From: moderator
Category: News & information
Date: 25 Aug 2008
Time: 11:51:38 +0200
Remote Name: 86.146.8.18
"Environmental Energy Resources Ltd. (EER) signed an agreement last week with British waste-disposal company Gowing & Pursey to develop a facility to handle 30,000 tons of waste a year
"EER has developed a unique plasma-gasification-melting technology that reduces waste safely in an environmentally friendly way to recyclable gas and basic materials suitable for construction.
"The facility is expected to cost £12 million. Gowing & Pursey has committed to send waste to it for 20 years.
"EER's core technology was developed by Russian and Israeli scientists, the former from the Kurchatov Institute. There is a demonstration facility near Ilbin in northern Israel and another facility in Russia.
"Gowing & Pursey became interested in the technology, Stern said, because environmental regulations and fines are very strict in England. Fines for using a landfill have become very high, he said, so companies have been looking for alternatives.
"In addition to municipal waste, EER also treats medical and radioactive waste. Two years ago, the company won an international contract to dispose of waste from Chernobyl.
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