Food Recycling
Waste Management
May 7, 2013 | 
Author Waste Management
Waste management companies exist to help business with the challenge of industrial waste. As you can imagine some areas generate more waste than others and those that generate a lot in the course of their business usually find it more cost effective to have someone else deal with it.
This topic covers a broad spectrum. It is a term often used to describe the management of a variety of waste, usually collected, treated, processed, recycled, reused or disposed of by a department of the local authority.
As we produce more and more waste, partly as a result of more and more packaging being used for our produce, our waste management services are becoming more sophisticated and better able to deal with the problem.
In industry there is a growing need for waste management services, some specialising in certain aspects of it and others attempting to be all things to all companies. Those who specialise in certain areas tend to deliver a better service as they can fine tune their expertise into a narrow and clearly defined area.
Industries such as the oil industry or chemical industry need waste management services who can respond to a given situation 24 hours a day and 365 days a year. Often their waste management needs involve coping with an unexpected emergency, an oil or dangerous chemical spill, for example.
Waste management services trained and expert in dealing with the treatment and disposal of hazardous waste is invaluable to these industries. They will most likely have licensed facilities for the treatment and transfer of contaminated waste and the personnel trained and experienced to carry out the operation.
The first line of defence against an emergency spill can be the use of skimming equipment to try and recover the spill. Booms and dispersants as well as absorbents and may also be used. Waste can be transferred from the site to a holding facility using appropriate waste transfer vehicles.
The industries that can suffer heavily by a serious waste problem rely heavily on the expertise and experience of professional waste management services. Their emergency response teams can contain, collect and treat hazardous waste in the fastest possible time, thereby rendering the situation as safe as possible as quickly as possible.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the Environment Agency and the Health and Safety Executive all give useful guidance on the regulations governing the storage of hazardous waste in the UK. All service providers have to operate under these regulations and each one should be a registered waste carrier and usually also having a facility with an appropriate permit for accepting and treating hazardous waste, as well as its possible disposal.
Waste management services provide an invaluable backup service to a variety of industries that have come to depend on them for the necessary support and assistance they need when it comes to collecting, recovering, treating, recycling, reusing and disposing of waste. Waste has paradoxically become big business for the companies who have chosen to specialise in it.
Who handles your waste management?
From October 2010 SEPA can now request the waste management records of all business, from the accountants office to the North Sea oil companies.
At Be Seen Go Green we can help on a variety of environmental issues which may affect you, including your compliance responsibilities.
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New Plastic Recycling Discovery!
A new technique has been developed to recycle plastic which would normally end up in landfill.
Currently approximately 12% of plastic found in household plastic and packaging is currently processed.
Now, however, a process has been developbed by Warwick University which could mean 100% of this type is waste can be recycled.
Municipal plastic solid waste is often too time-consuming and labour intensive to separate and clean and ends up going straight to landfill rather than being recycled.
Engineers at the University have invented a process that can cope with every piece of plastic waste and can even break some polymers, such as polystyrene, back down to its original monomers.
The researchers have devised a unit which uses pyrolysis (using heat in the absence of oxygen to decompose of materials) in a ‘fluidised bed’ reactor.
Tests have shown that the researchers have been able to literally shovel in to such a reactor a wide range of mixed plastics, which can then be reduced down to useful products. Many of these products can then be retrieved by simple distillation.
The products the Warwick team have been able to reclaim from the plastic mix include: wax that can be then used a lubricant; original monomers such as styrene that can be used to make new polystyrene; terephthalic acid which can be reused in PET plastic products, methylmetacrylate that can be used to make acrylic sheets, carbon which can be used as Carbon Black in paint pigments and tyres, and even the char left at the end of some of the reactions can be sold to use as activated carbon at a value of at least £400 a tonne.
This research could have a significant impact on the budgets of local authorities and produce considerable environmental benefits.
The lead researcher on the project, University of Warwick Engineering Professor Jan Baeyens, said:
“We envisage a typical large scale plant having an average capacity of 10,000 tonnes of plastic waste per year.
“In a year tankers would take away from each plant over £5 million worth of recycled chemicals and each plant would save £500,000 a year in land fill taxes alone.
“As the expected energy costs for each large plant would only be in the region of £50,000 a year the system will be commercially very attractive and give a rapid payback on capital and running costs.”
The work will be of great interest to local authorities and waste disposal companies who could use the technology to create large scale reactor units at municipal tips which would produce tanker loads of reusable material.
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What Makes a Home a Green Home?
What Makes a Home a Green House?
