Waste Treatment Technology News articles from February 2002

Waste Treatment Technology News archives from February 2002

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS: Microbes Might Eat Impurities in Coal.
February 1, 2002... Brookhaven National Laboratory (Energy Sciences and Technology Dept., Upton, NY 11973; Tel: 631/344-3064) researchers have developed strains of bacteria capable of living in harsh environments, high pressure, heat, and acidity, that might...

Plants Mine Metal- Contaminated Soil.
February 1, 2002... The Agricultural Research Service (Rufus Chaney, Bldg. 007 Barc- West, 10300 Baltimore Blvd., Beltsville, MD 20705-2350; Tel: 301/504-8324, Fax: 301/504-8931) and Viridian Resources, LLC (5417 Chaucer Dr., Houston, TX 77005; Tel:...

Wetland Reduces Heavy Metals.
February 1, 2002... A lower-cost option for remediating contaminated wastewater at a Savannah River site (SRS) has been inspired by Mother Nature. Processed water from the Savannah River Technology Center and storm water runoff from the surrounding watershed...

PHYSICAL TREATMENTS Plug to Close Toxic Mine.
February 1, 2002... University of British Columbia (UBC, Mining Engineering, Frank Forward Building, Rm. 517-6350 Stores Rd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4; Tel: 604/822-2540, Fax: 604/822-5599) mining engineers will cork Canada's most polluting mine site by...

LA Wants to Inject Sludge into Ground.
February 1, 2002... The city of Los Angeles is seeking the EPA's permission to inject sewer sludge underground in a nearly depleted oil and gas reservoir. The proposed project would place the sludge a mile below earth's surface, eliminating costly and...

Zeolite Expands to Trap Pollutants.
February 1, 2002... Scientists from the DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL, Physics Dept., Upton, NY 11973-5000; Tel: 631/344-8000) and an international research team have discovered an unusual zeolite that expands under pressure. The material might be...

CHEMICAL TREATMENTS Starch Product Removes Toxins.
February 1, 2002... A University of Rhode Island (College of the Environment and Life Sciences, Green Hall, Kingston, RI 02881; Tel: 401/874-7053, Fax: 401/874-2190) environmental hydrologist and assistant professor of geosciences has been awarded an $830,000...

INCINERATION: INEEL Offers Incineration Choice.
February 1, 2002... Researchers at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory have identified a promising technology for treating certain waste streams without incineration. The process operates at low temperature, is easy to control, treats...

MONITORING: Luminescent Bugs Identify Toxins.
February 1, 2002... Researchers at the University of Texas System (201 W. 7th St., Suite 820, Austin, TX 78701-2981; Tel: 512/499-4402, Fax: 512/499- 4425) have developed a rapid and inexpensive method and kit for isolating and identifying toxins such as...

Effort Tracks Urban Pollutants.
February 1, 2002... Engineers and scientists at The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) will lead a research center created to gauge risks associated with urban hazardous waste sites and develop new ways to clean up harmful pollutants. The EPA has...

RECYCLING & MINIMIZATION Study May Break Bottle Impasse.
February 1, 2002... A recently released report on beverage container recycling suggests that the United States can double the recycling of beverage containers, and save money at the same time. The unexpected findings are reported in Understanding Beverage...

Landfill Gas: Renewable Energy.
February 1, 2002... Acrion Technologies, Inc. (9099 Bank St., Cleveland, OH 44125; Tel: 216/573-1185, Fax: 216/573-1186) is demonstrating a method that could offer a major advancement in reducing pollution at municipal landfills by making it easier to capture...

FASC Exceeds Processing Goal.
February 1, 2002... First American Scientific Corp. (FASC, 5333 176th St., Surrey, BC, Canada V3S 0L5; Tel: 800/561-8656) says following completion of several system enhancements, high-volume production tests at their Abbotsford plant have successfully processed...

