Waste Treatment Technology News articles from March 1999

Waste Treatment Technology News archives from March 1999

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENTS: Topsoil from Equine Effluent.
March 1, 1999... The U.S. Microbics, Inc.'s (5922-B Farnsworth Ct., Carlsbad, CA 92008; Tel: 760/918-1860, Fax: 760/918-1855) Bio-Raptor training site (Rancho Santa Fe, CA) will commence processing horse manure, soil, and proprietary microbial mixtures into...

Penicillium Cures Toxic Dye Problems.
March 1, 1999... A strain of penicillium has been discovered by researchers at the University of Massachusetts (250 Stuart St., Boston, MA 02116-5435; Tel: 617-542-6576) to be capable of degrading polymeric aromatic dyes, including azo dyes. Bioremediation...

Transgenic Plants Remove Radionuclides.
March 1, 1999... Brookhaven National Laboratories (BNL, PO Box 5000, Upton, NY 11973-5000; Tel: 516/344-8000) and PhytoWorks, Inc. (1400 Mill Creek Rd., Gladwyne, PA 19035; Tel: 610/896-9946, Fax: 610/896-9950) have joined forces in the development of a...

Envirogen Designs Bioreactor System.
March 1, 1999... Envirogen, Inc. (4100 Quakerbridge Rd., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648; Tel: 609/936- 9300, Fax: 606/936-9221) has begun the engineering design phase of work for a 400,000 gallon-per-day wastewater treatment facility that will use Envirogen's...

PHYSICAL TREATMENTS: Banking on Safer Drinking Water.
March 1, 1999... Rivers such as the Mississippi and the Ohio are the source of drinking water for millions of Americans, but they are likely to contain hazardous chemicals and pathogens that must be removed or neutralized before the water is safe for...

Pinellas Project Treats VOCs.
March 1, 1999... The innovative treatment remediation demonstration (ITRD) program is funded by DOE's environmental restoration program office (EM-40) to help accelerate the adoption and use of new and innovative remediation technologies. Developed as a...

INCINERATION: Lead Air Pollution Culprit Discovered.
March 1, 1999... Examining sediment cores from New York's Central Park lake dating back 100 years, a group of scientists conclude that incineration of solid waste, rather than leaded gasoline, has been the dominant source of atmospheric lead to the New York...

Stir-Melter Provides Leakage Containment.
March 1, 1999... Stir-Melter, Inc. (647 Oak Knoll Dr., Perrysburg, OH 43551; Tel: 419/874-7589) reports it has improved the method of vitrifying hazardous waste. Vitrification of waste materials has previously been accomplished in ceramic lined melting...

HAZWASTE: Auburn Stimulates Co-Precipitation.
March 1, 1999... Auburn University researchers have developed a method for removing heavy metals and halogenated hydrocarbons from contaminated groundwater using a treatment solution of organic carbon, ferrous iron, and sulfate. The treatment solution may...

Surfactants Wash Mixed Metals Away.
March 1, 1999... The University of Georgia (1180 E Broad St., Athens, GA 30601-3052; Tel: 706/542-7530) has developed an in situ groundwater remediation pump and treat technique effective for reclamation of aquifers that have been contaminated with a mixed,...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Allied Waste to Buy Browning-Ferris.
March 1, 1999... Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (15880 N. Greenway Hayden Loop, Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85260; Tel: 602/423-2946), the third largest U.S. waste-disposal company, will buy Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. (757 N. Eldridge, Houston, TX 77079;...

WasteMasters Fights Involuntary Bankruptcy.
March 1, 1999... WasteMasters, Inc. (WasteMasters (1230 Peachtree St., Suite 2545, Atlanta, GA 30309; Tel: 404/888-0158) has announced developments in several material litigation matters involving the company. The firm labels as "alleged creditors" the...

Waste Connections to Swap Assets.
March 1, 1999... Waste Connections, Inc. (2260 Douglas Blvd., No. 280, Roseville, CA 95661-3830; Tel: 916/772-2221) and Allied Waste Industries, Inc. 15880 N. Greenway Hayden Loop, Suite 100, Scottsdale, AZ 85260; Tel: 602/423-2946) have agreed to swap assets...

EEC Completes BGE Refurbishment.
March 1, 1999... Environmental Elements Corp. (EEC, 3700 Koppers St., Baltimore, MD 21227-1022; Tel: 410/368-7000) has completed a series of three service contracts totaling more than $300,000 from Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. (BGE, 39 W. Lexington St.,...

Casella Reports 347% Increase in Income.
March 1, 1999... Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (25 Green Hills Lane, Rutland, VT 05701; Tel: 802/775-0325) reported a 347% increase in net income for the third quarter. For the quarter ended Jan. 31, the company reported net income of $2.6 million, versus...

IMCO Completes Zinc Purchase.
March 1, 1999... IMCO Recycling, Inc. (5215 N. O'Connor Blvd., No. 940, Irving, TX 75039; Tel: 972/401-7200) announced that it has purchased North American Oxide LLC's (480 Arcata Blvd., Clarksville, TN 37040-5309; Tel: 931/552-8080) zinc oxide producing...