One of the main topics today is about being environmentally friendly. There are many ways to become environmentally friendly about the home including water preservation and energy reduction. This not only helps with a positive action by reducing your impact on the environment, but will also save you money!
Lets take a look at what makes a home green.
Reduced Energy Use
Energy comes in many forms such as electricity, natural gas, oil, etc. The creation or use of this energy results in greenhouse gas emissions that affect our planet in a negative way.
Methods of Reducing Energy Usage
Insulation, One of the best things that you can do to make a green house is to ensure that the walls, windows, attic, and floors are all well insulated and draft free. The majority of the energy used in a home goes towards heating the house. Insulation will prevent the air temperature from escaping the home and save you money on your utilities.
Energy Star Appliances When one of your appliances has reached it’s end of life, or when you areconstructing a new home, consider installing an appliance that meets energy star requirements. This will ensure that it will use over 30 percent less electricity or fuel than a typical appliance of that type.
Other options include advanced mechanical Systems On demand tankless water heaters, geothermal HVAC equipment, and even solar power is a great way to reduce the amount of energy that is wasted to run the plumbing, heat and air, and electrical systems in the home. While they can have a higher upfront cost than a typical unit of its kind, tax incentives from the government can offset a good deal of the extra cost and allow you to make the money back within a few years time.
Reduced Water Use
Water is another essential resource that can be preserved in our day to day use around the house.
Low Flow Fixtures Many low flow shower heads and toilets developed a bad reputation in the past because they could not live up to their less efficient counterparts. Fortunately, todays better engineered models and aerators allow you to experience the luxury and ease of use that you prefer, while additionally using a significantly lower amount of water.
Efficient Clothes Washers Many of the newer front loading clothes washers use as little as half of the water of a typical top loading washer. For families who are constantly putting in a new load of dirty clothes, this can lead to a significant savings in cost and water usage over time.
Use Rain Water For Irrigation For those who want to really cut down on water usage, storage tanks that collect rain water during a storm for latter use to water the garden and lawn can save thousands of gallons over the span of a summer.
These are just a few of the many ideas out there that will help ensure that your home is green. Environmentally friendly decisions in the home can lead to wallet friendly results over time and allow for the satisfaction of knowing you are reducing your negative impact on the planet.
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New Food Recycling Plant
Scotland has seen a new state-of-the-art food waste plant opened near Glasgow. The AD plant will recycle food waste into renewable energy.
The plant was opened at Deerdykes, Cumbernauld. It will be operated by Scottish Water Horizons, and, too date, is the largest organics recycling facility in Scotland and offers food waste producers an alternative solution to landfill. Under the Zero Waste Scotland Plan foodwaste should no longer be going to landfill, this new facility will help to achieve this.
The new facility can recycle 30,000 tonnes of food waste a year, which can be converted into 8,000 megawatt hours of energy each year, enough to power up to 2,000 homes.
The plant also produces heat which could be used in district heating schemes for local homes and businesses.
It also creates nutrient rich digestate which can be used as a fertiliser to improve soil, reducing the need for chemical fertilizers, which have a significant environmental impact in the manufacturing process.
Chris Banks, Scottish Water’s Commercial Director and Chairman of Horizons, said: “This new plant shows we’re leading the way not just on renewable energy but in helping Scotland towards its ambition of zero waste.”
Scotland’s Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead praised the company for being a leader in organic recycling and renewable energy. He said: “As part of our Zero Waste Plan, we aim to recycle 70 per cent of all waste by 2025, with just five per cent landfilled.
“This is a greatly impressive facility and I congratulate Horizons Environment for being at the forefront of organic recycling and renewable energy.”
It has to be said that Anaerobic digestion has a huge role to play in creating a zero waste economy in Scotland, generating jobs and revenue from materials which we have always thought of as waste.
The Zero Waste Plan is clear that organic waste, from food and other sources, should be recycled back into useful products. It’s amazing why we haven’t done this before.
Plans are still being considered for a similar site at Stonehouse in Lanarkshire by South Lanarkshire Council.
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Recycling: It Really Is Simple, Try It
There is actually a lot of things that we can recycle: Electrical & Electronic equipment, Water, Energy, Paper, Metal, Aluminium Cans, Glass, Plastic, Styrofoam, Steel, & even junk mail. All of these things, as you know, could end up in a landfill or even worse, in the sea.
The basics of Recycling is to collect items that have been used and reprocess. Allowing them to be used againand again; simple?
