• research
R&D Into Digestion of Plastics Friday, 14:19 Extremophile Waste Treatment Firm Advetec Expands Bath, UK based Advetec, a specialist in the use of extremophiles to treat solid and liquid organic waste, is expanding its operations with additional laboratories and staff to research plastic digestion. read more …
Skid Mounted Gasification Unit Developed by Al Shrooq Green Energy 05.04.2018 15:05 Waste to Energy Gasification Research Deal in UAE In the United Arab Emirates the American University of Ras Al Khaimah has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with municipal solid waste gasification technology firm, Al Shrooq Green Energy. read more …
New Initiative to Halve Food Waste in the Netherlands 29.03.2018 12:46 Food Waste Reduction Goes Dutch The Netherlands has launched a new scheme dubbed United Against Food Waste as it aims to be one of the first countries in the world to cut food waste in half. read more …
Ecobulk Initiative to Tackle Complex Composite Product Recycling 20.03.2018 14:42 European Circular Economy Project Researches Wind Turbine Blade Recycling A short time ago the very first wind power turbines in Finland were dismantled. Much of the material is easy to recycle – mostly steel. But the blades are made with thermoset FRPs that have so far been considered unrecyclable. read more …
Biobattery Utilising Thermo-Catalytic Reforming Technology 06.02.2018 14:20 Canadian & German Researchers to Develop Biowaste Battery rman and Canadian researchers team up to launch a new Technology Platform partnership to investigate the potential of a Biobattery project to convert residual biowastes into heat and power. read more …
Diversion Rates as Low as 20% Without Energy Recovery 06.02.2018 13:23 SWANA Report on Lessons from European Mechanical Biological Treatment of Wastes The US waste industry could learn valuable lessons from the implementation and operation of MB) facilities in Europe, according to a new report from SWANA's Applied Research Foundation. read more … Al Shrooq Green Energy & American University of Ras Al Khaimah to Develop Pilot 05.02.2018 13:31 Waste Gasification R&D Deal in United Arab Emirates UAE based waste gasification specialist, Al Shrooq Green Energy, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the American University of Ras Al Khaimah to deveop a pilot scale Skid Mounted Gasification Unit. read more … 30% More Waste Generated Over Christmas Period 05.01.2018 15:22 Interactive Map – World’s Most Wasteful Countries The average household produces more than a tonne of waste every year - and it’s during the festive period that we waste the most. read more … PET Recycling Research Backed by European Union’s Horizon 2020 30.10.2017 14:05 Project to Chemically Recycle PET Plastics Launched in Brussels A new European project is to focus on the chemical recycling of PET with the aim of enabling de-polymerization at industrial scale based using a microwave-based process. read more … New Benefit for SWANA Members One Year After Publication 25.10.2017 11:07 Solid Waste Association of North America's ARF Reports Now Free to Members SWANA members can now access the organisation’s Applied Research Foundation reports free of charge one year after publication. read more … Concentrates in Zero Liquid Discharge Processes Investigated 23.10.2017 12:27 WEHRLE Participates as Industrial Partner in HIGHCON Research Project German wastewater and landfill leachate treatment specialist, WEHRLE, is participating as industrial partner in two of the thirteen research projects of the WavE funding measure: “HighCon“ and “WEISS“. read more … New Generation of Electric Vehicle Batteries to Consider Second Life Applications 25.08.2017 12:18 Axion to Report on Lithium Ion Battery End-of-Life Research Manchester, UK based resource and recycling Axion, is taking part in a research project looking into battery packs for the next generation of electric vehicles, including end-of-life solutions. read more …
Loading …