Waste Management in Urban Areas: Climate Protection and Material recovery
© Eigenbeiträge der Autoren (6/2011)
PowerPoint presentation with 30 slides
© Eigenbeiträge der Autoren (6/2011)
PowerPoint presentation with 30 slides
Optimization of MBT considering Energy Efficiency and Protection of Resources and Climate
© Wasteconsult International (5/2011)
In 18 out of 46 MBTs in Germany biological treatment of organic-containing fine fractions takes place with the aim of achieving the deposition criteria exclusively through aerobic rotting. Thus energy potentials contained in the fine fractions are not utilized.
© Wasteconsult International (5/2011)
In 18 out of 46 MBTs in Germany biological treatment of organic-containing fine fractions takes place with the aim of achieving the deposition criteria exclusively through aerobic rotting. Thus energy potentials contained in the fine fractions are not utilized.
German GHG Mitigation Lighthouse Project MBT Plant Gaobeidian (PR China)
© Wasteconsult International (5/2011)
In June 2009, the German Federal Ministry of Environment granted a fund to the German company AWN Umwelt GmbH (Buchen) to establish a mechanical biological treatment plant in the City of Gaobeidian (PR China). The facility is seen as a lighthouse project for GHG mitigation.
© Wasteconsult International (5/2011)
In June 2009, the German Federal Ministry of Environment granted a fund to the German company AWN Umwelt GmbH (Buchen) to establish a mechanical biological treatment plant in the City of Gaobeidian (PR China). The facility is seen as a lighthouse project for GHG mitigation.
Potential of the Microbial Methane Oxidation to Mitigate Low Gas Emissions of Mechanically and Biologically Treated Waste
© Wasteconsult International (5/2011)
In the framework of the MiMethox-project, financed by the Federal German Ministry of Education and Research, a process study on a MBT landfill is done. The results of a lysimeter study for qualitative and quantitative MBT landfill gas analyzes are introduced.
© Wasteconsult International (5/2011)
In the framework of the MiMethox-project, financed by the Federal German Ministry of Education and Research, a process study on a MBT landfill is done. The results of a lysimeter study for qualitative and quantitative MBT landfill gas analyzes are introduced.
Advanced Waste-Splitting by Sensor Based Sorting on the Example of the MT-Plant Oberlaa
© Lehrstuhl fĂĽr Abfallverwertungstechnik und Abfallwirtschaft der Montanuniversität Leoben (11/2010)
Waste management is playing a significant role in efforts to combat the anthropogenic climate change and environmental pollution and is therefore continuously changing from land filling to other options, such as material reuse and recycling all over the world. If waste will be used as a substitution for primary resources, it has to be processed to meet the required material or quality criteria. Sensor-based sorting is a state-of-the-art technology for the treatment of separately collected recyclables, such as plastic, paper and glass, in order to secure the compliance with given quality standards.
© Lehrstuhl fĂĽr Abfallverwertungstechnik und Abfallwirtschaft der Montanuniversität Leoben (11/2010)
Waste management is playing a significant role in efforts to combat the anthropogenic climate change and environmental pollution and is therefore continuously changing from land filling to other options, such as material reuse and recycling all over the world. If waste will be used as a substitution for primary resources, it has to be processed to meet the required material or quality criteria. Sensor-based sorting is a state-of-the-art technology for the treatment of separately collected recyclables, such as plastic, paper and glass, in order to secure the compliance with given quality standards.
Product Carbon Footprinting: Calculation and Communication Standards in the Making
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (6/2010)
A Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) is the entire life cycle (cradle-to-grave) accounting of greenhouse gases (GHGs) for an individual good or service. It is propagated to effect changes in corporate policy and consumer choice toward less emission intensive production and consumption patterns. Though not yet a legislative reality, calculation and communication standards are in the making. This study attempts to compare the most prominent PCF efforts to date, analysing how each emerging standard addresses key PCF calculation features. It concludes that potential for methodology harmonisation exists, and that the time is ripe and the know-how available for such harmonisation to occur. PCF standard harmonisation can be an important contributor to achievement of the transition to a more sustainable production and consumption culture needed for effective climate change mitigation.
