Latest articles on Municipal Solid Waste MSW 
Shredding can reduce waste storage costs and generate additional revenue(04/05/2010)
It is now more than ten years since the EU Landfill Directive set mandatory targets for the UK to cut landfill volumes or face hefty fines, and while some people face the deadlines with optimism, there is concern elsewhere that the UK’s overall approach to waste management is trailing behind continental Europe. There was a time when the market for industrial waste shredding systems was limited to a specific range of companies with largely heavy duty waste disposal requirements. Technological... [more]
Producing high quality diesel fuel from municipal solid waste(16/02/2009)
AlphaKat GmbH and Global Energy, Inc. have conducted a first round of municipal solid waste (MSW) feedstock tests as part of the commissioning phase for AlphaKat’s first-generation, commercial scale KDV 500 waste-to-diesel process. The KDV 500 is designed to produce 145 gallons (550 liters) of high quality diesel fuel from an average of 1.5 tons of MSW per hour. The trial was operated by AlphaKat operators and observed by additional potential strategic partners. “The results of this test ... [more]
Waste2Tricity aims to convert municipal solid waste into clean electricity(13/02/2009)
Rising quantities of waste currently present a number of problems in disposal. It is unpleasant and unhygienic and must be dealt with quickly; it may need to be transported long distances away from urban populations; and there are limited options for its disposal. Incineration is expensive and unpopular; and landfill space is rapidly running out. In addition, buried waste produces both CO2 and methane when it rots down and recycling processes themselves use energy without guaranteed revenue ... [more]
Global Energy partners with Shaanxi to generate diesel from tar oil(27/03/2008)
Global Energy has announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understand (MOU) with ShenMu SanJiang Coal Chemical Company Ltd. (“Shaanxi”) located in the People’s Republic of China. Shaanxi is active in the field of converting charcoal to oil and blue coal by pyrolysis reaction (heating coal in an oxygen free atmosphere) in the People’s Republic of China. The Company produces approximately 200,000 tons of residual oil sludge per year. Global has certain rights to market and use tec... [more]
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