Waste Connections Revenues Increase.
March 1, 1999... Waste Connections, Inc.'s (2260 Douglas Blvd., No. 280, Roseville, CA 95661- 3830; Tel: 916/772-2221) fourth quarter revenue increased 200% over the same period the year before. Revenue for the fourth quarter of 1998 was $18.7 million, an...

Dow Accused of Contaminating Water.
March 1, 1999... Two Los Angeles lawyers, on behalf of all California residents, have accused Dow Chemical Co. (2030 Dow Center, Midland, MI 48674; Tel: 517/636-1000), the second largest U.S. chemical manufacturer, and other companies of supplying...

Met-Pro Earnings Again Increase.
March 1, 1999... Met-Pro Corp. president William L. Kacin (160 Cassell Rd., Box 144, Harleysville, PA 19438-2013; Tel: 215/723-6751) announced that 1998 continued Met-Pro's record of steady growth in earnings. For the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, basic...

Waste Management to Unload Debt in 1999.
March 1, 1999... Waste Management, Inc. (1001 Fannin St., No. 4000, Houston, TX 77002-6711; Tel: 713/512-6200) president Rod Proto says the top goal of the new managers at Waste Management is to pay down its merger debt by $1 billion in 1999. The company...

Stericycle Adds $1.1 Million to Revenues.
March 1, 1999... Stericycle, Inc. (1419 Lake Cook Rd., No. 410, Deerfield, IL 60015-5228; Tel: 847/945-6550), has acquired the assets of three medical waste management companies, adding about $1.1 million to its annual revenues and expanding its geographic...

Med/Waste Explores Sale.
March 1, 1999... Med/Waste, Inc. (6175 Northwest 153rd St., Suite 324, Miami, FL 33014; Tel: 305/819-8877), has hired investment banker Sutro & Co. to explore alternatives for the company, including a possible sale. Med/Waste may be required to restate as...

MARKETS: Recycled Aluminum Demand Rising.
March 1, 1999... According to Richard Kerr, president of IMCO Recycling, Inc. (5215 N. O'Connor Blvd., No. 940, Irving, TX 75039; Tel: 972/401-7200), U.S. aluminum recyclers want to increase their share of the growing domestic aluminum market. Kerr told the...

Taiwan Pollution Offers Prospects.
March 1, 1999... Taiwan has pollution control opportunities to the tune of $2.2 billion, according to the Dept. of Commerce (600 Min Chuan East Rd., Taipei, Taiwan; Tel: 011-886-2-720-1550, Fax: 011-886-2-757-7162). Despite the region's "Asian flu," Taiwan's...

RECYCLING & MINIMIZATION: Packaging Waste Worth the Effort.
March 1, 1999... The sorting of packaging waste at source and recycling can lead to increased transport. But in terms of the environment, advantages outweigh the disadvantages. The recycling of packaging is good for the environment and saves resources, not...

Aluminum Waste Cake Can Turn into Profit.
March 1, 1999... Researchers at Michigan Technological University (1400 Townsend Dr. Houghton, MI 49931-1295; Tel: 906/487-1885 Fax: 906/487-2338) use wastes from the aluminum industry to manufacture a variety of commercially valuable products. "The aluminum...

Pay Dirt from Agricultural Waste.
March 1, 1999... Environmental Products and Technologies Corp. (10959 Jersey Blvd., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730; Tel: 909/987-5813, Fax: 909/980-0700) is engaged in the business of designing, marketing, selling, installing, and servicing a proprietary line of...

Cleanup of Scrapped Tires.
March 1, 1999... The EPA has issued an enforcement action against Colinas Tire Recovery (2310 S. 5th St., Coolidge, AZ 85228; Tel: 520/723-7840), Repco Waste Recovery, Inc. (4802 E. Ray Rd., No. 23, Phoenix, AZ 85044-6410; Tel: 602/243-0525) and seven...

Redox Flushes Out Contaminants.
March 1, 1999... A technique developed at the DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PO Box 999, Richland, WA 99352; Tel: 509/375-3837, Fax: 509/375-6550) may be able to remove deadly contaminants from groundwater more easily and less expensively than...

Bioponic System Recycles Metals.
March 1, 1999... Toxic concentrations of industrial metals may actually spell greater profit with a system designed by Bioponic International (767 Lincoln Ave., Suite 3, San Rafael, CA 94901; Tel: 415/ 460-1994, Fax: 415/460-1996) that combines metal...

TESTING & MODELING: Michigan Tech Helps Problem Solvers.
March 1, 1999... Researchers are looking at a new method that would give decision makers a multi- objective tool to help them solve groundwater remediation problems. "Selecting the optimal design for a soil or groundwater remediation strategy is an enormous...

CALENDAR.
March 1, 1999... April 13-16. Environment India '99 , Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India. The event is co-sponsored by the Central Pollution Control Board and the National Productivity Council. Contact: Exhibitions India Pvt., Ltd.; Email: at...