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Franke Sorter systems simplifies recycling in the kitchen
Franke has brought together the ergonomics of the kitchen environment, and the growing need to separate household waste into recyclable groups, with their range of Sorter systems. Offering a convenient alternative to the conventional waste bin, Franke Sorters are available in a variety of capacities and configurations to fit neatly into 500 and 600mm kitchen base units. As may be expected from Franke, the world’s largest manufacturer of sinks ... [more]
Ecoplay collects water from the bath and shower, cleans it and stores it for toilet flushing
The Ecoplay system recycles bath and shower water for use in toilet flushing. It can reduce the quantity of fresh water used for this purpose by up to 30%, thus creating significant savings on water and sewage bills for the end-user and helping conserve this important resource. The Ecoplay micro greywater recycling system has received a major independent endorsement just months after being launched onto the UK market by Macdee. Waterwise recen... [more]
Blanco exhibits tap with the water changing colour as it flows at the Ideal Home Exhibition
Blanco is exhibiting at the Ideal Home Exhibition 2007, Earl's Court, London. Sinks, taps, cooker hoods and accessories on display include: A tap with the water changing colour as it flows, an extractor hood which seems to be facing the wrong way, a sink which lies flush with the worksurface, these are just some of the highlights from BLANCO at the 2007 Ideal Home Exhibition. A heat sensitive light on the BLANCO OVAL changes the colour of t... [more]
Other Waste disposal news and reviews
Mercer County to host household electronic and chemical waste disposal day (Pennington Post)
Mercer County Improvement Authority will host Household Chemical and Electronics Waste Disposal Day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 20 for County residents who would like to recycle common residential wastes or electronics.
Tire disposal is fee cut to curb illegal dumping (The Newton Kansan)
The cost of taking tires to the Harvey County Transfer Station has decreased. />The Harvey County Commission approved a recommendation Monday by county superintendent of solid waste Roy Patton to eliminate a weight fee on tire disposal.
Another nuclear waste site for Clive? (Tooele Transcript-Bulletin)
Another low-level radioactive waste disposal facility will be built in Tooele County if a former Envirocare executive can get approval for his plans.
Shipment of nuclear waste arrives from U.K. (The Japan Times)
OSAKA — The first delivery of at least 850 canisters of high-level radioactive vitrified waste arrived Tuesday morning by ship from the U.K. in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, where it will sit in storage for decades before being buried deep underground. Antinuclear activists argue that with no local government yet willing to host a final disposal site and concern over the international security ...
Nuclear waste from U.K. arrives in Japan (People's Daily)
A freighter carrying a cargo of high- level nuclear waste docked at the Mutsu Ogawa port in Aomori Prefecture, north Japan on Tuesday, local media reported. The vessel, which departed from Barrow Port in the northwest of England on Jan. 20, was carrying a payload of 28 cylinders of nuclear waste that was converted into solidified glass in Britain for disposal on behalf of four Japanese power ...
F.C. Council Authorizes Contract For Solid Waste Outsourcing (Falls Church News-Press)
In the wee hours tonight near the conclusion of a near five-hour meeting, the Falls Church City Council voted to authorize an expenditure not to exceed $500,000 for solid waste collection services by the American Disposal Services that would begin by July 1 in the City. The Council argued extensively over whether and how to implement the distribution of new 65-gallon trash and recycling bins to ...
Jal could be on radioactive waste route (KRQE & KASA FOX 2 Albuquerque)
Jal could see low-level radioactive waste travel through the community next year on the way to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant disposal site near Carlsbad.
Jal Could be on Radioactive Waste Route (Albuquerque Journal)
Shipments could start after highway improvements are finished Jal could see low-level radioactive waste travel through the community next year on the way to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant disposal site near Carlsbad. The U.S. Department of Energy is expected to request shipments be routed through Jal after highway improvements are finished this summer. The chief scientist for the DOE's Carlsbad ...
Company wants disposal well for leachate (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
A local company wants to convert a brine disposal well in Grand Traverse County to take landfill leachate, a move that would make it Michigan's third commercial disposal well for non-hazardous industrial waste.
City Government ‘needs good waste management’ (Sun Star)
AN OFFICIAL from the Netherlands said the Cagayan de Oro City Government needs to focus and study some methods of proper waste management. read more
