San Group has partnered with Seaton Forest Products of Smithers has entered into a strategic lumber supply agreement to turn waste wood into value-added lumber projects.
Garant records and analyzes the material flows in the production halls. The amount of waste is also continuously monitored and, where possible, reduced.
Vecoplan LLC, a leader in size reduction technology, opened its new state-of-the-art testing facility. The facility serves as a testing ground for new technology, and as a place where customers can view their waste being processed.
American Wood Champions shows how a new industrial shredder allows it to fill a semi-trailer each day. That trailer of shavings and dust is sold for about $400, yielding a profit of approximately $12,000 each month.
Wood waste joins the mix as U.S. coal-fired utilities look to cut carbon dioxide output to meet EPA goals. The co-firing approach is also popular with German utilities, which have built mammoth wood pellet plants in the U.S.
Wood waste is being converted to transportation fuel on a commercial scale at INEOS Bio at its Indian River BioEnergy Center where cellulosic ethanol is being made from citrus, oak, pine, and pallet wood waste.
Mohawk Industries (NYSE: MHK) entered an agreement to acquire Belgian melamine and chip board maker Spano Invest NV for $168 million in cash. It already owns Belgian panel maker Unilin.
EPA clean air standards for industrial boilers, Incinerators and some kilns include were issued the Friday before Christmas. They set numerical standards for small particle emissions,