CONTENTS                                                  Mar-Apr 2001

IN THE NEWS
World Bank aid for waste disposal project in Sri Lanka Ö Aerobic landfill technology to be exhibited at international event Ö New biomedical waste facility in India Ö IBR technology for China Ö Permanent exhibition for Eco Mark products Ö Green technology for common effluent treatment process Ö New law in the Philippines on solid waste management Ö Guidelines for import of plastic waste/scrap modified Ö Refuse-incinerating power plant Ö Reusing construction and demolition waste Ö New waste bioreactor

INVENTIONS/NEW PRODUCTS
Greening golf Ö Remediating oil spills in marine environments Ö New technology to reduce auto pollution Ö Municipal waste alleviation Ö Novel technology for pollution control Ö New software for waste management Ö New separator for oily water Ö Breakthrough in water pollution prevention Ö New ultrafiltration membranes

R&D IDEAS
Acid digestion of organic waste Ö Waste tyres used to reduce noise pollution Ö White rot fungus used to treat pulp and paper mill effluents Ö Breakthrough in MSW treatment

WASTE RECYCLING
Recycling plastics Ö Recycling mixed polymer waste and automotive residue Ö Waste processing and resource recovery system Ö Varnish obtained from cashew nut shells Ö Recycling and pelletizing systems Ö Recovering plastics from old vehicles Ö Cyclone melting unit to vitrify waste Ö Bioreactor to recycle waste Ö Aerosol recycling Ö New technique for plastics recycling Ö Recovering usable plastics from waste

WASTE TREATMENT
New integral clarifier activated sludge system Ö New effluent treatment systems Ö Advanced soil remediation system Ö Innovative organic waste treatment plant Ö RO treatment for smelter wastewater Treatment of potable water Ö Trapping pollutants Ö Aeration system for wastewater treatment Ö Thermal oxidizer removes hydrocarbons from process exhaust Ö New treatment process yields recyclable sludge

WASTE DISPOSAL/UTILIZATION
Microwave washer Ö Solution for landfill gas and leachate disposal Ö Asbestos destruction technology Ö Waste coal ash utilized in concrete Ö Microwave hydrocarbon remediation Ö New sludge drier and incinerator

WASTE-TO-ENERGY
Energy from sewage sludge Ö Energy from waste oil Ö New plant starts production of ‘BioOil’ Ö Fuel derived from waste plastics

NEW PUBLICATIONS

TECH EVENTS