Covanta Energy Corporation recently announced that it has completed commercial demonstration testing on a new type of technology that uses gasification to recover energy from waste. According to Covanta, the technology has the ability to gasify unprocessed municipal solid waste (MSW) in a commercial setting, while reducing emissions and generating alternative energy. This would be [...]
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Leaders in waste-to-energy visit facility in Maine
Attendees of the North American Waste-to-Energy Conference (NAWTEC) were treated to an on-site visit at the Ecomaine facility in southern Maine last month. Ecomaine is a non-profit waste management company, comprised of a recycling operation, waste-to-energy facility, and a landfill/ashfill site that provide services to 335,000 people in more than 40 communities. Visiting the facility [...]
Conference highlights growing opportunities for recovering energy from waste, in U.S. and abroad
This week, representatives from the American Chemistry Council (ACC) joined businesses, policy makers and other interested groups at the 20th Annual North American Waste-to-Energy Conference (NAWTEC), a technical gathering focused on municipal waste-to-energy. During the conference, ACC released the results of a new study showing that emerging technologies designed to convert waste into fuels or [...]
NYC looks to embrace energy recovery
Earlier this month, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg put out a call for proposals to examine technologies that could turn a portion of the city’s municipal waste into renewable, domestic energy. Although there are many ways to recover energy from solid wastes, NYC is specifically looking at an emerging group of technologies that convert [...]
Resource Recycling magazine identifies up-and-comers in energy recovery
As a lead-up to the Plastics Recycling Conference, March 20-21 in Atlanta, Georgia, Resource Recycling magazine took time to highlight up-and-comers in the exciting, emerging field of energy recovery technology. In particular, developments in so called “Plastics to Oil” technology are happening fast, and are sure to be a major topic of discussion at the [...]
Styron: “Paul Moyer Discusses ‘Energy Recovery’ at Plastics News Executive Forum”
(Styron.com) – Paul Moyer, Vice President & General Manager of Plastics, was a featured speaker at the Plastics News 14th Annual Executive Forum, January 30 – 31 in Tampa, Florida. This conference brings together high-level executives from the plastics industry each year to share thoughts and insights on the direction of the industry and their [...]
Energy recovery should be part of President Obama’s “all of the above” approach to domestic energy
During a visit to a Colorado Air Force base on Friday, President Barack Obama continued to embrace the use of America’s abundant natural gas. This follows last week’s State of the Union address when the President endorsed an “all of the above” approach to energy production in America. “Even if we tapped every drop of [...]
Energy recovery pioneer, Agilyx, turns non-recycled plastics into valuable energy
Plastics recycling is a growing business, as Americans continue to recycle billions of pounds of plastic bottles, containers, bags and wraps every year. But what happens to plastics that aren’t recycled? Oregon-based Agilyx is using chemistry to convert more of these valuable materials from waste into useful fuel. As Lew Feucht, an account manager at [...]
Teaming up for recycling success during the 2011 “Recycle. Goal.” challenge
Kudos to the Anaheim Impact, the winners of the 2011 Recycle. Goal. challenge. The Impact, a boys under 13 team from the Anaheim Soccer Club, recycled more than 13,000 pounds of materials, edging out two dozen other youth soccer teams across Southern California that took part in the 9-week competition. Altogether the teams recycled more [...]
Online webinar seeks to raise awareness of energy recovery, leveraging the energy value of plastics
At 1:30pm EST today, Greg Wilkinson, president of the Canadian Plastics Industry Association, will lead a webinar about how we use and reuse plastics in America, and how best to leverage the impressive and underutilized energy value of plastics. As you’ll see, it begins with education – letting the public in on the magic behind [...]
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- ACC is Committed to Chemical Regulation Policies That Promote Safety and Innovation May 10, 2012
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