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Trending: TP, Organic Waste Could Become Sources of Clean Energy, Low-Carbon Building MaterialsBy : sustainabilityo..., Oct 17, 2017
From used bathroom tissue to banana peels, researchers and innovators are fueling a sustainable future by giving new life to previously overlooked waste streams. While scientists in the... Read more.. Subject Tags: Incineration , Netherlands , SolarLeaf , solid-oxide fuel cells , University of Amsterdam , University of Utrecht , Waste recycle |
Incineration keeps Singapore squeaky cleanBy : Anonymous, Mar 26, 2014
Experts say Chennai can take lessons from the Lion City of south east Asia. Singapore, with a population of 5.3 million and a reputation for being one of the cleanest cities in the region, generates 7,600 tonnes a day of solid waste. In the past, municipal workers shovelled... Read more.. Subject Tags: Incineration |
Thiruvananthapuram's new waste plan is a US rejectBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 28, 2012
The gasification technology, which will be used in the proposed modern waste treatment plant at Chalai was tried and abandoned in the US three decades ago, according to a study report. Interestingly, the report has been published by a US-based environmental organization, the... Read more.. |
With waste-to-energy, landfill search endsBy : Sustainability ..., Jul 11, 2012
In 1999, Singapore was sending 0.76 million tonnes of waste to its landfill site in a year and incinerating 2.04 million tonnes. In 2011, only 0.2 million tonnes was sent to the site while 2.66 million tonnes was sent for incineration to its four waste-to-energy (WTE) plants... Read more.. |