http://www.RecyclingNewsPortal.com/Latest Recycling technology and waste management news articlesenRecycling News PortalRecycling News Portalhttp://www.Recyclingnewsportal.com/recycling_article10955.htmlFri, 20 Apr 2012 11:39:02 GMTKennedy/Jenks Consultants and Gehrlicher Solar America Corp. announced a strategic joint-development agreement focused on providing solar energy to water and wastewater treatment facilities in California, Arizona and Nevada. Since 1919, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants has specialized in the planning, evaluation and design of water and wastewater treatment facilities. With a significant client network in ... [more] http://www.Recyclingnewsportal.com/recycling_article10950.htmlMon, 16 Apr 2012 12:50:12 GMTThe creative new brand in horticulture, the British Plant Nursery Guide, have achieved another first to make gardening more sustainable by becoming the exclusive UK retailer of a new innovative product range which is set to change the way we garden for good. The product is on sale now for a short time prior to the public launch at this year's RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May. In addition to enco ... [more] http://www.Recyclingnewsportal.com/recycling_article10947.htmlMon, 2 Apr 2012 11:03:33 GMTFossil power plants with a highly versatile operating response are the key to integrating renewables into the power grid and are an essential prerequisite if the intended rapid growth of these energy resources is to be accommodated. Andreas Pickard, Siemens AG Energy and winner of POWER-GEN Europe 2012 Best Paper Awards examines what the integration of renewable energy into the European power ge ... [more] http://www.Recyclingnewsportal.com/recycling_article10948.htmlMon, 2 Apr 2012 11:01:09 GMTStart-up reliability In the context of stabilisation of the grid, the aim is to respond to changes in demand as quickly as possible. Power plants with short start-up times can feed extra power into the grid at short notice. It is already apparent in some power generation markets that load dispatchers are giving preference to power plants with short start-up times. Playing the spot market (tertiar ... [more] http://www.Recyclingnewsportal.com/recycling_article10936.htmlFri, 23 Mar 2012 15:31:29 GMTToronto, Canada Waste Nothing's what-goes-where tool for residents is now being made available to local governments and other waste management agencies. By making information about proper disposal widely and easily accessible, agencies can improve customer service while better serving the environment. Waste management agencies maintain excellent resources on the correct procedures for trash, ... [more] http://www.Recyclingnewsportal.com/recycling_article10930.htmlTue, 20 Mar 2012 06:14:38 GMTA sustainable waste treatment facility near Plymouth in Devon is set to become the first in the world to apply full scale autoclave processing to wet advanced anaerobic digestion (AD). Handling up to 75,000 tonnes of municipal and commercial/industrial waste per year, state-of-the-art technology will make the AD process up to four times faster than conventional systems. Biogas production rates wil ... [more] http://www.Recyclingnewsportal.com/recycling_article10931.htmlTue, 20 Mar 2012 06:14:37 GMTUnlocking potential The Lee Moor facility will be made up of two autoclave plants, screening and separation equipment, anaerobic digestion plant with associated buffer and digestate storage tanks, dewatering plant and a combined heat and power (CHP) plant. The two autoclaves will operate in parallel, each treating mixed municipal wastes in ten tonne batches at temperatures of approximately ... [more] http://www.Recyclingnewsportal.com/recycling_article10918.htmlFri, 16 Mar 2012 10:08:45 GMTFollowing recent news of a hosepipe ban from April 5th, international garden designer Andrew Fisher Tomlin has reacted with some positive ideas for ensuring our plants and gardens get through the drought and continue to thrive. Fisher Tomlin said "Our company designs and builds gardens in many parts of the world where rainfall is sporadic and we can't rely from year to year how much rain will c ... [more] http://www.Recyclingnewsportal.com/recycling_article10913.htmlTue, 13 Mar 2012 12:00:29 GMTA new range of recycled furniture is helping to reduce the amount of agricultural waste sent to landfill sites and cut emissions by recycling the materials that are used to make the furniture items. The range, distributed by garden suppliers Amberol, includes benches, picnic tables, bins and even bollards. Made from Plaswood, a recycled material manufactured by British Polythene Industries (BPI ... [more] http://www.Recyclingnewsportal.com/recycling_article10911.htmlMon, 12 Mar 2012 14:33:37 GMTHow ISO standards can offer solutions to vital water challenges is at the heart of a workshop to be held tomorrow, on 13 March 2012 in conjunction with the 6th World Water Forum, in Marseille, France one of the world's largest events on the subject. The workshop, "How can ISO standards address global water challenges?," will focus on ISO's tools for the assessment, improvement and management ... [more]