Waste Treatment Technology News articles from April 2003

Waste Treatment Technology News archives from April 2003

CHEMICAL TREATMENTS: Composted Biosolids Bind Lead in Soil.
April 1, 2003... According to a study conducted by Sally L. Brown, University of Washington (Seattle, WA) research assistant professor of forest resources, adding composted biosolids rich with iron, manganese and organic matter to a lead-contaminated home...

PHYSICAL TREATMENTS: Synthetic Trees Could Capture CO2.
April 1, 2003... A Columbia University (Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, 918 Seeley Mudd Building, 500 West 120th St, New York, NY 10027; Tel: 212/854-0304, Fax: 212/854-7081) physicist proposes constructing synthetic trees to function...

Fowl Manure Used to Purify Water.
April 1, 2003... USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS, Commodity Utilization Research Unit, Southern Regional Research Center, 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70124; Tel: 504/286-4475, Fax: 504/286- 4419) chemist Isabel Lima has discovered a...

Innovation Cuts Sludge Disposal Costs.
April 1, 2003... Yasuzo Sakai of Utsunomiya University (Tochigi, Japan) has proposed an innovative technique for treating and purifying wastewater that could spare budget-strapped municipalities some of the expense of handling the sludge that remains after...

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS: Phytoremediation of MtBE Evaluated.
April 1, 2003... University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA) and Equilon Enterprises, Inc. (now Shell Oil Products US, 1100 Louisiana, Houston, TX 77002; Tel: 713/277-7000) researchers are evaluating the performance of phytoremediation in treating MtBE-contaminated...

RECYCLING & MINIMIZATION: IMCO Seeks to Buy More Aluminum Plants.
April 1, 2003... The head of IMCO Recycling's (5215 N. O'Connor Blvd., Suite 1500, Irving, TX 75039; Tel: 972/401-7200, Fax: 972/401-7201) German unit, VAW-IMCO Guss CEO Roland Scharf-Bergmann, says the company is considering more purchases of secondary...

Green Chemistry: Barriers, Trends.
April 1, 2003... The University of Delaware's (3751 Mill Creek Road, Hockessin, DE, 19707-9725; Tel: 239-5383, email: amatlack@udel.edu) Albert Matlack, an adjunct professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, reports on the future of green...

Making Clothing from Corn.
April 1, 2003... DuPont (Joe Carroll, Sorona Global Business Manager, E. I. DuPont de Nemours, 1007 Market St., Wilmington, DE 19898; Tel: 302/774- 1000, Fax: 302/773-2631) will soon debut its version of a bio- based polymer for fiber manufacture. Instead of...

White House to Sponsor Zero-Emissions Plant.
April 1, 2003... When President Bush's announced that the U.S. will sponsor a $1 billion, 10-year demonstration project to create the world's first coal-based, zero-emissions electricity and hydrogen power plant, long-time advocate and designer of...

Indoxacarb Insecticide Safe, Biodegradable.
April 1, 2003... DuPont (E. I. DuPont de Nemours, DuPont Agricultural Products, 1007 Market St., Wilmington, DE 19898) chemists have been presented an American Chemical Society (ACS) Team Innovation Award for their work on indoxacarb, a sodium channel...

Pennsylvania Reinstates Grant Assistance.
April 1, 2003... Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Acting Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty says Pennsylvania is restoring its municipal recycling grant program and offering $20 million this year to help local governments fund their recycling...

'De-Manufacturing' Electronic Products.
April 1, 2003... Researchers from Georgia Tech (School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Atlanta, GA 30332-0205; Tel: 404/894-2364, Fax: 404/894-2301) and the Pollution Prevention Assistance Division of Georgia's Department of Natural Resources have...

TESTING & MONITORING: Underwater System Protects Reservoirs.
April 1, 2003... A sensor system that can autonomously, continuously and in real- time monitor streams, lakes, ocean bays and other bodies of liquid may help solve problems for environmentalists, manufacturers and those in charge of homeland security,...

