Items filtered by date: Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Geocycle France focuses on regional presence 28 November 2018
France: Geocycle France says it has strengthened its local presence by setting up a network of six units at LafargeHolcim sites in 2018. These are: La Malle, Le Teil, Martres, Saint -Pierre-La-Cour, Altkirch and Val d'Azergues. The Geocycle units are intended to support co-processing activity at cement plants. In 2017 the French waste management subsidiary of LafargeHolcim recycled 0.65Mt/yr of waste materials.
Lehigh Cement’s Glens Falls plant preparing to use alternative fuels 28 November 2018
US: Lehigh Cement’s is preparing to co-process ‘raggertail’ at its Glens Falls plant in New York state. The state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has prepared a draft air pollution permit for the unit. It is accepting public comments until late December 2018.
Raggertail is derived from non-recyclable ‘raggertail’ residuals processed by Frontier Fiber from Norampac and Greenpac recycled paper mills in Niagara Falls. It consists of approximately 60% plastic and 40% fibre (biomass). Emissions testing performed at the plant while burning the alternative fuel on a trial basis demonstrated that its use will not cause ambient impacts above State guideline concentrations. At present the cement plant’s kiln is powered by natural gas and coal.
India: The city corporation of Tirupur has signed a letter of intent to supply 30t/day of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) to ACC’s cement plant at Madukarai near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. The city authorities are struggling to separate waste streams generated by its residents, according to the Times of India. The authorities are trying to improve local awareness to segregate waste at source to aid reuse, recycling and disposal.