VATIS Update Waste Management is published 6 times a year to keep the readers up to date of most of the relevant and latest technological developments and events in the field of Waste Management. The Update is tailored to policy-makers, industries and technology transfer intermediaries.

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Mar-Apr 2008

 

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   IN THE NEWS  
 

# China bans free plastic bags # Dealing with e-waste # Hong Kong penalizes imported waste # Recycling of old phones in Sri Lanka # Malaysian firm signs MoU on waste treatment projects # Japan to end dumping in landfills # Pakistan project for solid waste disposal # HCMC to establish waste recycling fund

   PLASTIC WASTES  
# All-in-one plastic recycling # Improved granulation of PET bottles # EPS recycling unit # Catalytic reaction to decompose plastics into harmless gas # Dirty plastic as a fuel source! # Fire retardant, recycled polymer # Fuel from all types of plastic waste
 
   ELECTRONIC WASTES  
# Reducing the global impact of e-waste # A recycling plant for waste lamps # Recycling technology for silicon wafers #“Closed loop” inkjet cartridge recycling # Automated e-waste shredding system
 
   BIOMEDICAL/HEALTHCARE WASTES
# Stimulating anaerobic biodegradation in groundwater wells # Bacteria cleans up water contamination # Green alternative for concrete and asphalt cleaning # Gaseous electron donor injection technology # Remediation of hydrocarbons in soil and water # GM poplar to disarm toxic pollutants # Enrichment of hydrocarbon degradation bacteria
 
   INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER  
# High-rate anaerobic membrane bioreactor # SBR system # Antipollution waste process solutions for waste generators # Treating wastewater containing azo dyes # Chemical coagulation of wastewater # Remediation of heavy metals in wastewater # Halophilic bacteria for decolourizing azo dye # Decolourizing textile dye wastewater
 
   PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS  

# Destruction of PCBs in contaminated soils # Removal of dioxins by adsorption and catalytic destruction # Sonication treatment of PCBcontaminated media # Nanoparticles to fight pesticide residues # Utilizing hydrocarbon wastes as fuel and feedstock # White rot fungus used to remediate dioxin-polluted soil # Aqueous PCB extraction system # Electrochemical remediation of polluted soil

 
   AIR POLLUTION CONTROL  

# Pilot plant testing of elemental mercury re-emission # NOx storagereduction catalysts # Economical reduction of carbon dioxide emissions # NOx exhaust reduction systems # Wet flue gas scrubber project successful # High-efficiency Venturi scrubber # Emission reduction technology for gas turbines # Scrubbing systems

 
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