Waste

First of its kind: $3.5 million for Edmonton facility that converts garbage into liquid biofuels, chemicals

Innovation

First facility in world to convert non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste into liquid biofuels and chemicals Enerkem Alberta Biofuels, a subsidiary of Montreal-based Enerkem Inc., is receiving $3.5 million from the Government of Canada through the Western Innovation (WINN) Initiative to build the final phase of a facility that converts non-recyclable, non-compostable municipal solid waste into liquid biofuels […]

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Milestone Environmental opens new Permian Basin facility in Pecos, Texas

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Milestone Environmental says Permian Basin facility will feature re-engineered slurry injection system Milestone Environmental Services, LLC announces the opening of its newest oilfield waste disposal facility in Pecos, Texas. Milestone broke ground on its newest slurry injection facility in Dec. of 2015 and has since completed construction. “This facility will offer our customers improved efficiencies,

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Waste-to-energy electricity generation concentrated in Florida and Northeast

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Based on the most recent estimates from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the United States produced about 254 million tons of MSW in 2013 At the end of 2015, the United States had 71 waste-to-energy (WTE) plants that generated electricity in 20 U.S. states, with a total generating capacity of 2.3 gigawatts, according to the

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