Supercritical CO2 Reduces Solvents.
February 1, 2002... A chemical engineering professor at Virginia Tech (Department of Chemical Engineering, Blacksburg, VA 24061; Tel: 540/231-5998, Fax: 540/231-2732) is developing a supercritical CO2 process that can replace toxic solvents used in polymer...

INDUSTRY NEWS: M&EC Treats Radioactive Drums.
February 1, 2002... East Tennessee Materials and Energy Corp. (M&EC), a subsidiary of Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (1940 NW 67th Place, Gainesville, FL 32653; Tel: 352/373-4200, Fax: 352/373-0040), has successfully treated hazardous radioactive waste...

BOC Edwards Forms Liquids Group.
February 1, 2002... BOC Edwards (Manor Royal, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9LW, U.K.; Tel: 44-1293-528844, Fax: 44-1293-533453) has acquired Hydromatix, Inc. (10450 Pioneer Blvd., Bldg. 3, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670; Tel: 800/221-5152, Fax: 916/553-4048) a...

Waste Management Says Enron Hurt Earnings.
February 1, 2002... Waste Management, Inc. (1001 Fannin St., No. 4000, Houston, TX 77002; Tel: 713/512-6200, Fax: 713/209-9710) has warned that fourth-quarter earnings will fall short of Wall Street estimates. WMI, the No. 1 garbage company in the United States,...

EEC Starts Canadian Unit.
February 1, 2002... Environmental Elements Corp. (3700 Koppers St., Baltimore, MD 21227; Tel: 410/368-7000, Fax: 410/368-6896) has established a wholly owned subsidiary in Ottawa, Canada. EEC Plant Services, Ltd. (1131 Charest Way, Orleans, ON, Canada, K4A 4A5;...

TiTech Buys Real Vision Systems.
February 1, 2002... TiTech Autosort (Ryensvingen 11B, N-0680 Oslo, Norway; Tel: 47-23- 30-23-30, 47-23-30-23-31), a wholly owned subsidiary of FERD AS (Strandveien 50, P.O. Box 34, N-1324 Lysaker, Norway; Tel: 47-67- 10-80-00, Fax; 47-67-10-80-01) and a...

Gundle/SLT to Acquire Serrot.
February 1, 2002... Gundle/SLT Environmental, Inc. (GSE, 19103 Gundle Rd., Houston, TX 77073; Tel: 281/443-8564, Fax: 281/875-6010) has agreed to acquire the stock of Serrot International, Inc. (SII, 125 Cassia Way, Henderson, NV 89014; Tel: 702/566-8600, Fax:...

SSWM Awarded Cleanup Contract.
February 1, 2002... Sub-Surface Waste Management, Inc. (SSWM), a subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, Inc. (5922-B Farnsworth Ct., Carlsbad, CA 92008; Tel: 760/918-1860, Fax: 760/918-1855) has received a technical cleanup demonstration contract from American BioSystems...

Osmonics Alters Safety-Kleen Deal.
February 1, 2002... Osmonics, Inc. (5951 Clearwater Dr., Minnetonka, MN 55343; Tel: 952/933-2277, Fax: 952/933-0141) has signed a nonexclusive supply agreement with Safety-Kleen Corp. (1301 Gervais St., No. 300, Columbia, SC 29201; Tel: 803/933-4200, Fax:...

Briefly Noted:.
February 1, 2002... * EEC Continues Earnings Trend. Environmental Elements Corp. (Baltimore, MD) reports an increase in quarterly net income to $703,000 on sales of $20,200,000 for its third quarter ended December 31, 2001. The results continue a growth trend of...

CALENDAR.
February 1, 2002... March 10-14, 2002. AIChE 2002 Spring National Meeting, Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, LA. Contact: AIChE Meeting Department, 3 Park Ave., New York, NY 10016-5991; Tel: 212/591- 7338, Fax: 212/591-8894; Email: meetmail@aiche.org....