News Articles http://www.solidwaste.com/ 12/31/2008 3:22:00 AM International Power Group Egypt, Ltd., a subsidiary of International Power Group, Ltd., recently announced that it has assumed control of a 245 acres (1,000,000 square meters) parcel of land in the industrial city of the 10th of Ramadan, Egypt on which it plans be construct and operate state-of-the-art waste management and recycling facilities http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Egyptian-Government-Turns-Over-Control-Of-10t-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 12/31/2008 3:22:00 AM BioGold Fuels Corporation has licensed a proprietary separation process technology from Gemini Environmental http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/BioGold-Fuels-Gets-License-For-Municipal-Soli-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 12/27/2008 2:35:00 AM Xethanol Corporation, a renewable energy company, recently announced that its subsidiary Southeast Biofuels LLC has filed a grant application with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to expand the company's work on converting waste to energy, using citrus waste as the raw material and converting it into ethanol http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Xethanol-Announces-Grant-Application-For-Citr-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 12/18/2008 4:37:00 AM NetApp recently announced it has been recognized by the California Integrated Waste Management Board's Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) for its outstanding actions to reduce waste locally and minimize its global impact on the environment http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/NetApp-Receives-California-Waste-Reduction-Ho-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 12/17/2008 4:22:00 AM Rackspace Managed Hosting recently announced that through its GreenSpace initiative and relationship with NativeEnergy, a leading national marketer of renewable energy credits and carbon offsets, the IT hosting specialist will be providing support to two new renewable energy projects through the purchasing of carbon offsets http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Rackspace-Announces-Support-Of-More-Renewable-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 12/13/2008 4:10:00 AM Arctic Star is currently being developed by UniPureEnergy, Corp. (UPE) to process 1,000 barrels per day of Alaska North Slope oil production related emulsion waste streams using the patented Ohsol process http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/UniPureEnergy-Corp-Announces-Arctic-Star-Proj-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 12/13/2008 3:44:00 AM Fifteen Keep America Beautiful affiliates will share $150,000 in cash grants from Waste Management, Inc. The Waste Management Think Green Community Improvement Grants are part of a nationwide effort that encourages local solutions to improving community environments http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Waste-Management-Awards-150000-In-Think-Green-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 11/13/2008 1:11:00 AM Days prior to America Recycles Day and on the heels of overwhelming successes across East Coast cities like Wilmington, DE, Fairfax, VA and Cherry Hill, NJ, the popular RecycleBank recycling rewards program announces plans to strategically expand operations http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/RecycleBanks-Valuable-Recycling-Reward-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 11/12/2008 11:21:00 PM New Top-Head Drive Motor Design Simplifies Piston Pump Maintenance. A new modular design, based on extensive field experience in a variety of customer applications, has resulted in a piston pump design that is easier to install and features a field serviceable pneumatic top-head drive motor that is easy to repair http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/New-Top-Head-Drive-Motor-Design-Simplifies-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 11/10/2008 1:23:00 AM For applications where a 55 gallon drum must be emptied too frequently and a motorized rotary airlock is too costly, Sternvent now offers a cyclone dust collector with a storage hopper underneath for greater volume of waste storage. The 105 cu ft hopper features a 24" square rack and pinion slide gate with hand wheel or pull chain operator http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Sternvent-Offers-Cyclone-Dust-Collector-With-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 11/7/2008 6:08:00 AM The National Solid Waste Management Association (NSWMA) today announced the launch of Environmentalists http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Solid-Waste-Industry-Launches-Environment-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 11/6/2008 3:43:00 AM Lexar Media, a leading global provider of memory products for digital media, today announced that Crucial.com was awarded the first annual "Environment at Work" award by the city of Meridian, Idaho. http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Crucialcom-Honored-With-Environment-At-Work-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 11/6/2008 3:31:00 AM New Green Technologies, Inc., announces that it has entered a bid to turn wood waste into energy via its CAVD technology in Alberta, Canada. http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/New-Green-Technologies-Enters-Bid-For-Wood-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 11/6/2008 2:58:00 AM New FOURTEX 4-Vortex Dual Cyclone Dust Collection Systems by ProVent, LLC are uniquely designed for processes where cartridge filter media and water based systems are too costly or involve too much maintenance to keep them running http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Highly-Efficient-4-Vortex-Hybrid-Cyclones-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 10/27/2008 3:51:00 AM Hayward Flow Control Systems, Clemmons, NC, a division of Hayward Industrial Products, has announced availability of a new line of compact ball valves for a wide range of heavy duty chemical, water, and wastewater applications http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/New-QVC-And-QTA-Series-Industrial-Compact-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 10/27/2008 3:12:00 AM With its advanced point infrared combustible gas sensing element, the new IR400 Combustible Gas Detector from General Monitors delivers reliable protection against explosive hydrocarbon gases with a low power design that installs in minutes and features heated optics to eliminate condensation and includes a dirty optics indicator for fail safe operation http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Next-Generation-IR-Combustible-Gas-Detector-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 10/23/2008 3:06:00 AM It's a trashy idea. And it's one that everyone concerned about gas prices-and the environment-will surely love. The idea is to combine household garbage and other urban trash-known as "municipal solid waste" (MSW)-with after-harvest leftovers from fields, orchards, and vineyards to create ethanol and other forms of bioenergy. http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Converting-City-Refuse-And-Farm-Leftovers-To-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 10/21/2008 6:10:00 AM Fitted with enclosed fork tubes, P-333 e-Scrap Bulk Container permits user to collect, cover, and transport computer electronics waste in same container http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Bulk-e-Scrap-Container-Speeds-Eases-Computer-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 10/21/2008 3:18:00 AM A unique, patent-pending collection of microbes that can be used both for cleaning up the environment and addressing our energy needs has earned the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River National Laboratory kudos from a newsletter covering the rapidly expanding field of nanotechnology http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/Researchers-Discover-Microbes-Are-Useful-In-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 10/20/2008 7:58:00 AM The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) will present "Integrated Waste Management Systems" November 12-14, 2008, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada http://www.solidwaste.com/article.mvc/AWMA-To-Present-Conference-Waste-Management-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a 10/16/2008 12:50:00 AM