Recycling gypsum from C&D debris

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New West Gypsum has shifted its services from the disposal of gypsum to its recycling for the wall board industry. The Greater Vancouver Regional District, Vancouver, British Columbia, banned landfill disposal of waste gypsum in 1984, forcing manufacturers to consider alternative waste management strategies. New West developed a system that pulverizes, cleans and mixes moist and dry gypsum to come up with a product with minimum paper backing inclusion and low moisture content. The company has recycling plants in Vancouver, Toronto and Ontario in Canada and Tacoma, WA. Another is being set up in Burlington, NJ.

Building materials industry, Gypsum, Environmental aspects, Environmental policy, Vancouver, British Columbia, Wallboard, Wall board, New West Gypsum

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Seattle studies food waste composting

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A total of $800,000 in state, city and county grants was awarded to the Seattle Solid Waste Utility (SWU) and the King Country Solid Waste Division (KCSWD) for food waste composting research in Oct 1991. The two-staged SWU project will encompass commercial food wastes from its generation to its eventual compost production. The KCSWD on the other hand, will evaluate food waste compost feedstocks, residential and industrial on-site composting and backyard compost systems.

Research, Compost, Seattle, Washington

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Alaskan tribal community creates quality compost

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The tribesmen inhabiting the small village of Kake in Alaska on Kupreanof Island compost fish and forest wastes. In the year 2002 the tribal members initiated a major composting operation to recycle their community's forest and fishery wastes inspired by their community's ancient tradition of utilizing fish remnants and leaves to mulch native gardens.

Management dynamics, Pollutants produced & recycled, Alaska, Management, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Recycling, Company business management, Ethnic neighbourhoods, Ethnic neighborhoods

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