waste technology
16 Recycling System and MRF Equipment Suppliers Serving the United States
Recycling facilities depend on increasingly sophisticated equipment to separate valuable materials from mixed waste streams. Conveyors, screens, optical sorters, magnets, air separators, balers, artificial-intelligence systems and process controls may all form part of a modern material recovery facility. This updated directory introduces companies that supply recycling systems, machinery and related services in the United States. […]
ArrowBio MBT and Anaerobic Digestion: How the Process Worked and What Happened to It
ArrowBio was one of the more original waste-treatment technologies to emerge during the early growth of mechanical biological treatment and anaerobic digestion for municipal solid waste. Its developers took an unusual approach: instead of trying to keep water out of mixed municipal waste processing, they deliberately put water at the heart of the separation process. […]
List of Separation Methods Used to Divert Waste from Landfill and Recycle
A list of DRY solid waste separation methods for municipal solid waste materials is provided in this article, with a short description of each. These separation techniques will become increasingly familiar as the solid waste management techniques used to divert waste from landfill and recycle continue to be developed, to process and recycle more and […]
Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) and the UK SRF Market
In this article, we have the latest information for you about Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) and as we are a UK-based blog while looking at the market we focus on the UK SRF Market. If you would like to know the UK Market sectors that make and burn SRF read on! Navigating the intricate network […]
What is a Waste Transfer Station and Inside MRFs and MBTs
What is a Waste Transfer Station? Well, let us explain Waste Transfer Stations, were once simply depots, often not even roofed where the dust carts (now called Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs)) would return after collecting each load of rubbish for their bin collection rounds. The RCVs would, and still do deposit their 3 to 5 […]
How China Broke the World’s Recycling & What Happened Since 2018
On This Page: Plastic Piles Up in Wake of China Recycling Ban China Bans Plastic Waste How Plastic Recycling Used to Work Before the China Ban Low-Value Plastics Uneconomic for Recycling China Wakes Up to the True Cost of Plastic Waste Changes in plastic waste trade flow pattern subsequent to the China ban China to […]
Recycling Problems – Is Recycling A Waste Of Time, Money And Energy?
With so many recycling problems people are asking; “Is Recycling a Waste of Time, Money and Energy? So, we set out to provide our views on this subject in the article below. What’s the problem with recycling? One word: Plastics Whatever the way things get sorted, many things aren’t reusable. You sort your rubbish out […]
Food Waste Depackaging Systems & the Plastics Separator that Cleans Without Washing
Food waste depackaging systems have advanced greatly even to one that “cleans without washing” which is manufactured by DryCake. In our opinion, the DryCake “Twister™” is quite remarkable, and the truth of this is clear to see for anyone who takes a few minutes to watch the Twister plastic separator unit discharging as it opens […]
