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  • Garbage war in Pennsylvania

    Disposing trash must be really getting costlier if a hauler has to sue its municipal garbage authority for landfill discrimination. Lebanon Farms Disposal, a hauler from Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, was fined in 2003 for violating Lebanon County's disposal regulation by transporting their refuse...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-14-2008

  • Pollution solution in China

    As China's Beijing continues to be shrouded with smog days before the Olympic games, more transportation solution is being offered to reduce air pollution from companies such as Segway and Alcoa . Chinese and Olympic officials are going to use the zero-emissions Segway PT for stadium and event hall...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-04-2008

  • China and biomass

    Speaking of China again, it seems that biomass could answer (partially at least) two of the country's biggest problems: pollution and energy source. According to this study from AMBIO (a nonprofit publication of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), China could reduce pollution as much as 46-60...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-23-2008

  • Carbon Market: The good, the bad and the money

    After finding some of the pros and cons of cap and trade carbon schemes in the US, several studies were recently published on the carbon market's global bottomline: How much should energy-intensive industries pay for compliance. According to market analyst Point Carbon , global carbon markets could...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-03-2008

  • Trashy stories from Reuters

    Caught your attention didn't it? Here's several titillating articles (especially if you're in the waste business) from Reuters on the growing issues and potential profitability of rubbish. 1. Trash and burn: Singapore's waste problem - With growing population and little land mass, Singapore...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-23-2008

  • Lanxess' Singapore promise

    Lanxess said in its press announcement last week that the company will be a good neighbor in Singapore by installing the latest environmental safety technology in its new butyl rubber plant in Jurong Island. The company expects to spend up to $70 million, about 10-15% of its total investment in the project...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-04-2008
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