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Paper Waste Powered Car Roams Washington

To be featured during the Washington Auto Show is a special flex-fuel Chevrolet HHR. This will be at the Washington Convention Center and there will be an opportunity for government VIPs and members of the press to test drive the car today at the Ride ‘n Drive event. Link:

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Paper Waste Powered Car Roams Washington

To be featured during the Washington Auto Show is a special flex-fuel Chevrolet HHR. This will be at the Washington Convention Center and there will be an opportunity for government VIPs and members of the press to test drive the car today at the Ride ‘n Drive event. Link to …

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Glass recycling technology gets tough

Traditionally, leaded, heat resistant and ceramic glass have caused problems for the glass recycling industry, causing an increase in impurities which can seriously damage the waste stream. If heat resistant glass becomes part of container glass, the rogue particles will cause stress that will break the container. Elements of these …

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Foodwaste collection trials in UK

Trials have been taking place in Peterborough, UK, of a Mitsubishi-Fuso based ‘Micropress‘ RCV, prior to making a decision as to the most efficient method of implementing a dedicated foodwaste collection service in the city. Based on a compact 7.5tonne gross weight chassis, the Micropress was used to collect a …

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Compacting Recyclables

Kerbside loading recycling vehicles do not have a reputation for high utilisation – or maximum payloads. But that‘s hardly surprising considering that they are designed to lift and load lightweight materials such as paper, aluminium cans and plastics in small quantities on multi-stop collections from domestic premisses. There is another …

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New technology can lower cost of converting landfill gas to energy

A new technology called Acid Inhibit developed by UK company Aquafuel Research Limited could reduce the costs of producing electricity from landfill gas. Landfill gas, which contains hydrogen sulphide, is corrosive and attacks the lubricating oil used in the electricity-generating engines. This new system is said to almost double the …

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Alternativas de financiamento de projetos de biogás e geração de energia elétrica em aterros sanitários: estudo de caso

The objective of the present essay is to analyze how to make feasible the financing of projects for the collection of biogas and the generation of electric power in sanitary landfills, inserted into the clean development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto’s Protocol. The exploratory research assesses the current stage of …

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Alternativas de financiamento de projetos de biogás e geração de energia elétrica em aterros sanitários: estudo de caso

The objective of the present essay is to analyze how to make feasible the financing of projects for the collection of biogas and the generation of electric power in sanitary landfills, inserted into the clean development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto’s Protocol. The exploratory research assesses the current stage of …

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Alternativas de financiamento de projetos de biogás e geração de energia elétrica em aterros sanitários: estudo de caso

The objective of the present essay is to analyze how to make feasible the financing of projects for the collection of biogas and the generation of electric power in sanitary landfills, inserted into the clean development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto’s Protocol. The exploratory research assesses the current stage of …

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Alternativas de financiamento de projetos de biogás e geração de energia elétrica em aterros sanitários: estudo de caso

The objective of the present essay is to analyze how to make feasible the financing of projects for the collection of biogas and the generation of electric power in sanitary landfills, inserted into the clean development mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto’s Protocol. The exploratory research assesses the current stage of …

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