CONTENTS                                                  Sep-Oct 2001

IN THE NEWS
ADB develops new practical tool Ö Draft of joint ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 audit standards Ö Control of nutrient pollution Ö Thermal waste treatment gaining ground Ö New standard set for tackling pollution Ö Waste treatment in Europe’s pulp and paper industry Ö Taiwan endorses hazardous waste encapsulation Ö Oxygen-based wastewater treatment systems Ö Reduction in car fume pollution Ö Power plant fuelled by waste plastic Ö Reeds used in wastewater treatment

INVENTIONS/NEW PRODUCTS
Vibratory density separators Ö New sensor detects metallic contamination Ö Solutions for waste management Ö New coagulation products

R&D IDEAS
New methods to obtain plastic from soya oil Ö Furniture from fibrous waste Ö New process promises savings for paper mills Ö Smart fertilizer prevents pollution

WASTE RECYCLING
Safe process for solvent recovery Ö New plastic liquefaction process Ö Recovery of heat and chemicals from waste Ö Oil from agri waste Ö Microbes help recycle waste tyres Ö Metal separation by liquid ion exchange Ö Acid recycling system

WASTE TREATMENT
Removal of contaminated soils or mixed waste Ö Cleaning up refinery wastes Ö Treatment of landfill leachate Ö Disposal of medical waste Ö Sewage water treatment Ö Multi-stage activated biological process Ö New emission cleaning technology Ö Advanced tertiary waste treatment system Ö Innovative solution for treating farm wastes Ö Economical rotating membrane filters Ö New biological process to treat wastewater Ö Thermal hydrolysis of sewage sludge Ö UV for sewage

WASTE DISPOSAL/UTILIZATION
Fireproof materials from industrial waste Ö Eliminating organic wastes Ö Ultrasound waves to destroy pollutants Ö Fuel from cotton trash Ö Organic/industrial waste disposal Ö Disposal of incinerator residues Ö Sewage cleaning after flooding Ö Plasma in a cask Ö Microwave reduction

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