HAZWASTE: Los Alamos Kicks Mercury Habit.
April 1, 2003... Mercury, that silvery liquid metal ubiquitous in switches, pressure gauges and thermometers, is toxic to humans through inhalation, skin contact and ingestion, and an environmental headache. It is easily spilled and can go unnoticed in aging...

Prairie Island, Xcel in Tentative Agreement.
April 1, 2003... The Prairie Island Tribal Council (Prairie Island, MN) and Xcel Energy (414 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401-1993; Tel: 800- 328-8226) have reached a tentative agreement that addresses many of the tribe's long-standing health and safety...

Kansas UST Dissolves MtBE and BTEX.
April 1, 2003... Since the early 1990s, the Kansas Department of Health & Environment (KDHE) Storage Tank Program has worked aggressively to address dissolved phase MtBE and BTEX groundwater plumes associated with releases from underground storage tanks...

LITIGATION & LEGISLATION: Agreement Reached to Cut Mercury Emissions.
April 1, 2003... Environmental organizations, including Clean Water Action, the Connecticut Coalition for Clean Air, and the Clean Air Task Force, along with PSEG Power Connecticut (80 Park Plaza, P.O. Box 570, Newark, NJ 07101; Tel: 973/430-7000), owner of...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Allied Waste to Cut 500 Jobs.
April 1, 2003... Allied Waste Industries Inc. (15880 N. Greenway-Hayden Loop., Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85260; Tel: 480/627-2700, Fax: 480/627- 2701) will cut about 500 jobs in April in response to rising fuel costs and continued economic weakness. The...

Casella to Acquire Mass. Disposal Facility.
April 1, 2003... Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (25 Greens Hill Lane, Rutland, VT 05701; Tel: 802/775-0325, Fax: 802/775-6198) has entered into an agreement to acquire the Hardwick Sanitary Landfill (Hardwick, MA). The landfill handles primarily construction and...

Clear Air Partners Receives Financing.
April 1, 2003... Clean Air Partners (5066 Santa Fe St., San Diego, CA 92109; Tel: 858/332-4800, Fax: 858/332-4890) has closed its second round of venture capital funding in the amount of $8.6 million. CIBC Capital Partners, Emerson Electric Co., EnerTech...

IMCO Recycling to Acquire German JV.
April 1, 2003... IMCO Recycling Inc. (5215 N. O'Connor Blvd., Suite 1500, Irving, TX 75039; Tel: 972/401-7200, Fax: 972/401-7201) has signed an agreement under which its 50%-owned joint venture in Germany, VAW- IMCO Guss und Recycling GmbH (VAW-IMCO), will...

Met-Pro Subsidiary Sees Order Uptick.
April 1, 2003... Raymond J. De Hont, CEO of Met-Pro Corp. (160 Cassell Rd., P.O. Box 144, Harleysville, PA 19438; Tel: 215/723-6751, Fax: 215/723- 6758) says the company's Strobic Air subsidiary (Harleysville, PA) has received an order to supply a large...

EEC Subsidiary Signs First Major Contract.
April 1, 2003... Environmental Elements Corp. (3700 Koppers St., Baltimore, MD 21227; Tel: 410/368-7000, Fax; 410/368-6896) says its wholly owned China subsidiary, Enelco Environmental Technology (Anhui) Co., Ltd. (EETC), has received its first major contract...

Briefly Noted:.
April 1, 2003... * Synagro Technologies, Inc. (Houston, TX), which focuses on water and wastewater residuals management services in the U.S., announced its results of operations for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2002. CEO Ross M. Patten said...

CALENDAR.
April 1, 2003... June 18-20. Water Pollution 2003, sponsored by Wessex Institute of Technology, will be held in Cadiz, Spain. For more information, contact Rachel Green, Conference Secretariat (WIT, Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst, Southampton, SO40 7AA, UK; Fax:...