Crop straw is a very big by-product in our agricultural products industry. We have ignored the use of corn straw for a long time due to lack of relevant knowledge and technology. The only thing we can to is to incinerate them, which will pollute environment and waste resources. Our government has implemented a ban … Read more…
Solid waste is produced in the process of production, life and other human activities and they have lost use value, which includes three form of existence, gas, solid and liquid. The solid waste produced in human production activities is commonly as waste residue and that generated in daily life is called garbage. The state advocates … Read more…
The report states that the rapid industrialization across the globe, especially in the developing countries of Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, is the key driving force for the market. The introduction of innovative and cost-effective industrial sludge treatment chemicals is expected to further boost market’s future growth opportunities. However, the availability of high-performance … Read more…
Said Twahir is co-founder of Kencoco, a Kenya-based company that makes charcoal briquettes from recycled coconut waste and charcoal dust. The briquettes are a low-cost alternative to environmentally damaging fuels such as firewood, kerosene and wood charcoal. Previously, Twahir ran a transport business and a computer college at the Kenyan coast. He tells How we … Read more…
The Coconut Development Authority (CDA) has launched a program to produce activated carbon from burnt coconut shells in Bomiriya, Kaduwela. The Coconut Development Ministry revealed that Rs. 9.7 billion in foreign exchange has been earned by exporting activated carbon. Activated carbon manufactured from coconut shell is considered superior to those obtained from other sources mainly … Read more…
Buoyed by the “cleanest city” tag, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) intends to keep the momentum going and is contemplating a facility to handle industrial waste. At present, the industrial areas coming within the MCC limits do not have the facility for handling wastes and they are strewn along the roads or dumped in vacant … Read more…
The final phase of a project six years in the making unfolded Wednesday at JBS Marshalltown, as employees celebrated an open house for a new activated sludge plant. The state of the art facility represents a significant investment by corporate to the Marshalltown facility and provides a direct benefit to Marshalltown as well. “The new … Read more…
Researchers identified promising breeding lines that exhibit tolerance to drought and heat stress that will pave way to the development of new varieties that addresses climate change in the country’s major rice-growing areas. Thelma Padolina, lead researcher of the study entitled, “Screening of rice-induced mutants for heat and drought tolerance,” presented at the 23rd Federation … Read more…
Sri Lankan activated carbon multinational Haycarb said it has begun sharing its patented ‘green’ charcoaling technology with local suppliers of raw material and plans to do so in overseas plants as well. Haycarb patented its green charcoaling process, ‘Recogen’, in 2005 where pollutant gases and heat discharged from the production process are used to generate … Read more…
The Project Appraisal Committee on Technology Mission on Coconut has cleared 19 projects with an outlay of ?21 crore and subsidy of ₹4.25 crore. Of these, 13 projects were for processing and product diversification, while one for market promotion and the remaining were research projects. Under the sub component ‘Processing and Product Diversification’, 6 projects … Read more…