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Industry goals for chlorine
Added: 19 Feb 2004
European chlorine producers have produced what they claim is the first set of long-term sus…
Energy-saving electrolysis
Added: 19 Feb 2004
A new process for making chlorine from hydrochloric acid could cut energy usage by 30%, acc…
Monitoring mill effluent
Added: 2 Feb 2004
Paper mills use enormous volumes of water, much of which is discharged under strict IPPC regulation…WWF wrestles with toxic chemicals
Added: 30 Jan 2004
Seals, whales, falcons, and polar bears are among a range of wildlife at risk from chemicals used i…Bacteria clean up by breathing rust
Added: 30 Jan 2004
New insights into how bacteria interact with minerals could help scientists 'design' microo…
Critical factor
Added: 6 Jan 2004
Fine chemicals producer Thomas Swan is pioneering environmentally friendly 'green' chemistry throug…Because the lady loves worm action
Added: 25 Nov 2003
Cadbury Schweppes Australia is using a tray made from a biodegradable polymer for one of it…
Recovering precious metals
Added: 11 Nov 2003
A British-Swedish joint venture between Chematur Engineering and Johnson Matthey has develo…
Reducing mercury emissions
Added: 10 Nov 2003
Toxic mercury emissions from power plants could be reduced by over 90% - from 48 tons annually down…REACH proposals do not suit industry
Added: 6 Nov 2003
Predictable differences of opinion have emerged following the publication of the European C…
Laughing all the way to the plant
Added: 4 Nov 2003
What's claimed to be the world's first full-scale facility for the elimination of laughing gas (N2O…Ten disks from one ear of corn
Added: 22 Oct 2003
Working in conjunction with Mitsui Chemicals, Sanyo Electric has developed a process for ma…
Meeting the scrapheap challenge
Added: 6 Oct 2003
Sophisticated furnace control systems, including the use of fuzzy logic, have significantly improve…Opening the floodgates to pollution?
Added: 25 Sep 2003
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a new European Directive that it says wi…
Ondeo Nalco acquired for $4.2 billion
Added: 4 Sep 2003
A consortium of private equity firms comprised of The Blackstone Group, Apollo Management and Goldm…Cleaning up coal power
Added: 15 Aug 2003
Innogy has applied to the UK Department of Trade and Industry for consent to build a Flue Gas Desul…Commission tackles fluorinated gases
Added: 13 Aug 2003
The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a regulation to reduce emissions of fluo…
Clearing the air in Kentucky
Added: 1 Aug 2003
DuPont is to pay $550,000 in civil penalties and perform eight 'Supplemental Environmental Projects…Repeat offenders take the shine off pollution reductions
Added: 30 Jul 2003
The UK Environment Agency has warned that higher fines and more prosecutions are failing to…
