SWRHA chairman: Delay in Charge causes medical waste back-up

Chairman of the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) Dr Lackram Bodoe Reported a back-up of medical waste in the San Fernando General Hospital had to do with a delay in payment to Your contractor Rather than the malfunctioning of the incinerator. Responding to complaints about the risks posed by the accumulated medical waste, which Read More

New Courtice incinerator Strikes further delays

CLARINGTON — Clarington’s brand new energy-from-waste facility is going to be delayed a second time because the boilers aren’t operating correctly and the continuing startup period may cost Durham Region an extra $1 million. “I would rather see it delayed and performed right than hurried,” said Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster. The Durham York Energy Centre Read More

New Courtice incinerator hits further Flaws

CLARINGTON — Clarington’s brand new energy-from-waste facility will probably be delayed a second time because the boilers are not functioning properly and the ongoing startup period could cost Durham Region an extra $1 million. “I’d rather see it delayed and performed right than hurried,” explained Clarington Mayor Adrian Foster. The Durham York Energy Centre facility, Read More

Open Menu burning wins out over closed incinerator for M6 propellant in Camp Minden

The very first of many public meetings regarding the disposal of over 15 million pounds of M6 propellant in Camp Minden drew close to 150 concerned officials and citizens to the Minden Civic Center Thursday night. There, they learned the arrangement reached between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army, that will finance Read More

Hazardous situation: Incinerators in K-P’s major hospitals from order

PESHAWAR: Based on information gathered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 15 to 20 tons of hospital waste is made every day in the provincial capital alone. Nearly half of the total waste is recycled while the remainder is accumulated by the Peshawar Development Authority (PDA). LRH “To be truthful, we have one incinerator which Read More

Adjumani Hospital incinerator blows up

ADJUMANI. For the past four months, support staff in the hospital have been dumping medical waste within the enclosure of the incinerator rather than burning it. The hospital administrator, Mr Michael Ojja, told Daily Monitor on Wednesday the incinerator resigned because of continuous burning of collected waste from the hospital. “The waste has grown due Read More

Bangor’s former incinerator property is not for sale, authority officials say

The Bangor Borough Authority won’t market the prior incinerator property. Not right now, at least. The board voted Thursday day to encourage authority Chairman Donald Butz’s Oct. 2 letter into borough council President James Kresge that said the authority need to not market the incinerator and the surrounding home now identified together as the Bangor Read More

Tinian solid waste: Where to go?

In assessing these options, the U.S. military held the assumption that the present dumpsite situated at Puntan Diablo on Tinian — the area where the Chinese team of investors is planning to develop in an integrated resort — will be closed and that a transfer station has been considered. MARFORPAC environmental specialist Sherri Eng said Read More

New Metro incinerator Could cost $1.3 billion more than planned: study

Metro Vancouver is taking more heat over its strategy to build another garbage incinerator, with a new study commissioned by waste firm Belkorp Environmental Services suggesting the move could cost up to $1.3 billion more than expected. The analysis, conducted by ICF International on behalf of Belkorp, comes as Metro Vancouver attempts to take care Read More

Ebola: Southport firm leading the fight in International health crisis

“Their engineers usually go out to help with installation but as a result of the Ebola threat, engineers employed by aid organisations and agencies are being sent to be trained up at the plant in Canning Road Industrial Estate rather than Mr Niklas added:”They contacted us when the outbreak started a few months ago. But Read More