CONTENTS                                                  May-Jun 2001

IN THE NEWS
Revision of ISO 14001 and ISO 14004 Ö Aid for eco-friendly projects in Sri Lanka Ö International alliance on recycling Ö Regional strategy for waste management Ö Joint venture for biomedical waste project Ö Hazardous waste management in Europe Ö Hospital waste management Ö Indian portal on environment Ö Patent for fermentation of organic waste Ö Clean air products facility in China Ö New waste-to-energy project in India Ö Wastewater recycling benefits treatment industry Ö Sewage water for consumption

INVENTIONS/NEW PRODUCTS
New in situ remediation process Ö New horizontal baler Ö Solid/liquid separator Ö New process makes plastic biodegradable

R&D IDEAS
Microbes snug in ‘Bug Hotel’ Ö Paper by-product purifies air Ö Cloth to recover organic HAPs Ö New in situ bioremediation Ö Fungus helps de-ink waste paper Ö Purifying air streams contaminated with VOCs Ö Reducing landfill waste

WASTE RECYCLING
Packaging products from waste paper Ö Remediation of oily waste by thermal desorption Ö Distilled waste oil converted into fuel Ö Rubber recycling Ö Minimizing hi-tech trash Ö New dismantling and crushing system Ö Breakthrough for automotive aluminium recycling Ö Resource recycling Ö New processes to recycle elastomers Ö Scrap tyres yield fuel Ö Recycling polymers Ö Active carbon obtained from MSW

WASTE TREATMENT
Non-chemical water treatment system Ö New purification process Ö Removal/recovery of dilute constituents Ö Advanced wastewater treatment project Ö New membrane filtration system Ö Selective separation technology Ö New treatment systems Ö Water filtration system for the laundromat industry Ö Ceramic membrane purification systems

WASTE DISPOSAL/UTILIZATION
Eco-friendly slag utilization Ö Reuse of wastewater solids Ö Inorganic waste and building ceramics Ö Marketable products from wastes Ö New pelletizer Ö Using liquid manure

NEW PUBLICATIONS

TECH EVENTS