Posts Tagged ‘municipal waste’

Activated Carbon

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Activated carbon is one of the most effective media for removing a wide range of contaminants from industrial and municipal waste waters, landfill leachate and contaminated ground. As the world’s most powerful adsorbent, it can cope with a wide range of contaminants.Different contaminants may be present in the same discharge and carbon may be used [...]

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Activated Carbon From Waste

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Coconut shells, palm kernel shells and sawdust, other raw materials such as corncobs, rice hulls and vegetable wastes can also be used to produce activated carbon. From Walnut shells Walnut shells serve as an alternative source of  Activated Carbon. Adsorption capacity increased with increase in activation temperature but beyond 400 degrees celsius resulted in thermal [...]

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Composting green waste saves CO2

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“Recycling green waste as compost could match the environmental benefits of converting it into renewable energy, in terms of CO2 savings, according to new German research. It suggests that the two forms of waste management should be seen as complementary and both should receive subsidies. Green waste is biodegradable waste, usually from gardens and parks, [...]

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Environmental Laws India

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The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act. 1974 is an act of parliament to provide for the prevention and control of Water Pollution and the maintaining or restoring of wholesomeness of water, for the establishment, with a view to carrying out the purposes aforesaid, of Boards for the prevention and Control of Water Pollution, [...]

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Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection in Tanneries

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The high BOD from distilleries has been a cause of major environmental concern over the years. They have also been covered under the Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection 2003, in India, wherein it has been provided that a system of bank guarantees and an action plan be put in place to implement the following options/recommendations [...]

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