Of course you don’t do this yourself, or could you? When you recycle, pretty much means that energy is saved. When a manufacturing company decides to make new stuff out of old stuff, it saves a lot of energy. A good example of this would be the recycling of cardboard, used in hospital bedpans for example; all of the carboard in the bedpans is recycled & can be recycled again.
By Recycling you not only make this planet a better place to live, but also reduce pollution & improve environmental conditions. By simply recycling as much as we can, you help prevent the global climate change, reduce greenhouse gases and cut the amount of fuel used!
By doing all this, it leads to us and companies saving natural resources. For example: If the all the tabloid newspapers were to recycle all of the newspapers that they print every single day, there wouldn’t be the need to cut & kill a thousand trees a day.
Trees in different rain forests are being cut down at an alarming rate, according to some researchers we could see no more trees left in a few years time, though how accurate that statement is I do not know, but it stands to reason that if you continue to take more than you put back eventually you will be left with nothing. This is the same with all fossil fuels as well.
Not only are you helping the world, but you’re saving money!
It is expensive to start production on new products with new materials, manufacturers are going to want that money reimbursed so they can continue making the expensive products. When you buy things that are recycled, it’s obviously cheaper to make, though the marketeers of the large manufacturers would have us believe otherwise, greenwashing at it’s worst! In effect we should be able to buy recycled goods for a low price. Even when you think about it, all the waste & rubbish that isn’t recycled is taking up space in landfills, which are fast becoming full.
Whatever you may think about recycling, be it, in your opinion, another “hippie” movement, at be motivated to do your part, the alternatives, fines for not recycling and destruction of our world as we know it, it unthinkable. No One is saying you have to become obsessed with it, all that is being suggested is that every little bit you can do is a step in the right direction. The Earth has provided a place to live, grow food, provide raw materials, it’s our turn to think and act responsibly to ensure it continues to do so for future generations.
Recycling is simple, whether it be at home or in the office. Take a look around and look at how much waste that is “thrown” in the bin. Almost all office waste can be recycled simply, it just needs someone like you to get the ball rolling and it won’t just be the environment that benefits.
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WEEE Compliance, there is no option
The purpose of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive is to reduce the environmental impact of electronic waste. The WEEE directive protects landfills and regulates the disposal of end-of-life electrical or electronic equipment (EEE) also known as e-waste. The related RoHS Directive strives to limit the use of six hazardous materials in the manufacture of electronic equipment.
The WEEE Directive provides guidelines for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of waste electrical and electronic equipment. The “polluter pays” principle means collection and recovery is largely at the manufacturer’s expense. Specified products include such things as large and small household appliances, IT and telecommunications equipment, consumer equipment, IT and telecommunications equipment.
Reduction of hazardous material content in products at the manufacturing stage will reduce the content of such pollutants in electronic waste. This will enhance the economic feasibility of recycling. Hence RoHS compliance, which in any case is needed for doing business in the EU, is the first important element for any effective recycling. Increased efforts to design products that facilitate recycling of WEEE components and materials are extremely beneficial.
Recycling is one of several waste disposal options. Its effectiveness depends, to a large extent on the type of material to be recycled and the availability of appropriate technology. E-waste such as a computer can be discarded by the original users, but it may still be perfectly functional equipment. In this case material recovery and reuse is a better alternative than recycling. In fact the reuse of waste electrical and electronic equipment is the preferred economic option.
Recycling is technology and material specific. It is mandatory to collect electronic waste separately from municipal waste. While primary administrative responsibility lies with the state, manufacturers have an important role in educating customers on proper waste disposal. The WEEE directive mandates collection of electronic waste at the manufacturer’s cost. Manufacturers must not only ensure that convenient collection points are set up for consumers but must also make provisions for the transportation of the waste materials to the recycling plant.
The WEEE directive mandates that recycling sites should conform to certain minimum standards to prevent adverse environmental impact when treating waste EEE. In most cases, it will not be feasible for a single manufacturer to operate its own recycling center.
Throughout the WEEE recovery chain, producers are required to finance the cost of e-waste collection from consumers; transportation to the recycling center; treatment; recovery and disposal. Producers will generally need to collaborate with other manufacturers to collectively bear the cost for the recycling and waste disposal obligations.
The WEEE and the RoHS are here to stay and further strengthening of environmental regulations is inevitable. One such step is the impending Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH), regulations which beacme effective from June 1, 2007 within the European Union. The REACH regulation will control the use of a very wide range of chemicals and is not limited only to the electronics sector.
