Waste Choices online marketplace for waste management and recycling
10 September, 2014 | Supplied by: Waste ChoicesWaste Choices, an online marketplace for waste management and recycling, is suitable for businesses wanting a simple, fast, transparent, and compliant solution for waste collection, recycling, treatment and disposal.
NOV Mono provides protection for treatment plant
02 September, 2014 | Supplied by: NOV Australia Pty LtdPump manufacturer NOV Mono has delivered a turnkey project to provide an extra level of protection for a major water and waste treatment plant in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
FloLevel Technologies Flotation Level Transmitter for flotation cells
29 August, 2014 | Supplied by: FloLevel TechnologiesFloLevel Technologies launches a self-cleaning Flotation Level Transmitter (FLT) that offers a simple, low-maintenance device for very difficult environments, like flotation cells.
Litter continues to decrease nationally
27 August, 2014As part of Keep Australia Beautiful Week (25-31 August), the National Litter Index (NLI) 2013-14 has been released. The report shows that the occurrence of litter nationally is continuing an overall downward trend.
Sweden importing garbage for energy
25 August, 2014Sweden's 32 waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration plants can handle even more waste than is produced domestically. So when it runs out of its own garbage, it offers a service to the rest of Europe: importing excess waste from other countries.
GaiaRecycle food waste dehydration system
25 August, 2014 | Supplied by: Eco Guardians Pty LtdThe GaiaRecycle range, distributed by Eco Guardians, allows diversion of food waste from landfill so that it can be dehydrated and sterilised at source to create nutrient-rich fertiliser or a renewable energy source.
E-waste produces carcinogenic effects when not treated properly
25 August, 2014Research from the University of Alicante, Spain, has confirmed that most of the waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is not treated properly - and that the uncontrolled burning of such products produces brominated pollutants which have carcinogenic effects.
Sydney trials underground communal rubbish chutes
13 August, 2014 | Supplied by: City of SydneyA trial of underground communal rubbish chutes in a Sydney inner-city suburb has replaced an unsightly, cluttered bin bay with new recycling and waste chutes linked to an underground storage system.
Exair Peek Pico Super Air Nozzle
07 August, 2014 | Supplied by: Compressed Air Australia Pty LtdExair's Peek Pico Super Air Nozzle has been engineered to produce high performance from a tiny nozzle. It delivers small, precise blowoffs with an efficient, high-volume, high-velocity airflow.
Cerlic CMC high-concentration total solids sensor
01 August, 2014 | Supplied by: Control Components Pty LtdThe Cerlic CMC completes the sensing pathway of sludge/biosolids in water and wastewater treatment processes, measuring high-concentration suspended solids of up to 300,000 mg/L (30% TS).
Recycling plant development expanding globally
28 July, 2014Waste management research company AcuComm has found that the environmental and cash benefits of materials recovery are taking root across the world. The company identified 20 new or upgraded recycling plant developments in the June edition of Waste Industry Sales Monitor.
City of Sydney cleans out household chemicals
24 July, 2014The City of Sydney took part in the Household Chemical CleanOut earlier this month, collecting more than 27 tonnes of unwanted hazardous materials from residents.
FloLevel Technologies acoustic density interface transmitter
24 July, 2014 | Supplied by: FloLevel TechnologiesFloLevel Technologies has launched a self-cleaning acoustic density interface transmitter for mining and applications that suffer from build-up issues. The technology accurately measures most liquid/slurry solutions where an interface of up to two densities exists that needs to be monitored continuously.
Biohazard code of practice to be launched next week
18 July, 2014The 7th edition of the Industry Code of Practice for the Management of Biohazardous Waste (including Clinical & Related wastes) - formerly the Industry Code of Practice for the Management of Clinical and Related Wastes - will be launched on 23 July at the National Energy from Waste Symposium.
Yarra Valley Water upgrades sewage treatment plant
17 July, 2014Yarra Valley Water is investing $11 million to improve the sewerage system in Croydon and Chirnside Park, Melbourne, as well as providing recycled water to new developments in the area.