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Campbell Arnott's waste management upgrade
Campbell Arnott's has completed a $19 million upgrade to its Arnott's Biscuit bakery in New South Wales. The upgrade included the Dolav bulk bin which is used inside and outside the factory
[ + ]Disposing of FOD at airports
Reynolds Engineering Services has designed a FOD (foreign objects and debris) station to address problems associated with the existing FOD/waste collection points on airport aprons
[ + ]Self-sufficient composting
The Environmental Biotechnology CRC (EBCRC), together Organic Resource Technologies (ORT) and Murdoch University, is using biotechnology in a $1.3m project to enhance a process that can convert large amounts of organic waste to compost more efficiently
[ + ]New look McDonald's uses less water
Arterra, the landscape company responsible for creating a new exterior for a McDonald's Restaurant, has installed water saving features in almost every part of the landscape
[ + ]Ozone in the food industry
The relatively recent approval of ozone for use with food by the US Federal Drug Administration has resulted in the rapid expansion of ozone usage in food applications. This segment remains the fastest growing use of ozone gas
[ + ]Gate required to divert sewage
Lower Murray Water (LMW) in Mildura required a gate to divert sewage flows to catchment ponds. Darren Bennett from LMW was concerned with the traditional square bottom penstocks that had previously been used to control water flows
[ + ]Upgrading a wastewater treatment plant
Cost-effective engineering has enabled the City of Poteau, Oklahoma to achieve major savings while undertaking recent upgrades to municipal wastewater treatment facilities
[ + ]American Honda generating its own electricity
Establishing a reputation for environmentally-conscious products, American Honda is dedicated to environmental responsibility. Recently, it established the ability to generate its own electricity using natural gas
[ + ]Waste recycling project
The UR-3R household waste recycling project at Eastern Creek on the outskirts of Sydney, which was recently opened, has illustrated the advantage offered by Permastore Australasia with its glass-fused-to-steel product
[ + ]Drinking and 'driving' in Bangkok
Supplying a city of 11 million people with clean water is no easy task. A Thai state enterprise charged with operating the world's biggest tap water treatment plant, supplies the drinking water for Bangkok's 11 million plus citizens
[ + ]Food from winery waste
The Australian wine industry is set to benefit significantly from a novel technology being developed at the University of South Australia that enables winery wastewater to be turned into a valuable protein-rich feed source for farm animals
[ + ]Too much wastewater?
Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM), has helped a rural council in Queensland solve the problem of having too much water. SKM played a key role in the planning, design and construction management of a wastewater recycling scheme for Stanthorpe Shire Council (SSC)
[ + ]Coal tar contaminated soil at site in NSW
Innova Soil Technology has developed a thermal desorption process (DFTD) for the remediation of contaminated sites. The process is fully mobile and can process up to 1000 tonnes of soil per day
[ + ]Solar energy stored efficiently
For the first time, solar energy has been successfully used in a pilot-plant to create storable energy from a metal ore. In a project funded by the EU, an important milestone has been reached
[ + ]Regeneration of Cardiff Bay area
Cardiff Council is using the dataTaker DT50 data acquisition system to monitor water table levels in the area surrounding Cardiff Bay marina
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