Category Archives: waste

solid, liquid, and gaseous materials unusable and unwanted in a primary process

The Sharvelle System

2010-8-31 – 1:13 pm

In arid regions there’s a financial motivation to conserve water. The Sharvelle System use much less water than conventional anaerobic digesters.

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137 Contaminated Coal Waste Sites in 34 States

2010-8-27 – 7:29 pm

The coal industry destroy the land, pollute the air and water, impoverish communities, and sicken tens of thousands of people a year.

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Headed for the Waimanalo Gulch

2010-8-24 – 1:30 pm

Yeah, those Yakamas can have their Klickitat

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Levels of toxins rising rapidly

2010-8-14 – 7:03 am

Syncrude’s tailings pond is the largest, by volume of construction material, in the world, visible from space, full of sand and “dead water”, water containing carcinogenic hydrocarbons and toxic trace metals such as mercury, cadmium and arsenic.

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Putting the CAFO Out to Pasture

2010-7-17 – 8:27 pm

Got your Club for Growth Zombie Identification Guide handy?

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Hot Technology and an Eye for the Bottom Line

2010-6-28 – 10:05 am

Gasification of hydrocarbons, energy from waste, has undeniable appeal, yet be aware, such advocacy promotes “clean coal” technology, which isn’t.

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Some BP Hand Waving

2010-6-21 – 6:14 pm

When BP hands us tarballs…

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Pyrolysis at Paraparaumu

2010-5-24 – 8:55 pm

Syngas Spin Doctors Down Under

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Shenyang to have the most poop power?

2010-5-7 – 5:42 pm

“G.E.”
“Yep.”

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One Pot Process

2010-5-4 – 2:10 pm

And, here I thought furans, like dioxins, were something to avoid producing because they are toxic and possibly carcinogenic.

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