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Title: Autoclaving. Friends of the Earth, UK, September 2008.
Size: 235KB
Overview: Autoclaving is a process of waste sterilisation and conversion adopted from the management of medical waste. It is a recent application of the technology to municipal waste. This document considers some of the merits and concerns of the process and the results.
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Title: Pyrolysis, gasification and plasma arc technologies as an alternative to incineration or landfill of municipal waste. Friends of the Earth, UK, January 2009.
Size: 150KB
Overview: New technologies are available as alternatives to placing municipal waste into landfills and/or incinerators. Proponents claim substantial reduction in pollutants and greenhouse gasses released to the environment. This document considers some of the merits.
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Title: Energy efficient Buildings. Supplement to the New York Financial Times, May 2009
Size: 8.4MB
Overview: This comprehensive supplement was published in the FT in early May 2009. It provides some authoritative and fascinating insight into the best practices associated with designing, building and retro-fitting buildings in order to be significantly more energy and cost efficient.
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