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (6/2010)
A Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) is the entire life cycle (cradle-to-grave) accounting of greenhouse gases (GHGs) for an individual good or service. It is propagated to effect changes in corporate policy and consumer choice toward less emission intensive production and consumption patterns. Though not yet a legislative reality, calculation and communication standards are in the making. This study attempts to compare the most prominent PCF efforts to date, analysing how each emerging standard addresses key PCF calculation features. It concludes that potential for methodology harmonisation exists, and that the time is ripe and the know-how available for such harmonisation to occur. PCF standard harmonisation can be an important contributor to achievement of the transition to a more sustainable production and consumption culture needed for effective climate change mitigation.
Market-based Regulation under the Clean Air Act
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (6/2010)
As prospects dim for Congress enacting an economy-wide greenhouse gas cap-and-trade regime for the modern era, advocates for such a system increasingly are setting their sites on a 40 year old trusty and reliable stalwart to do the job: the existing Clean Air Act (CAA). This article assesses questions of whether, when, and how EPA could enact its own cap-and-trade system under the Clean Air Act.
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (6/2010)
As prospects dim for Congress enacting an economy-wide greenhouse gas cap-and-trade regime for the modern era, advocates for such a system increasingly are setting their sites on a 40 year old trusty and reliable stalwart to do the job: the existing Clean Air Act (CAA). This article assesses questions of whether, when, and how EPA could enact its own cap-and-trade system under the Clean Air Act.
Comparison of acid gas control technologies in efm facilities
© WTERT Greece (5/2010)
As Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facilities make the leap into the twenty-first (21st ) century, so does the demand for cost efficient air pollution control technology. In an effort to meet this rising demand, companies have to develop concepts that remove acid gases in an efficient, sustainable, and reliable way.
© WTERT Greece (5/2010)
As Energy-from-Waste (EfW) facilities make the leap into the twenty-first (21st ) century, so does the demand for cost efficient air pollution control technology. In an effort to meet this rising demand, companies have to develop concepts that remove acid gases in an efficient, sustainable, and reliable way.
Marine Snow Storms: Assessing the Environmental Risks of Ocean Fertilization
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (12/2009)
The adverse impacts of anthropogenically induced climate change on the terrestrial and marine environments have been acknowledged by a succession of expert reports commissioned by global and national bodies.1 This recognition has prompted a variety of marine geo-engineering schemes to mitigate the detrimental effects of climate change on the environment including enhanced schemes to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using the world’s oceans.
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (12/2009)
The adverse impacts of anthropogenically induced climate change on the terrestrial and marine environments have been acknowledged by a succession of expert reports commissioned by global and national bodies.1 This recognition has prompted a variety of marine geo-engineering schemes to mitigate the detrimental effects of climate change on the environment including enhanced schemes to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere using the world’s oceans.
Across the Top of the World? Emerging Arctic Navigational Opportunities and Arctic Governance
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (12/2009)
The Arctic Ocean has witnessed dramatic thinning and melting of sea ice cover as a consequence of climate change in recent years. This has led to increasing access to and thus activities in the Arctic region, including with regard to shipping. Arctic navigational opportunities are examined and it is concluded that there are a number of major obstacles to Arctic routes transforming the pathways of global trade, at least in the immediate future. The likely future opening up of Arctic sea lanes does, however, provide a focal point for increasing external interest in the region and for changes in oceans governance.
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH (12/2009)
The Arctic Ocean has witnessed dramatic thinning and melting of sea ice cover as a consequence of climate change in recent years. This has led to increasing access to and thus activities in the Arctic region, including with regard to shipping. Arctic navigational opportunities are examined and it is concluded that there are a number of major obstacles to Arctic routes transforming the pathways of global trade, at least in the immediate future. The likely future opening up of Arctic sea lanes does, however, provide a focal point for increasing external interest in the region and for changes in oceans governance.
