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Why China's Waste Pickers Are a Better Alternative to Incineration
2015-05-26 23:26:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/">The Guardian</a> Jinling is one of hundreds of thousands of waste pickers working in cities across China sorting through other peoples rubbish, removing and sorting anything that can be recycled and selling it for a meagre profit. Most people working in this sector are migrant workers from the countryside who come to big cities to try to make a living. read more
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Waste Incineration a Long-Term Option When Swansea's Tir John Landfill Site Closes
2015-01-20 22:06:00| Waste Age
<a href="http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/">South Wales Evening Post</a> The days of burying rubbish in the ground could be over once Swansea's long-serving landfill site closes. read more
Lake Charles facility rejects ashes left from incineration of Ebola patient's apartment contents
2014-10-13 21:18:55| Waste Management - Topix.net
Managers of a facility in Lake Charles have notified Veolia Environmental in Port Arthur that it will not accept ashes left as a result of incinerating items taken from the apartment complex of a Dallas Ebola patient who died. Chemical Waste management, Inc. in Lake Charles issued the following statement on Monday: After additional review, Chemical Waste Management, Inc. - Lake Charles Facility has notified the Veolia Environmental Port Arthur, TX Facility, that it has no current plans to accept ash resulting from the process to incinerate some decontaminated belongings from an Ebola patient's apartment located in Dallas, TX.
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POLL: Metro Vancouver residents strongly against incineration proposal
2014-09-23 17:57:00| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines
Some 91 per cent of polled Metro Vancouver residents believe that the Regional District should support a proposal to build a mixed-waste Material Recovery Facility to recover significant amounts of recyclables and organics from the...
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New technologies may stop incineration and dumping of plastics
2014-03-12 01:00:00| Packaging Gateway
Waste processing consultancy Axion Consulting has predicted that the large-scale incineration or dumping of plastic films in landfills may soon be replaced by converting them into fuels and other useful products.
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