A joint research project has proved that development of waste management is a cost-efficient means to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases. Considerable reductions can be achieved by combustion of ...

Fifty US lawmakers urge EPA to maintain strict air quality rules for chemical recycling facilities that emit toxic chemicals.

A hundred metric tons of innovative fuel pellets derived entirely from biogenic and plastic waste material—which would otherwise be bound for a landfill—have been successfully produced, marking a ...

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have discovered that a certain bed material improves the combustion efficiency of waste and biomass while decreasing operating and maintenance costs ...

Scientists have demonstrated a new plasma-based process that converts wet coffee waste into high-performance ...

Tremendous deposits of disposable medical facemask waste after the COVID-19 pandemic require improvement of waste management practice according to WHO report 2022, moreover facemasks are still in use ...

A new facility could transform 350,000 tonnes of unrecyclable rubbish into lower-carbon electricity and roading material. But the company needs to convince the public that burning waste is better than ...

Waste incineration is one of many societal applications of combustion. As illustrated in Figure 3-1, the typical waste-incineration facility includes the following operations: Waste storage and feed ...

In Europe mainly at winter season the PM levels exceed air quality limits, which correlated with the operation of solid-fired boilers. More and more people are returning to using these devices due to ...

THE Department of Energy (DoE) on Friday announced an increase in the installation target for thermal combustion waste-to-energy (WTE) projects from 230 megawatts (MW) to 400MW. This capacity is being ...

The Department of Energy said Friday it increased its installation target for thermal combustion waste-to-energy projects to ...