Table of ContentsRegularsFrom the PublisherFrom our COLLECTION & TRANSPORT correspondentA look back to 12 months ago reminded me of the concerns expressed by manufacturers that serve our industry. Obviously, while many were just concerned about falling profits and how that might affect their shareholders, the wider worry was that a lack of investment in research and development – combined with a lack of lending by the bankers and financiers who caused the economic crisis in the first place – might undermine the development of new products at the very time when our environment needed them most. So how do things look now? ISWA CommentISWA Comments
There are many kinds of waste, and many waste awards. But there are only two International Solid Waste Association awards – and they are now open for submission, says Hermann Koller...
NewsClean Harbors offers medical waste disposalA leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services in North America, Clean Harbors, has announced that it is branching out into the removal and disposal of medical waste for hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Waste LeadersWhich way forward?
Helena Bergman of ISWA speaks to Gunnel Klingberg, Secretary General of Municipal Waste Europe – the European association representing municipalities responsible for waste management and their publicly-owned waste management companies.
ISWA InformationISWA informationHelena Bergman left ISWA GS at the end of April to move to new professional activities. ISWA thanks Helena for her work in ISWA over the years! FeaturesCollection & Transport product newsUK-based JCB now has a single range of machines dedicated to meeting the rehandling requirements of the waste collection and recycling industry. To reflect the growing and increasingly specialized requirements of its customers, JCB has expanded the range of machines equipped to cope with the rigours of work in the waste management environment. Joining the underground (Part 1)
The KTZ system is a fully integrated underground waste collection system requiring specialized equipment but, as Malcolm Bates discovers during a visit to Antwerp, it removes the dangers associated with lifting loaded waste containers by hydraulic crane and can be used with ground level container installations…
Joining the underground (Part 2)
Portugal might not have a reputation as a major manufacturing centre, but as Malcolm Bates reports from the Algarve, it’s where the Sotkon underground waste container storage system is produced. Designed to meet the demands of waste disposal in Mediterranean climates, he is convinced it could have a wider global market.
Team effort
Despite several attempts over the years, Volvo Truck & Bus Ltd has never produced a really good easy entry ‘crew cab’ for waste applications. But now one of the largest truck manufacturers on the planet has teamed up with a specialist manufacturer in Belgium to produce a low-entry cab refuse collection chassis/cab. Malcolm Bates gives you the lowdown.
Small wonder
Last time Waste Management World’s Malcolm Bates was at the Bucher plant in Switzerland, it was to try the then newly announced ‘City Spider’ sub-compact vacuum sweeper – a good attempt but it lacked power. Now, working with group member, Johnston Sweepers, Bucher is back with a brand new ‘baby’ ride-on. Malcolm Bates was the first journalist to drive it.
Material solutions in WTE systems
Here we look at how a unique coating composition developed by ArcMeltTM Company can protect the low alloy steels used for heat transfer surfaces in waste-to-energy systems from high-temperature chloridation, oxidation and corrosion.
Danes lead the way in biowaste to energyJon McAteer, Technical Manager at Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, talks about the success of a Danish plant that co-digests household waste, sewage sludge, food waste and organic industrial wastewater to produce biogas for electricity generation. The "sustainable landfill" becomes a reality
Adding air and moisture to a landfill to form an aerobic rather than an anaerobic environment speeds up waste degradation and paves the way for the recovery of valuable resources through landfill mining.
WEEE've come a long wayA look at the merits and limitations of the UK’s system for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and how the lessons learnt have been put to good use in creating the Battery Regulations.
|
|
