Waste Treatment Technology News articles from August 1999

Waste Treatment Technology News archives from August 1999

HAZWASTE: INEEL Monitors Savannah River.
August 1, 1999... Researchers from the Dept. of Energy's (DOE) Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (PO Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415) have set up monitoring equipment at the DOE's Savannah River site in South Carolina to identify where...

Japanese Improve Storage Cement.
August 1, 1999... JGC Corp. (Shin-Ohtemachi Bldg.(5F), 2-2-1, Ohtemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan; Tel: 81-3-3279-5441, Fax: 81-3-3273-8047) and Nippon Kayaku Co. (Tokyo Fujimi Building, 11-2, Fujimi 1-chome, Chiyoda- ku, Tokyo 102, Japan; Tel:...

Safety-Kleen Captures Mercury.
August 1, 1999... Speaking at the Northeast Resource Recovery Conference (Burlington, MA), Brenda Leonardo of Safety-Kleen (1301 Gervais St., No. 300, Columbia, SC 29201; Tel: 803/933-4200, Fax: 803/933-4345) told seminar attendees of the innovative programs...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Cellulose Conversion Gets the Green.
August 1, 1999... Biofine, Inc.'s (300 Bear Hill Rd., Waltham, MA 02541; Tel: 781/684-8331, Fax: 781/684-8335) method for converting non-recyclable paper and other cellulosic waste to high-value levulinic acid, for one-tenth the price of other processes while...

Research Identifies Phytoremediation Gene.
August 1, 1999... After years of research, scientists have identified the mechanism that allows certain plants to detoxify heavy metals. Biologist Julian Schroeder and a research team at the University of California, San Diego (Dept. of Biology, 9500 Gilman...

Indoor Air Pollution Linked to Appliances.
August 1, 1999... Water-driven household appliances such as dishwashers, clothes washers, showers and bathtubs may be contributing to the growing problem of indoor air pollution, according to a study by environmental engineers at the University of Texas...

Another Round in Trash Fight.
August 1, 1999... Waste Management, Inc. (1001 Fannin St., No. 4000, Houston, TX 77002- 6711; Tel: 713/512-6200) has won another round in its effort to overturn laws that restrict the flow of garbage into Virginia. The company was able to convince a federal...

Waste Connections Completes Acquisitions.
August 1, 1999... Waste Connections, Inc. (2260 Douglas Blvd., No. 280, Roseville, CA 95661-3830; Tel: 916/772-2221) has closed the acquisitions of 13 businesses with annualized revenues of about $20 million. The transactions include a market entry into the...

EEC Gets Contract from Methuen.
August 1, 1999... Environmental Elements Corp. (3700 Koppers St., Baltimore, MD 21227- 1022; Tel: 410/368-7000) has received a contract in excess of five million dollars from Methuen Construction, Inc. (100 Lindberg Ave., Methuen, MA 01844-2498; Tel:...

WMI Execs Sell Prior to Bad News.
August 1, 1999... Waste Management, Inc. (1001 Fannin St., No. 4000, Houston, TX 77002- 6711; Tel: 713/512-6200) executives sold $57.6 million of company stock in May, 8 weeks before the shares fell 37% in a single day after the largest U.S. trash hauler says...

Republic Services, Inc.
August 1, 1999... Republic Services, Inc. (110 SE 6th St., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301; Tel: 954/769-6000) has agreed to buy landfill operations, transfer stations and some other assets from Allied Waste Industries for $230 million in cash. Republic will buy 4...

Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.
August 1, 1999... Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. (757 N. Eldridge Pkwy., Houston, TX 77079; Tel: 713/870-8100) announced today that the BFI shareholders approved by an overwhelming majority the acquisition of BFI by Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (15880 N....

Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc.
August 1, 1999... Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (7400 Excelsior Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55426-4502; Tel: 612/930-9000, Fax: 612/930- 1800) reports net income of $251,000, a turnaround of $1,193,000 from the net loss of $942,000 in the...

Allied Waste Industries, Inc.
August 1, 1999... Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (15880 N. Greenway Hayden Loop, No. 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85260; Tel: 602/423-2946) says its second- quarter profit rose 41%. The company reported net income of $54.5 million, up from profit from operations of...

Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. (757 N. Eldridge Pkwy., Houston, TX 77079; Tel; 713/870-8100) which Allied Waste Industries, Inc.
August 1, 1999... Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. (757 N. Eldridge Pkwy., Houston, TX 77079; Tel; 713/870-8100) which Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (15880 N. Greenway Hayden Loop, No. 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85260; Tel: 602/423- 2946) is acquiring for $9.1...

Catalytica, Inc.
August 1, 1999... Catalytica, Inc. (430 Ferguson Dr., Mountain View, CA 94043- 5272; Tel: 650/960-3000, Fax: 650-960-0127) reports financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 1999. Revenues for the second quarter increased by about...

Environmental Elements Corp.
August 1, 1999... Environmental Elements Corp. (3700 Koppers St., Baltimore, MD 21227-1022; Tel: 410/368-7000) reports a 7% profit gain and a 27% increase in its order backlog for its fiscal first quarter ended June 30, 1999. The company reported net income...

IMCO Recycling, Inc.
August 1, 1999... IMCO Recycling, Inc. (5215 N. O'Connor Blvd., No. 940, Irving, TX 75039; Tel: 972/401-7200) reports second quarter 1999 net earnings of $5.5 million, 9% higher than net earnings of $5 million recorded in the same period last year. In the...

