Waste

IBM Signs Agreement With Japan Industrial Waste Technology Center

harminka — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:39:30 -0600

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an agreement with the Japan Industrial Waste Technology Center to upgrade its "JWNET" electronic manifest system for industrial waste.

Reducing food wastage

harminka — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:52:28 -0500

Advances in sensing technology will help to reduce the wastage from 'farm to fork' that's contributing to the UK's £10 billion food wastage bill, according to the UK's Sensors & Instrumentation Knowledge Transfer Network.

Novel solution to the growing problem of waste

harminka — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:15:58 -0500

A Dutch engineer has devised a simple solution to the growing amounts of waste society generates

Scientology cult's secret prison camps: The "Rehabilitation Project Force"

lilly_von_marcab — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:50:39 -0500

Citizens from many countries are currently being held in prison camps in the United States of America by the "church" of Scientology. This is happening right now in "Rehabilitation Project Force" (RPF) centers run by this "church," where members who disagree with Scientology management are sent for punishment and re-indoctrination. Average internment is 2 to 10 years. Many of these people were granted visas as "religious workers" or "students" of Scientology.

Electronic waste disposal, growing challenge

harminka — Mon, 26 May 2008 08:44:39 -0500

Millions of tons of unwanted computers, cell phones and other electronic waste (E-waste) are filling the world’s recycling bins each year.

New process may convert toxic computer waste into safe products

harminka — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:02:19 -0500

Discarded computer parts could one day wind up fueling your car. That’s because researchers in Romania and Turkey have developed a simple, efficient method for recycling printed circuit boards into environmentally-friendly raw materials for use in fuel, plastic, and other useful consumer products.

Elevated concentrations of metals in China’s e-waste recycling workshops

harminka — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:10:10 -0500

In a case study on how not to recycle electronic waste (e-waste), scientists in the United States and Hong Kong have documented serious environmental contamination with potentially toxic metals from crude e-waste recycling in a village located in southeast China.

Researchers discover key for converting waste to electricity

harminka — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:29:53 -0600

Researchers at the University of Minnesota studying bacteria capable of generating electricity have discovered that riboflavin (commonly known as vitamin B-2) is responsible for much of the energy produced by these organisms.

Great potential to improve collection, recycling of Europe's electronic waste

harminka — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:11:02 -0600

Only about 25% of Europe’s medium sized household appliances and 40% of larger appliances are collected for salvage and recycling, leaving “substantial room for improvement,” according to a study for the European Commission by a United Nations University-led consortium. Small appliances, with a few exceptions, are close to zero percent collection.

Sharp Develops New Technology for Recycling Waste Plastic Parts

harminka — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:12:14 -0500

Central targets may hinder wider waste management objectives

harminka — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 04:34:38 -0500

Government priorities can drive local waste partnerships towards the achievement of central targets and efficiency savings rather than wider sustainable waste management objectives, a study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council shows.

From Waste to Value

Anastvatz — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:25:25 -0500

Vendors, Buyers, Energy Consumers Meet at the EBW Expo & Conference in Pittsburgh, PA