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Written by Penelope B. Grenoble “Renewable Portfolio Standard credit is big money, but what’s surprising is a lot of these companies are banking on it to help them put their business plans together.” —Caroll Mortensen, Director, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery “It’s going to take some incentives. The subsidies have to come from somewhere.” —Charley Tripp, Bureau Manager, Southeast Resource Recovery Facility, Long Beach, CA What does it look like when a co...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Engineering, Equipment, Management
Bandit Industries is pleased to announce the new Model 2550XP self-propelled stump grinder, available with up to 44 horsepower. Featuring beltless hydrostatic direct-drive and available with up to 44 horsepower, the Model 2550XP sets all-new standards for stump grinder production, reliability, chip containment, and low maintenance. Compared to similar stump grinders with traditional belt drive, the Model 2550XP typically has a significantly lower cost-of-ownership through reduced maintenance needs and l...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Equipment
Written by John Trotti I’ve grown long in the tooth predicting the emergence of hybrid technologies in the waste industry, particularly for collection vehicles, where the start-stop-start cycle carries with it major components of the operating costs, namely fuel use and brake wear, and accordingly a huge potential for gain. I came about my interest in such systems as a member of our local transit district’s board in 1990, when it voted to field (actually oversee the manufacture of) a fleet of electric d...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Equipment, Financial, Legal-Regulatory
Written by Daniel P. Duffy Landfills are a unique business in that they require exceptionally high up front capital costs to being operations. These costs include site hydrogeological investigations, engineering design and permitting, installation of support facilities such as office buildings and truck scales, construction of the liner and leachate management systems, and (later) the construction of the final cap and cover encapsulating the disposed waste. However, once its capital infrastructure is in...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Airspace, Equipment, Landfill
By Neal Bolton Your success at minimizing the impact of downtime is directly related to the level of maintenance your machines receive. In this regard, ignorance of specific maintenance issues is no excuse. Ignoring any maintenance activity or safety practice—no matter how obscure—can still contribute to failure of the system. And the responsibility for any machine damage or worker injury still comes back to those responsible for maintenance. When you buy a truck or tractor, you have the expectati...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Equipment, Maintenance, Operations
By Lori Lovely When it comes to routine maintenance of collection vehicles, a maintenance routine is compulsory to keep these big machines rolling. However, numerous challenges impede designing an effective procedure or sustaining an established schedule. There’s no denying the need for regular maintenance of collection trucks. “There is no garbage police,” says Collin Ruhs, a technical service specialist with Wayne Engineering, a Wayne Industrial Holdings company based in Cedar Falls, IA. That me...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Equipment, Maintenance, Operations
By Penelope Grenoble
No doubt about it, the times are a-changin’. Actually, they’ve changed. Credit is tight and tax revenue is down, but the trash keeps piling up, equipment ages and new technology beckons. What to do? There have long been alternatives to the old cash-on-the barrelhead routine for buying or replacing collection equipment, and with the economy in the shape’s it’s in, now’s as good a time as any to dip into this varied bag of tricks. Leases, when properly managed can get you the truck you need and with a lit...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Equipment, Financial, Vehicles
By Carol Brzozowski
Grinders and shredders in North American MSW operations are generating revenues through the creation of everything from landscape mulch to waste-to-energy fuel, as the latter market takes an increasing foothold in the United States. More than a year ago, Lindner Recyclingtech set up a subsidiary in Raleigh, NC, to address the emerging refuse-derived fuel (RDF) market in the United States. The company’s primary focus is the RDF market, notes Andreas Schwartz, company president. In Europe, Schwartz says, ...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Equipment, Operations, Recycling
By Carol Brzozowski
“Would you rather be good, or would you rather be lucky?” The question is posed by Steve McCharen, president and chief executive officer of SafeComm Services, a driver observation program. His company focuses on assisting clients whose employees are driving trucks in what he calls one of the most “unsafe work environments in the world.” Such technologies are becoming more in demand as municipal solid waste programs seek to increase safety measures through technology and training while increasing operati...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Collection, Equipment, Technology
By Ed Ritchie
Today’s material recovering facility is a multimillion-dollar marvel of technology and automation. With its variety of screens, rollers, wheels, magnets, eddy-current separators, sorters, compactors, and balers, automation has replaced most of the human labor in all but one critical area: maintenance. And as capacity rates of 25 tons per hour become common, a breakdown can be nothing less than disastrous. Moreover, there’s the reputation of the equipment manufacturers, and as you’ll see, they stake thei...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Equipment, MRF-TS, Technology
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