures that poultry sheds stay drier and friable for longer. By recycling an underused source of material this further helps to reduce waste, increases sustainability for the industry, and also has the potential for cutting carbon.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Harrowing statistics from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work state that quarry workers are twice as likely to be killed in an accident than construction workers, and thirteen times more likely than those working in manufacturing.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Joystick steering has not been an especially prominent capability in the waste handling and recycling sectors. Joystick steering brings better maneuverability, improved safety and more comfort to employees in the waste management and recycling sector. The operator can see other people much better, work more precisely and safely.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 12, 2021

The biofilm is then processed and dispersed, releasing the microplastic particles for processing and recycling. Liu explained that this “allows convenient release of microplastics from the biofilm matrix, which is otherwise difficult and expensive to degrade, so that the microplastics can be later recovered for recycling.”

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Combining high-resolution cameras with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), is transforming the speed with which fly-tipping events can be identified – especially at public recycling points. For Local Authorities, the issue is not only the £392 million a year it costs, but also the risk to public health.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Anglian Water says transformation of its treatment and recycling processes is being made possible by trials of AI-driven software developed by Norwegian technology company InfoTiles. By continually assessing the health and effectiveness of assets, maintenance teams can be deployed much more efficiently.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2021

One of the North Sea’s largest decommissioning projects appears to be nearing completion, with the removal of over 36,000 tonnes of material, intended to be recycled in the next 18 months, according to Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC, which announced progress on the topside removal of the Brae Bravo platform on 13 August.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

The vehicles will form the UK’s first zero emission recycling and waste collection fleet and will collect residents’ waste and recycling in the Square Mile. Air pollution is the largest environmental risk to public health with up to 36,000 people dying prematurely every year in the UK. “We

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 15, 2020

Other ways that Best Cleaners has greened their business are by switching to LED lighting in their facilities and creating a hanger recycling program. Magazine in August 2011, 2012 and 2013. They also offer wet cleaning methods which drastically reduce or eliminate the need for solvents or detergents. About America’s Best Cleaners.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Recycling technologies for end-of-life lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are not keeping pace with the rapid rise of electric vehicles, storing up a potentially huge waste management problem for the future, according to a new study. To recycle these efficiently, they must be disassembled and the resulting waste streams separated.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2020

Urgent action on water security is essential to better prepare societies for future global health crises, say experts at the University of Birmingham in the UK and Northwestern University in the US. Protecting water sources is key to ensuring safe drinking water. The costs of not preparing for future crises will be catastrophic.”.

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