Waste Treatment Technology News articles from June 2002

Waste Treatment Technology News archives from June 2002

HAZWASTE: Pot Lining Renders Commercial Products.
June 1, 2002... An Australian research team has found a way to deal with spent pot lining (SPL) from aluminum smelters, one of the worlds biggest industrial waste headaches. In a major advance for sustainable mineral production, the Alcoa Portland SPL...

PHYSICAL TREATMENTS: Passive Bioventing Remediates Soil.
June 1, 2002... The U.S. DOD is evaluating natural passive bioventing to remediate unsaturated soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons through a series of field pilot tests and a recent demonstration at Castle Airport near Merced, California. While...

HYBRID TREATMENTS: Ceramic Membranes Offer Sewage Power.
June 1, 2002... Scientists at the UKs University of Warwick (Warwick Process Technology Group, Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK; Tel: 024 76524201) have devised a method to harvest nearly pure hydrogen from raw, wet...

Electrocoagulation Clears Water.
June 1, 2002... Inventors at McKay Creek Technologies (MCT, 10 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver, BC V7P 2R1, Canada; Tel: 604/984-1619, Fax: 604/984-1616) have retooled a technique patented at the turn of the century by applying electrical current to clean up...

CHEMICAL TREATMENTS: DOD Validates PIMS Stabilization.
June 1, 2002... Under the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program, the U.S. DOD is holding its first field-scale demonstration of phosphate-induced metal stabilization (PIMS) with Apatie II in soil. Using simple soil mixing, PIMS stabilizes...

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS: Study Reveals Success Factors.
June 1, 2002... A University of Cincinnati (500 Geology/Physics Building, Cincinnati, OH 452221-0013; Tel: 513/56-5034, Fax: 513/556-6931) professor has determined that a few key factors can determine whether a wetland area will successfully reduce the...

Altered Algae Eat More Metal.
June 1, 2002... An Ohio State University (Department of Plant Biology, 2021 Coffey Rd., Columbus, OH 43210-1293; Tel: 614/292-9030, Fax: 614/292-7162) researcher is working to enhance genetically altered algae and maximize its ability to pick up trace...

WASTE MINIMIZATION & RECYCLING Animal Fat Fuels Renderers Boilers.
June 1, 2002... A Penn State (The Energy Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-2323; Tel: 814/863-1333, Fax: 814/863- 7432) researcher has discovered that burning animal fat in industrial boilers produces nearly as much energy...

TESTING & MONITORING: Electronic Tongue Licks Effluent.
June 1, 2002... Researchers at Cardiff Universitys School of Engineering (Cardiff University, Queens Buildings, P.O. Box 925, Cardiff, CF24 0YF, Wales, UK; +44 (0) 29 2087 5921) are developing an electronic tongue using chromatographic technology that can be...

Rapid, Accurate Carbon Analyzer.
June 1, 2002... The DOEs Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos, NM) has developed a portable, carbon-measuring Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) system that can make on-the-spot field measurements of carbon in soil with at least 95% accuracy....

Odor Index Ranks Smells.
June 1, 2002... Using a gas chromatograph and other off-the-shelf instruments, environmental engineers at Penn State University (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, P.O. Box 30, State College, PA 16804-0030; Tel: 814/863-9911, Fax:...

Raman Spec Identifies Tank Waste Chemistry.
June 1, 2002... Armed with a laser-based Raman spectrometer, Purdue University (Department of Agronomy, 1150 Lilly Hall, West Lafayette, IN 47907- 1150; Tel: 765/496-1716, Fax: 765/496-2926) researchers are analyzing millions of gallons of nuclear tank...

E-Nose Sticks into More Applications.
June 1, 2002... Cyrano Sciences, Inc. (73 North Vinedo Ave., Pasadena, CA 91107; Tel: 626/744-1700, Fax 626/744-1777), a spinoff of Caltech, is expanding applications for its Cyranose 320, a small electronic nose that employs digital smell, by way of a...

LEGISLATION/LITIGATION: NC Sued Over Radioactive Waste.
June 1, 2002... The States of Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia and the Southeast Compact Commission for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court on June 3 to enforce $90 million in sanctions against the State...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Brookhaven IDs Ozone Source.
June 1, 2002... Scientists at DOEs Brookhaven National Laboratory (Upton, NY) have identified specific volatile organic compounds (VOCs) as key sources of excess ozone smog in industrial areas of Houston, Texas. The study makes use of data from one of...

WMI Opens Gas to Energy Facility.
June 1, 2002... Waste Management, Inc. (1001 Fannin St., Ste. 4000, Houston, TX 77002; Tel: 713/512-6200), the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD, Omaha, NE), and Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns celebrated the opening of Nebraskas first landfill gas-to-energy...

EEC Continues UK Expansion.
June 1, 2002... Environmental Elements Corp. (3700 Koppers St., Baltimore, MD 21227; Tel: 410/368-7000, Fax: 410/368-6896) has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Keepmere Engineering Limited (KEL) located in Burton-on-Trent, U.K. The staff,...

IMCO Plants Win Certification.
June 1, 2002... IMCO Recycling, Inc. (5215 N. OConnor Blvd., No. 1500, Irving, TX 75039; Tel: 972/401-7200, Fax: 972/401-7201), has announced that its Saginaw, Michigan, aluminum alloying plant has been awarded both QS 9000 and ISO 14001 Certificates of...

Waste Holdings Buys Georgia Waste.
June 1, 2002... Waste Holdings, Inc. (3301 Benson Dr., No. 601, Raleigh, NC 27609; Tel: 919/325-3000, Fax: 919/325-3013), has purchased Georgia Waste and Recycling Service, LLC. Started in 1992, Georgia Waste provides service in five counties in the...

Briefly Noted:.
June 1, 2002... Metalclad Corp. (Minneapolis, MN) has acquired 145,000,000 shares of common stock, constituting 90% of the outstanding shares of Surg II, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN), for $3,000,000 invested into the company. Surg II recently sold all of its...

CALENDAR.
June 1, 2002... September 2527, 2002, Enviro-Pro 2002, International Environmental Exhibition and Conference, World Trade Center, Mexico City, Mexico. Contact: Sharon Deutch, E.J. Krause & Associates, Inc., 6550 Rock Spring Dr., Ste. 500, Bethesda, MD 20817;...