Waste Connections, Inc.
August 1, 1999... Waste Connections, Inc. (2260 Douglas Blvd., No. 280, Roseville, CA 95661-3830; Tel: 916/772-2221) reports second quarter earnings of $.22 per share before acquisition related and stock compensation charges. Revenue for the second quarter of...

Waste Management, Inc.
August 1, 1999... Waste Management, Inc. (1001 Fannin St., No. 4000, Houston, TX 77002-6711; Tel: 713/512-6200) says it may restate first-quarter earnings, lowering them by $55.4 million, because of mistakes in calculating reserves for environmental cleanup...

LEGISLATION & REGULATIONS: EPA's N-site Authority Standards Challenged.
August 1, 1999... Joe Barton, Republican congressman from Texas (4521 S. Hulen St., Suite 210, Fort Worth, TX 76109; Tel: 817/543-1000) has introduced legislation to strip the EPA of its authority to set cleanup standards at decommissioned nuclear power...

Injection Wells Stir Controversy.
August 1, 1999... On the 25th anniversary of the U.S. EPA's hazardous waste underground injection control (UIC) program and the Safe Drinking Water Act, industry tensions are mounting over whether the two programs can coincide. According to the...

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS: Brookhaven Ready for Heaviest Crude.
August 1, 1999... Tiny, naturally occurring bacteria may be the answer to two problems that weigh heavily on the oil industry: vast reserves of crude oil left in the ground by conventional extraction techniques, and crudes too heavy and impure to refine...

EPTC Bioreactor Makes the Grade.
August 1, 1999... Environmental Products & Technologies Corp. (5380 Sterling Center Dr., Thousand Oaks, CA 91361-4612; Tel: 818/865-2205) closed-loop waste management system Bioreactor has proven to address a multitude of drawbacks with traditional composting...

RECYCLING & MINIMIZATION: CGT Keeps Tires Out of Landfills.
August 1, 1999... A Continental General Tire, Inc. (Charlotte, NC) recycling program, partially funded by a state of North Carolina grant, has kept 500,000 used tires out of landfills since July 1998. Grant-related recycling research will continue another...

Navy OK's Ozone Laundry System.
August 1, 1999... The Navy has completed acceptance testing of a cold-water ozone laundry system, finding that the system reduced pollution, wastewater and cost over alternatives. A product of the Cyclopss Corp. (Salt Lake City, UT; William Stoddard; Tel:...

RecycleNet Launches E-Com Clearinghouse.
August 1, 1999... Mikael Prydz, CEO of RecycleNet Corp. (PO Box 1910, Richfield Springs, NY 13439) has announced the launch of a physical clearinghouse for secondary or recyclable commodities, by-products, used materials, and surplus items, the secondary...

TTL Demonstrates Waste-to-Energy.
August 1, 1999... Diversified technology developer and manufacturer, Toups Technology Licensing, Inc. (7887 Bryan Dairy Rd., No. 105, Largo, FL 33777; Tel: 727/548-0918, Fax: 727/549-8138) has demonstrated its pyrolitic carbon extraction (PCE) technology to a...

INCINERATION: Plasma Converter Heads for Taiwan.
August 1, 1999... Startech Environmental Corp. (79 Old Ridgefield Rd., Wilton, CT 06897- 3018; Tel: 203/ 762-2499) has signed the contract for the sale of a 10-ton per day commercial plasma waste converter system (PWC) with the Meridian Industrial Solutions...

PHYSICAL TREATMENTS: Arsenic Adsorbent Fits Small Systems.
August 1, 1999... Project Earth Industries, Inc. (PEI, 945 E. Paces Ferry Rd., Suite 1900, Atlanta, GA 30326; Tel: 770/458-6964) and the University of Houston (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 4800 Calhoun Rd, Houston TX 77004; Tel: 713/743-4250)...

Ceramic Takes Radiation Heat.
August 1, 1999... A lightweight ceramic material developed to withstand high levels of radiation made by Nurescell, Inc. (1400 Bristol St. North, Suite 240, Newport Beach, CA 92660; Tel: 949/752-0071, Fax: 949/752-0091), may provide an alternative to...

CHEMICAL TREATMENTS : E-Beams Turn VOCS into Co2, H2o.
August 1, 1999... A startup firm, Tipaz Engineering (317 Rianda St., Salinas, CA; Tel: 877/443-2326), reports it has developed a process using commercially available electron beam technology to reduce hazardous VOCs to carbon dioxide and water. The...

MODELING: Programs Prepares for Packing Up.
August 1, 1999... Engineers and programmers at the DOE's Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (PO Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415) have developed a software program to optimize the cutting and packaging of debris resulting from D&D...

Michigan Tech Code Simulates Solvents.
August 1, 1999... Professors at Michigan Tech (1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931- 1295; Tel: 906/487-1885, Fax: 906/487-2338), led by David Hand, program manager for the National Center for Clean Industrial Treatment, have created a series of computer...

ADVANCED CONTAINMENT: First Permanent Cap Completed by October.
August 1, 1999... Construction of the first permanent hazardous-waste landfill cap has begun at the Casmalia, California disposal site, the EPA has announced. The landfill's prime contents are pesticides and solvents. The cap will consist of a 2-ft.-thick,...

CALENDAR.
August 1, 1999... September 14-16, Seventh Symposium on the Chemistry and Fate of Modern Pesticides, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Contact: Division of Continuing Education, University of Kansas, 1515 St. Andrews Dr., Lawrence, KS 66047-1625; Tel:...