Biological Treatment Provides Energy-Neutral Wastewater Treatment
General Electric’s biological treatment, ZeeLung, offers four-times greater aeration efficiency while removing nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorous and organic pollutants from sewage.
View ArticleModular Berm Provides Versatile Spill Containment
A new modular berm provides versatile spill containment that can be reused and easily modified, says environmental compliance company UltraTech International, which produces the product. The...
View ArticleXylem’s 4M Wastewater Pumps Solve Worldwide Water Challenges
Water technology company Xylem has produced its 4 millionth Flygt wastewater pump at its manufacturing facility in Sweden, making it the first international pump manufacturer to have produced this...
View ArticleGE Transportation Saves Rail Industry $197M in Fuel Costs
General Electric Transportation’s emissions-reducing rail systems have accumulated 100 million auto-control miles, helping the rail industry save 56 million gallons of fuel and $197 million in fuel...
View ArticleNew Recycling Center Keeps Scrap Carbon Fiber out of Landfills
A new recycling center that will help meet the demand for carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics has broken ground in Port Angeles, Washington. Port Angeles officials say the Composite Recycling Technology...
View ArticleIndustry’s Role in Stopping Ocean Plastic Waste
Industry has a role to play in reducing ocean plastic waste, says Dow Chemical, which has co-produced a report that sets a path to reduce ocean plastic waste by 45 percent by 2025. The Ocean...
View ArticleCummins Develops First MidRange Engine to Reduce NOx Emissions 90%
Cummins Westport’s ISL G Near Zero NOx natural gas engine is the first MidRange engine in North America to receive emission certifications from both the EPA and the California Air Resources Board that...
View ArticleBP to Pay $20.8bn Gulf Oil Spill Settlement
BP will pay a $20.8 billion final settlement to resolve environmental damage claims related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The final settlement, announced yesterday by...
View ArticleDrilling Robots Battle Low Oil Prices
Low oil prices are driving operators toward innovations from robotic drilling to advanced seismic imaging, as they restructure and streamline operations to cut down non-productive time (NPT) and shave...
View ArticleVW CEO Promises ‘Swift and Relentless’ Fix to Emissions Scandal
The new Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller has promised “swift and relentless clarification” of the emissions scandal. Speaking to more than 20,000 employees at the Wolfsburg plant in Germany, Müller said...
View ArticlePlastic Bag Manufacturers File Second California Bag Ban Ballot Measure
Plastic bag manufacturers have filed a second ballot initiative related to the California plastic bag ban. In February, the American Progressive Bag Alliance’s ballot measure to repeal California...
View ArticleGE Cleanup Removes 300,000 lbs. of Chemicals from Hudson River
In what it calls one of the largest environmental cleanup projects undertaken in the US, General Electric has completed dredging in New York’s Upper Hudson River. Since 2009, GE’s crews removed more...
View ArticleGlobal Reporting Initiative CEO on Innovation and Collaboration
Global Reporting Initiative CEO Michael Meehan discusses why innovation and collaboration in the sustainability field is necessary to help all stakeholders access the information they need to make...
View ArticleOil, Gas, Chemical Systems Support Provided by Partnership
Oil, gas and chemical software and technology provider IT Vizion has teamed up with OSIsoft to better serve its oil and gas, energy and manufacturing customer base in the Americas and Europe. OSIsoft...
View ArticleBioHitech Expands Commercial Food Waste Management
BioHitech Global now has a presence in Europe and has formed a subsidiary, BioHitech Europe, to further the global expansion of the company’s commercial food waste management system. BioHitech America,...
View ArticleCooling Tower Technology Reduces Germ-Infested Water, Reduces Overall Cost
Dais Analytic, a commercial nanotechnology materials company, has completed the testing of its cooling tower technology that the company says is safer and more efficient than traditional cooling tower...
View ArticleEnvironmental Executive Moves: Dupont, LG Chem Power, Kurion, AECOM Waste...
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Dupont: The chemical company has appointed Edward Breen (pictured), a current member of the DuPont board of...
View ArticleNestlé Pledges Zero Waste to Landfill, Expands Recycled Content
Nestlé has committed to achieve zero waste to landfill status in all US factories by 2020 and pledged to expand its use of recycled content to by the end of 2016. Both waste management commitments...
View ArticleShell Boss: Global Carbon Price Needed
Shell CEO Ben van Beurden says governments should put a price on carbon, which will then drive the “right behavior of consumers and producers” in terms of tackling climate change. The oil giant’s boss,...
View ArticleTechnology Recycles Computer Parts, Reduces E-Waste
Advanced Recovery and Recycling has received $100,000 from the EPA to continue its development of an efficient technology that recycles circuit board components to reduce electronic waste from going to...
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