With these legislations it is important to adopt a proactive approach, ensuring compliance by producers, distributors and end users alike, of the WEEE electronic recycling directive.
This will surely provide the producers and distributors with increased competitiveness, within a competitive market, differentiating themselves from those who continue to break the law.
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Waste Management| Made simple
Mention waste management to most individuals and they either do not have a clue what you are talking about, or they actually aren't interested! It just sounds a load of rubbish, what do you care what other individuals do with stuff they do not want? Even so, once you commence delving into what waste management is all about, then you realise there’s a entire cycle of events going on and it's quite an interesting topic to discover about.
Waste management is basically how rubbish and trash is disposed of with out causing any harm to other people or the environment. You can find several aspects to waste management; these include monitoring, collection, transportation, processing, and disposal or recycling. When carried out correctly, waste management is efficient and extremely environmentally friendly, and in today’s world is some thing each and every conscientious company really should take responsibility for.
You can find specialized environmental businesses that offer advice and services for waste collection, not just for householders, but also for industries and businesses. They're experienced in all areas of waste management solutions and will remove all your waste efficiently and rapidly, transporting it to be disposed of in the correct manner, or recycled.
A few of the waste services offered to industrial clients include waste collection, recycling and disposal, hazardous waste management, emergency response, laboratory services, asbestos removal and re-Insulation.
Inside the initial instance the environment service is concerned with monitoring, this is to identify the sort of waste produced and in what quantity; they can then evaluate the processes they have to put into place to reduce the amount of waste produced. Records are kept to see if methods put into place are working and, if not, techniques might be changed and re-examined to make their implementation more efficient.
Once the waste has been monitored and assessed it's time for the collection process. Skip bins and containers have to be emptied before they become too full and prevention of overspill or produce to rot is very essential. Depending on the amount of waste produced will dictate the size and number of containers required, and how frequently collections is going to be necessary. You can find diverse containers for each sort of waste, some of these include drums for hazardous liquid waste, tanks for acid or caustic waste, collection bins for e-waste and bulk bins and skip bins for construction site waste.
Next in the cycle is organizing the transportation of all waste products collected.Specially created waste vehicles make scheduled collections and are responsible for safely transporting it to the landfill, or treatment site where it'll be treated and then processed for Recycling. Vehicles have to meet safety standards and be licensed for this purpose, as waste might be a health hazard and even harmful if not handled correctly, drivers and personnel connected with the transportation are required to have the required training and experience to deal with any possible danger.
Once the waste has all been collected it needs to be processed. This entails separating the waste collected, treating and then packaging the raw materials and sending the parts that can be recycled to the several factories that are all component of the recycling process. Materials that can’t be recycled is going to be transported to a landfill, and liquid and hazardous wastes is going to be disposed of safely.
Improvements and new practices in waste management and environmental solutions are in the news all the time, thanks to study and development projects that are committed to finding more efficient and secure methods of disposing of waste. There are several issues that are recyclable now that just a couple of years ago would have been thrown into a rising landfill, everyday items like paper, glass, newspapers and plastic bags to printer cartridges, corks, mobile phones, even fluorescent lamps might be treated and re-used.
Society has experienced a enormous learning curve in the reality that if we do not take action now to make certain our waste is processed correctly; nature will gladly do it for us, and in methods which might be detrimental to our environment.
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Recycling: How to encourage your colleagues
How do you encourage recycling in your workplace? Recycling is someone else’s job, isn’t it? Why do we have such an aversion to recycling in the factory?
Remeber when the children were young, How did you motivate the children to eat their veggies? We made it interesting!
In essence, many workplace staff have the same mentality when it comes to things that don’t seem to be their job, or require too much time. If you’re trying to get your office to recycle more, here are some ideas you might want to try.
Instead of just hitting them with the facts as to why recycling is great, try using some examples. The begining is a great place to start. Many people think that rubbish just affects the land, is someone else’s problem and doesn’t afftect them, how wrong can they be?
If you’re a creative individual, try making something out of recycled material. Art is a classic example. If you’ve ever visited new eco-friendly parks or other major parks around the world, you will see a range of sculptures that have been put together with scrap metal. No need to be artistic at heart, but simple art created out of recycled material is a great way to raise money and awareness for the need to recycle.
A simple business, home or otherwise, can be had from food waste, vermiculture, worms to you and me, recycle food waste by composting using worms, sell the worms (they breed at an incredible rate) to fishing enthusiasts, use the compost to grow vegetables for sale or own use.
