The Director of the Plastic Waste Recycling Programme, Quaranchie Adama-Tettey has advised government to consider recycling plastics instead of outrightly banning its use. His call comes a day after President John Mahama served notice that the use of plastic will be banned in Ghana if plastic producers fail to ensure the right disposal. Mr Adama-Tettey … Read more…
Israelis dispose of 1,500 tons of plastic waste daily, most of which is buried in landfills ? Environmental Services Company, a government-operated waste management body, plans to derive 600 kilos of oil-like substance from every ton of plastic treated. The Environmental Services Company Ltd., a government body established in 1990 to handle hazardous waste in … Read more…
LANSING, Mich. (Dec. 18, 2014) — A bill that passed the Michigan House of Representatives Dec. 4 would change state definitions of “renewable energy” to include municipal solid waste and pyrolysis technologies. Michigan House Bill 5205 was assigned to the Michigan Senate Energy and Technology Committee Dec. 9. H.B. 5205 would add to the state’s … Read more…
Turning water into wine is pretty neat, but one company is turning end-of-life plastics and rubbers into crude oil in North Perry. Akron-based firm RES Polyflow broke ground on its patented conversion vessel in October 2012 at the South Shore Controls campus on 4823 North Ridge Road and just this past August, the company finished … Read more…
Spanish firm Abengoa has secured a $200 million contract from Fulcrum BioEnergy to build a biorefinery using gasification technology to convert 200,000 tons (181,437 tonnes) of municipal solid waste (MSW) into syncrude that will be upgraded into jet fuel. To be located at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Centre, approximately 20 miles east of Reno, Nevada, the … Read more…
Akron, Ohio based plastic to fuel technology manufacturer, RES Polyflow has successfully completed the scaling-up of its facility to demonstrate its energy recovery technology, with results that met or exceeded its expectations. Supported in part by an Ohio Third Frontier grant, the company said that its demonstration campaign conducted throughout the summer of 2013 has … Read more…
The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) is finding it tough to get a private player to set up a waste to energy thermal power plant under public private partnership (PPP) model. The civic body had planned to set up waste to energy thermal power plant with capacity of processing 500 metric tonnes of waste to generate … Read more…
The technology exists, the raw material is available and the location has been chosen — all that’s left for Jose Luis Gutierrez-Garcia to do is finance the installation of an “upcycling” machine that could convert up to 10 tonnes of plastic each month into usable crude oil. Gutierrez-Garcia is the co-founder and project director of … Read more…
This report is essential reading for prospective and current tire pyrolysis industry participants. The report covers significant industry changes (2012 vs 2013) with a review of the current industry landscape and future prospects. The reader is introduced to tire pyrolysis and the critical components of a successful operation. There is a detailed review of the … Read more…
Howard Disposal & Recycling is doing its part to protect the environment while at the same time helping the local economy by creating seven new full-time jobs. Howard Disposal & Recycling put its new materials recovery facility to use in March. Recycling isn’t new at Howard Disposal & Recycling, but the MRF is. All plastic … Read more…