Passaic County Urges Tire Recycling

The Passaic County Office of Solid Waste and Recycling Programs continues to offer residents the opportunity to recycle their unwanted tires safely and easily. This free program now enables residents to bring up to eight tires per event (double the amount accepted previously), with or without rims, for recycling. The next collection event will be … Read more

UPDATE: 40 Staff Get Jobs Back as New Owners for Uskmouth Power Station Announced

More than 40 ex-workers will get their jobs back after a buyer for a former Newport power station was announced.

More than 40 staff have been re-employed and more than 30 contractors will be permanently employed as SIMEC Group has bought Uskmouth Power Company Ltd.

Built around 50 years ago, Uskmouth was the UK’s oldest and least efficient coal fired power station, but now named Simec Uskmouth Power Ltd (SUP), plans are underway for the 393 megawat coal fired power plant to be converted to full biomass, making the production environmentally friendly.

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Benton County Solid Waste District to Resume Tire Disposal Program

The Benton County Solid Waste District Board voted Friday to end a contract for handling waste tires and take control of the operation locally. The board voted to end a contract with the West River Solid Waste District as of Dec. 31, and to have Benton County-owned equipment and vehicles used in the operation returned. … Read more

Native Scientists Suggest to Produce Fuel from Automobile Tyres

The scientists from Chernivtsi devised a method of making use of worn automobile tyres as raw material for the production of alternative fuel. Associate professor of Chernivtsi National University, Master of Science, Sergey Boruk informed that the team under his direction developed a technology of profound processing of polymer wastes based on the process of … Read more