On Friday Attorney General Buddy Caldwell announced the State of Louisiana reached an agreement with Texas incinerator Veolia Environmental Services and Louisiana hazardous waste landfill Chemical Waste Management to ensure that incinerator ash associated with the recent Dallas Ebola virus occurrence will not be transported or disposed of in Louisiana, . On Oct. 13 the […]
Campaigners welcome Heathrow’s plans to
Heathrow Airport has announced plans to move an incinerator away from Stanwell and create a 15 mile ‘green ring’ around the town. The airport said it altered its plans after residents raised concerns over its plans to relocate its incinerator to the Bedfont Road area. A Labour county councillor however has said it is like […]
Tinian solid waste: Where to go?
THREE options are on the table for disposing off Tinian solid waste: incineration, Fukuoka method or off-island disposal. The Marine Forces Pacific recently held an ad hoc committee meeting with the Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, Tinian Mayor’s Office, Department of Public Works and Administration representatives at the BECQ office on […]
New Metro incinerator would cost $1.3 bi...
Metro Vancouver is taking more heat over its plan to build a second garbage incinerator, with a new study commissioned by waste company Belkorp Environmental Services suggesting the move could cost up to $1.3 billion more than originally estimated. The analysis, conducted by ICF International on behalf of Belkorp, comes as Metro Vancouver attempts to […]
N.D. could receive Ebola waste from Cali...
FARGO, N.D. — California health officials have given notice that North Dakota is one of six states that could receive Ebola medical waste in the event the state has any material to incinerate. In a notice posted last week, the California Department of Public Health listed North Dakota as one of six states where California […]
Norfolk incinerator bill wrangle could c...
Norfolk County Council voted by 48 votes to 30 to terminate the contract for the proposed incinerator at Saddlebow at an extraordinary meeting in April. Council officers had said that, due to delays in securing planning permission, the controversial project no longer offered good value for money, and councillors agreed to ditch it. In May, […]
Pyrolysis Deemed a Viable Alternative to...
Researchers at the University of York have concluded that PyroPure (UK) technology has the potential to transform the way in which hazardous waste is destroyed in clinical environments and say pharmacists, manufacturers and hospitals throughout the UK should consider trialling the system. The announcement follows a six month Innovate UK-funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership project in […]
England’s trash generating Danish heat
Power in Denmark is increasingly being generated in plants burning waste imported from England. The practice is being called an economical and environmental boon on both sides of the equation. The AVØ incinerator in Frederikshavn produces heating and power for the area by burning trash from England. “It is mainly construction waste like pieces of […]
Ebola: Southport firm leading the fight ...
Sales and marketing manager Paul Niklas said they had more than a hundred orders from global organisations and aid agencies, including the United Nations and the Red Cross. He also said most of their workforce was dedicated to manufacturing the incinerators. The larger ones can burn up to 1,000kg of waste an hour, smaller ones […]
UTMB to destroy Ebola waste from Dallas ...
GALVESTON, Texas Health officials say the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston in the coming days will destroy medical waste from a Dallas hospital where a Liberian man died of Ebola and two nurses became infected. UTMB President David Callender said at a news conference Friday that the campus has the only licensed facility […]