News Articles http://www.solidwaste.com/ 12/31/2008 3:22:00 AM International Power Group Egypt, Ltd., a subsidiary of International Power Group, Ltd., recently announced that it has assumed control of a 245 acres (1,000,000 square meters) parcel of land in the industrial city of the 10th of Ramadan, Egypt on which it plans be construct and operate state-of-the-art waste management and recycling facilities http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Egyptian-Government-Turns-Over-Control-Of-10t-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 12/31/2008 3:22:00 AM BioGold Fuels Corporation has licensed a proprietary separation process technology from Gemini Environmental http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/BioGold-Fuels-Gets-License-For-Municipal-Soli-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 12/27/2008 2:35:00 AM Xethanol Corporation, a renewable energy company, recently announced that its subsidiary Southeast Biofuels LLC has filed a grant application with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to expand the company's work on converting waste to energy, using citrus waste as the raw material and converting it into ethanol http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Xethanol-Announces-Grant-Application-For-Citr-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 12/18/2008 4:37:00 AM NetApp recently announced it has been recognized by the California Integrated Waste Management Board's Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) for its outstanding actions to reduce waste locally and minimize its global impact on the environment http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/NetApp-Receives-California-Waste-Reduction-Ho-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 12/17/2008 4:22:00 AM Rackspace Managed Hosting recently announced that through its GreenSpace initiative and relationship with NativeEnergy, a leading national marketer of renewable energy credits and carbon offsets, the IT hosting specialist will be providing support to two new renewable energy projects through the purchasing of carbon offsets http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Rackspace-Announces-Support-Of-More-Renewable-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 12/13/2008 4:10:00 AM Arctic Star is currently being developed by UniPureEnergy, Corp. (UPE) to process 1,000 barrels per day of Alaska North Slope oil production related emulsion waste streams using the patented Ohsol process http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/UniPureEnergy-Corp-Announces-Arctic-Star-Proj-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 12/13/2008 3:44:00 AM For applications where a 55 gallon drum must be emptied too frequently and a motorized rotary airlock is too costly, Sternvent now offers a cyclone dust collector with a storage hopper underneath for greater volume of waste storage. The 105 cu ft hopper features a 24" square rack and pinion slide gate with hand wheel or pull chain operator http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Sternvent-Offers-Cyclone-Dust-Collector-With-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 11/7/2008 6:08:00 AM Recycling product manufacturer Meese Orbitron Dunne Co., Ashtabula, Ohio has introduced the Sortasaurus Trux line of recycling collection carts http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/New-Sortasaurus-Trux-Line-Of-Recycling-Carts-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 7/4/2008 1:43:50 AM The DELUMPER 1075 LP Crusher reduces hard or soft, heat sensitive, sticky or wet agglomerates and lumps at high volume without degrading the material or causing rise in temperature http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/DELUMPER-1075-LP-CRUSHER-Powerful-And-0002?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 7/4/2008 1:39:49 AM Mono NOV, Europe's leading designer and manufacturer of pumps, parts, Munchers, screens and packaged systems, has launched the Discam, a unique new grinder and screen package, which offers a much more effective and low maintenance alternative to handling screenings than conventional systems http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Mono-NOV-Launches-Innovative-Packaged-System-0002?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 7/4/2008 1:07:00 AM In a move that promises to change the economics of biodiesel refining, chemical engineers at Rice University have unveiled a set of techniques for cleanly converting problematic biofuels waste into chemicals that fetch a profit http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Research-Yields-Pricey-Chemicals-From-0002?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/30/2008 12:12:00 AM In 2007 the amount of hazardous waste that was collected and treated in Europe accounted to 67.6 million tonnes. It represents only a small percent of the total waste generated. However, its toxicity, technical/infrastructure expertise needed to handle them and the harmful impact it could have on the environment have made hazardous waste a cause of concern http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Hazardous-Waste-Map-Of-A-Growing-Market-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/25/2008 1:50:00 AM Veolia Environmental Services Ile-de-France, in collaboration with Veolia Environnement's Cleanliness and Energy Research Center (CRPE), launches a project to recover biogas in the form of biomethane fuel on its non-hazardous landfill site of Claye-Souilly (France, 77) http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Veolia-Environmental-Services-Ile-de-France-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/24/2008 1:35:00 AM While Americans may consider flush-and-forget-it indoor plumbing to be the pinnacle of sanitary science, the lowly latrine could be a far better solution for many parts of the developing world, say researchers at Michigan Technological University http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Researchers-Find-Latrines-Trounce-Toilets-In-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/17/2008 9:11:00 AM With its advanced electromagnetic multi-point sensing technology for large line sizes, a smart programmable signal converter and a virtually noise-immune cable, the innovative Multi-Mag L Series Flow Meter from McCrometer delivers exceptional performance in a NEMA 6/IP67 package that is ideal for demanding municipal water and industrial processes http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Innovative-Multi-Mag-L-Series-Flow-Meter-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/6/2008 4:29:22 AM Water Maze has introduced the CLPB series, the first wash-water treatment system to integrate mechanical filtration and bioremediation http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Water-Maze-Introduces-CLPB-Systems-That-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/6/2008 3:01:30 AM A Dutch engineer has devised a simple solution to the growing amounts of waste society generates. http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Building-On-Pyramids-Of-Trash-As-A-Solution-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/5/2008 3:29:00 AM Research in the University of Alberta's Faculty of Science may soon be able to answer that question. The departments of computing science and earth and atmospheric science have been working together to create a Wireless Sensor Network that allows for the clandestine data collection of environmental factors in remote locations and its monitoring from anywhere in the world where the Internet is available. http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/New-Wireless-Sensor-Network-Keeps-Tabs-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/4/2008 7:25:00 AM Videx, Inc. announces the new Rechargeable CyberKey that brings additional flexibility to the CyberLock Electronic Lock System by giving water districts two choices of keys. The Rechargeable CyberKey is an excellent choice for wastewater facilities that desire a small, environmentally-friendly key http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Videx-Announces-The-New-Rechargeable-CyberKey-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/2/2008 4:11:00 AM Brinkmann proudly introduces KINEMATICA's Microtron MB 550 for mixing, dispersing, homogenizing, emulsifying and reducing the size of cuttable materials http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/KINEMATICA-Microtron-MB-550-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 6/1/2008 5:36:00 AM