Few things are as effective as petitions. Don’t ask people to petition the government to do something, rather petition them to recycle a certain percent of their waste weekly, and provide the numbers. Many people are overwhelmed by the demands of recycling unless it is made simple. Instead of asking them to recycle every piece of plastic, ask them to recycle just 10% of their plastic to begin with, and show the mathematical calculations of what could be saved if they did.
Almost everyone will agree that charity organizations do an awesome work. Incorporate this idea in your effort. Get people/organizations to sponsor charity work. For example, get promises from them to donate a certain amount of money to their favourite charity or a specific charity for every pound of waste you are able to recycle. Better still, donate your waste to charitable organisation, they can make money from your old cardboard and paper for example.
Last but not least, nothing works as well as facts and figures.
Many times people fail to do things because they are not aware of the facts and figures involved. Believe it or not, most people think that one person will not make a difference. You need to show them otherwise. Show them how much energy, trees, etc. they can save if they decide to recycle.
You never know you could just might grab their attention.
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Restaraunt fined for Packaging offences
A Restaurant has been fined more than £24,000 by the Environment Agency for failing to comply with packaging waste regulations.
How many Edinburgh restaraunts are unaware of these regulations?
The chain was fined under the name, Gioma UK Ltd, they plead guilty to failing to register with the Environment Agency, and failing to recover and recycle packaging waste in 2007, 2008 and 2009 by purchasing Packaging Recovery Notes as provided by the Regulations.
The chain which runs 14 restaurants, asked the court to take 14 similar matters between 2000 and 2006 into consideration.
Under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations, companies which have an annual turnover in excess of £2 million and handle more than 50 tonnes of packaging per annum, must register with the Environment Agency or a compliance scheme.
Each year, the company must also provide evidence of payment for recovery and recycling of a specified proportion of its packaging. The types of packaging covered by this legislation are wood, aluminium, steel, cardboard and plastic.
The regulations are required to make companies assess the amount of packaging they handle and, to try and limit its use. The monies raised is directly invested in the recycling industry.
Many organisations remain unaware of their responsibilities despite details being available in trade journals, through trade organisations and online.
Environment Agency spokesperson said: “The Producer Responsibility Regulations are in place to encourage a reduction in the amount of packaging used by businesses and to decrease the disposal of packaging waste to landfill.
“Although these regulations have been in place for over a decade, many businesses still remain unaware of their responsibilities. The money that Gioma (UK) Ltd has saved by not purchasing Packaging Recovery Notes would have directly supported the recycling industry.”
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Glasgow| WEEE Recycling, why should we recycle WEEE?
Benefit of Recycling
Recycling is an important way for individuals and businesses to reduce the waste they generate and reduce the negative impact of that waste. Because recycling is big business in Ohio, every time you recycle, it also supports the many companies and employees doing this important work. Recycling conserves our natural resources, saves landfill space, conserves energy, and reduces water pollution, air pollution and the green house gas emissions that cause global warming. Together, Reducing, Reusing, Recycling and buying Recycled products make up a comprehensive waste and resource reduction strategy that benefits our natural world and our economy.
Saving natural resources and natural areas
Making products with recycled material slows the depletion of non-renewable resources such as metal, oil and natural gas, and reduces the encroachment of new mining and drilling operations. Conserving renewable resources through recycling also helps preserve undisturbed land and natural diversity by reducing the amount of land needed for agriculture and timber production.
Saving energy
It generally takes less energy to make products with recycled materials than virgin materials, often significantly less. For example, it takes 20 times more energy to make aluminium from bauxite ore than using recycled aluminium. Recycling one aluminium can saves enough energy to power a computer for 3 hours. Benefits of reduced energy consumption include reduced costs and reduced dependence on foreign suppliers.
Reducing pollution
Because most energy in Ohio is generated by burning fossil fuels, using less energy means generating less water and air pollution–especially the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. Recycling also reduces other forms of pollution as well: Runoff from mining operations and farms, soil erosion and the toxic chemicals released when raw materials are processed.
Conserving landfill space
Everything that goes into a landfill stays there, taking up space. As waste breaks down—which can take hundreds of years—it releases the greenhouse gas methane and can emit many toxic pollutants into our water table. Keeping recyclable items out of our landfills keeps air and water cleaner, reduces the need for Ohio to build new or expanded landfills, and conserves resources by putting existing materials back to good use.
Creating industry and jobs
Recycling isn’t just good for the environment, it’s good for business. UK firms are among industry leaders in research and development of recycled-content products and mechanical and chemical systems for recycling material into new products.
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