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BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
Dry fermentation still has room for development | | |
| | Very few mechanical-biological waste treatment plants have a fermentation stage.
The only way to ensure a preferably extensive supply of renewable energy is by using a combination of various processes and by exploiting the existing potential. The process of dry fermentation offers a wide range of options to achieve this aim through the use of biomass. The method is, however, still hardly being used in mechanical-biological treatment plants. [more ...] |
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BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
The Road to MBT Technology | | |
| | An extraordinary increase of the waste volume in the 1980s and detectable environmental damages caused from the storage of not pre-treated urban wastes, as well as polluted leachate and the greenhouse-effective methane gas emissions led for search of better disposal concepts. Waste experts recognised - besides the requirement for a more intensified waste recovery - the need for pre-treatment of the waste prior to the storage in landfills. [more ...] |
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BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
Mammoth waste management project in Manchester | | |
| | A Private Public Partnership is investing millions in establishing a waste management system in Manchester. "This is the most far-reaching contract in the European waste management industry," said Neil Swannick, Chairman of the waste management authority for the metropolitan area of Manchester, the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA). By 2015 a complete network of recycling plants is to be set up, including several mechanical-biological waste treatment plants (MBWTs). The existing 25 recycling centres for household refuse will be modernised and integrated as part of the project. [more ...] |
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BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
Study: Austria’s MBWTs are working to capacity | | |
| | A new study released by the Umweltbundesamt, the Austrian federal environment agency, provides an overview of the treatment of mixed household and industrial wastes in Austria from 2003 to 2007. [more ...] |
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BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
Analytical methods of examination avoid time-consuming regulations | | |
| | Samples collected from all 16 mechanical-biological waste treatment plants (MBWTs) in Austria were analysed during a 33-month research project. The project, which is supported by the fund for the promotion of scientific research, began in January 2007 and will be concluded in September this year. [more ...] |
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BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
MBWTs are the future exploiters of raw materials | | |
| | In view of the imminent exhaustion of a great many deposits of raw materials accompanied by higher consumption due to population growth and increasing wealth, the recovery of raw materials from waste is becoming increasingly important. To which extent and quality raw materials can be recovered from residual waste greatly depends on the methods by which the waste is treated. [more ...] |
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BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT
New MBWT operators association in Austria | | |
| | In March the operators of mechanical-biological waste treatment plants (MBWTs) in Austria established an association to represent their interests. The "IV MBA" is based in Graz. [more ...] |
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