TKPL, Marathon Partnership Aims to Increase Waste Diversion Rates
Torxx Kinetic Pulverizer Limited (TKPL) announced today it has entered into a manufacturing and distribution partnership with Marathon Equipment, a subsidiary of Environmental Solutions Group. The...
View ArticleGuides Support Vapor Intrusion Assessment, Mitigation
The EPA has released two technical guides to support assessment and mitigation activities at sites where vapor intrusion is an actual or potential concern. Vapor intrusion is a potential concern at any...
View ArticleFood, Drink Giants Pledge to Halve Food Waste
Unilever, Nestlé, Anheuser-Busch InBev and hundreds of other top food and drink companies, all members of the Consumer Goods Forum, have committed to halve food waste within their operations by 2025,...
View ArticleIBM Big Data Aims to Create Water Management Blueprint
The Jefferson Project at Lake George, using IBM big data and analytics technology to manage and protect a body of fresh water, aims to create a blueprint to preserve important lakes, rivers and other...
View ArticleDemonstration to Convert Woody Biomass to Transportation Fuels
SynSel Energi AS, a member of SynSel Energy, has entered into an IH2 process demonstration license agreement with CRI/Criterion Catalyst Company, a member of the CRI Catalyst group, to convert woody...
View ArticleEvoqua’s Electrochemical Desalination Reduces Energy Use, Costs, Facility...
Evoqua Water Technologies has launched the next generation in electrochemical desalination that utilizes tunable technology that the company says can reduce energy costs by as much as 30 percent in...
View ArticleVW’s Renewable Diesel Evaluation Shows GHG Emissions Cuts
Volkswagen of America’s renewable diesel evaluation program, in collaboration with renewable fuel and product companies Solazyme and Amyris, has shown greenhouse gas emissions could be reduced by more...
View ArticleStarwood Achieves 16% Carbon Reduction
Starwood Hotels & Resorts has reduced carbon emissions by 16 percent, water use by 17 percent and energy use by 12 percent across all owned, managed and franchised properties from 2008 through...
View ArticleWM Launches $13M CNG Fleet
Waste Management has launched a $13 million new fleet of compressed natural gas fueled trucks in Waterloo, Iowa. Waste Management has been a pioneer in the use of natural gas in its fleet since the...
View ArticleSupreme Court Strikes Down Mercury Pollution Rule
The US Supreme Court struck down the EPA’s first-ever national standards for mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants, saying the agency failed to take into account the costs the rule would...
View ArticleNuverra Recycles Drilling Waste, Reduces Oil & Gas Costs
Nuverra Environmental Solutions has been awarded a $744,000 scientific research grant by the North Dakota Industrial Commission Oil and Gas Research Council to demonstrate the beneficial use of...
View ArticleProgress on Phasing Down HFCs as Countries Build Momentum Toward a Deal –...
Co-authored by Alexander Hillbrand (NRDC Analyst) and Morgan Capilla (NRDC Stanback Fellow) The global effort to phase down powerful heat-trapping hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) is gaining speed as several...
View ArticleUnilever Talks “ROI of Sustainability”
Triple Pundit asks Unilever’s Jonathan Atwood, VP communications and sustainable living, to define the ROI of sustainability.
View ArticleCorShield Offers Water Treatment Corrosion Preventatives
CorShield says its nontoxic S-69 corrosion preventatives — readily water-soluble powders and liquids designed utilizing Cortec’s VpCI technology — provide the water treatment industry with...
View ArticleSlot Injector Aeration System Used for Membrane Bioreactor Plants
KLa Systems’ Slot Injector aeration system is ideal for membrane bioreactor (MBR) plant processes because the injectors do not experience depressed alpha factors, so they continuously deliver high...
View ArticleUnited Airlines Invests $30M in Biofuel Firm
United Airlines yesterday announced a $30 million equity investment in US-based alternative fuels developer Fulcrum BioEnergy, which turns municipal solid waste into low-cost sustainable aviation...
View ArticleEN Rx Cleans Up Brownfields, Contaminated Lands
Cleaning up brownfields and other contaminated properties improves the environment, provides a new potential source of tax revenue and removes a huge liability for the property owner. According to EN...
View ArticleStaples Canada Aims to Recycle 3M Ink Cartridges This Year
Staples Canada has announced a plan to collect and recycle 3 million ink cartridges and 4,000,000 kg of electronics in 2015. Also in the company’s Q1 update, Staples Canada says it has achieved: In...
View ArticleHow to Treat Landfill Leachate
While the most effective way to reduce landfill leachate — any liquid that enters the facility and passes through waste material on contact — is to keep it out of the facility with a close-as-you-go...
View ArticleWaste-to-Energy Plant Cuts Landfilled Waste 90%
A Babcock & Wilcox waste-to-energy facility in West Palm Beach, Florida, is now online. The company says it is the cleanest and most-advanced power plant of its kind in North America, providing...
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