http://www.martingmbh.de/index_en.php?level=2&CatID=6.23&inhalt_id=19 the problem is, the remaining 22% bottom ash and 6-7% highly toxic fly ash by weight. So what do you do with the ash ? landfill. And if the landfills are full……………………..? http://www.martingmbh.de/index_en.php?level=1&CatID=9&inhalt_id=10&presse=84&do=showDetail#84 23/04/2012 Foshan Nanhai I, China Extension by 3 lines In March 2012, our cooperation partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chem-ical [...]
Posts on ‘June 9th, 2012’
Talking trash
The Economist Energy from waste: Incinerators that use rubbish as a fuel to generate electricity and heat continue to have an image problem. That is unfair, because the technology has advanced considerably and has cleaned up its act TOWARDS the end of “Toy Story 3”, Buzz Lightyear, Sheriff Woody and the other toys find themselves [...]
Energy that won’t go to waste
http://thegazette.com/2012/06/09/energy-that-wont-go-to-waste/ Updated: 9 June 2012 | 12:12 am in Gazette Guest Columnists By Dennis Naughton —- The massive fire at the Iowa City Landfill gives us an opportunity to pause and think about the hazards and to examine alternatives to landfilling. Bad things can happen in a landfill, even if nobody is at fault. It seems so easy [...]
Energy grab from waste sent to landfill
http://www.mrw.co.uk/home/energy-grab-from-waste-sent-to-landfill/8628831.article?blocktitle=Features&contentID=2197 As the world’s fossil fuel resources are depleted, we are facing a mounting crisis of energy supply. At the same time, global population growth and rising living standards mean that we are producing more waste than ever before. The world is, quite simply, facing a resource crisis – we have too much of one [...]
Road Side Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease
Kunzli et al (2010)’s study indicates an association between exposure to traffic-related air pollution and the progression of atherosclerosis in humans. Download PDF : Kunzli (2010) – Ambient Air Pollution & the Progress of Atherosclerosis in Adults
Government to curb worst sources of pollution in Macau
http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/36200-government-to-curb-worst-sources-of-pollution-in-macau.html The result of a public consultation conducted on Macau’s 2010/2020 Environmental Protection Plan will be revealed within two months. “We are arranging the opinions of different sectors”, explained Cheong Sio Kei, Director of the Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) during a press conference held yesterday in occasion of the “2012 Macau Environmental Week”. Cheong Sio Kei did not reveal [...]
It’s only ‘simple air pollution’
SCMP Laisee 10 June 2012 It’s only ‘simple air pollution’ We see that the government has failed in efforts to block a judicial review of the Shek Wu Chau incinerator. This will go ahead in November. But we have to say we were unimpressed by the remarks of the government’s counsel Johnny Mok Shu-luen SC at the court hearing. Pointing [...]
LCQ16: New Air Quality Objectives
Hong Kong (HKSAR) – Following is a question by the Hon Abraham Shek Lai-him and a written reply by the Secretary for the Environment, Mr Edward Yau, in the Legislative Council meeting today (June 6): Question: The Government proposed in January 2012 a set of new Air Quality Objectives (AQOs) which lays down the atmospheric [...]
Air Pollution Fuels Hospital Visits in Hong Kong
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/05/31/air-pollution-fuels-hospital-visits-in-hong-kong/ Deteriorating air quality in Hong Kong is sending more people to hospital, says a new survey. According to a pair of researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, who examined day-to-day pollution levels and hospital visits over a six-year period, a rise in airborne pollutants in Hong Kong was associated with a rise [...]
Leung aide sees no need for third runway
SCMP City can’t cope with more visitors disrupting our daily lives, says former Observatory chief Cheung Chi-fai Jun 09, 2012 A former Observatory director and adviser to the incoming chief executive has questioned the need for a third runway and the scope of the environmental impact study proposed for the huge project. Lam Chiu-ying, who [...]