Wastewater

The benefits of anaerobic wastewater treatment

The use of anaerobic digestion for the treatment of wastewater (and other effluent streams) has increased steadily in recent years. Guest author Matt Hale, Global Key Account Director, HRS Heat Exchangers, on the benefits of anaerobic treatment for wastewater streams and sludges, and how the efficiency of the AD process can be improved.

Jun 13, 2024

Reading time: about 5 minutes

• #anaerobic digestion
• #energy from waste

• PFAS

  Water Treatment: Perfectly filtered

  Researchers from Germany and the USA have found a way to filter hazardous perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFAS) from water....

  Dec 12, 2023

  Reading time: about 4 minutes

  • #hazardous waste
  • #sludge waste

• Urban Biowaste Valorisation

  Up to 99% reduction in the environmental impact of innovative processes

  Addressing municipal biowaste is crucial for meeting the targets set out in the EU Waste Framework Directive. A research project therefore...

  Apr 24, 2023

  Reading time: about 7 minutes

  • #biowaste
  • #composting

• Innovative approaches to deal with biowaste

  Biowaste collection and valorisation: Problems and solutions

  Too much organic waste still ends up in landfills or incineration. The EU funded SCALIBUR project concentrated on innovative solutions to...

  Jan 17, 2023

  Reading time: about 7 minutes

  • #biowaste
  • #collection and handling

• Biogas

  Inauguration of Switzerland’s first industrial power to gas plant

  The first Power to Gas plant based on biological methanation in Europe is not only a milestone for its owner and operator Limeco, but also...

  May 9, 2022

  Reading time: about 2 minutes

  • #anaerobic digestion
  • #biogas

• Landfill

  UBU Environmental targets 100% landfill diversion with CDE plant

  Manchester-based UBU Environmental has outlined its plans to achieve 100% landfill diversion from its incoming road sweepings and inert...

  Feb 24, 2022

  Reading time: about 2 minutes

  • #business news
  • #collection and handling

• Food Waste

  Power Knot offers organic powerchips for biodigesters

  Power Knot launched powerchips made 100% of plant-based organic material, that have been designed to speed up the digestion rate of food...

  Feb 2, 2022

  Reading time: about 2 minutes

  • #business news
  • #press release

• Water Pollution

  US: EPA to implement tougher wastewater regulations for coal industry

  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will impose stricter wastewater disposal standards on coal-fired power plants.

  Jul 27, 2021

  Reading time: about 3 minutes

  • #legislation
  • #sludge waste

• Wastewater Treatment

  First Wastewater Treatment Plant in Sierra Leone

  International collaboration provides development of first wastewater treatment facility in town with a population of over one million.

  Jun 10, 2021

  Reading time: about 2 minutes

  • #business news
  • #collection and handling

• Wastewater

  Food waste to be co-digested into biogas in Korean underground wastewater treatment plant

  A new underground wastewater treatment plant serving 700,000 people in the municipality of Anyang, South Korea will use thermal hydrolysis...

  Apr 29, 2015

  Reading time: about 2 minutes

  • #biogas
  • #biowaste