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Ships pollute more
than cars
Ocean-going vessels produce
greater quantities of the lethal air
pollutant sulphur dioxide than all
the world’s cars, trucks and buses
combined, according to a study re-
leased by the International Council
on Clean Transportation (ICCT).
The report calls for international
regulators to move aggressively to
curb emissions from the ‘bunker
fuel’ used by freight vessels that con-
tains an average of 27 000 parts per
million of sulphur dioxide.
‘International ships are one of the
world’s largest, virtually uncon-
trolled sources of air pollution,’ ac-
cording to Alan C. Lloyd, President
of the ICCT. ‘Air pollution from
diesel trucks and buses in Europe,
Japan and the USA has declined
steadily for over a decade. At the
same time, air pollution from inter-
national ships is rising virtually
unchecked.’
The report found that, in 2001,
heavy-duty diesel trucks, buses and
cars burned more than a billion
tonnes of fuel and emitted 2.2 mil-
lion tonnes of sulphur dioxide – or
SOX. The same year, ocean-going
vessels burned 280 million tonnes of
fuel, but emitted 3.4 million tonnes
of SOX – about 17% of the global to-
tal. Ships also are responsible for
3.6 million to 6.5 million tonnes of
polluting nitrogen oxide, or NOX.
The report calls on the Interna-
tional Maritime Organization, an in-
dependent branch of the United Na-
tions, to implement a gradual reduc-
tion in allowable SOX and NOX
levels by, respectively, 90% and 95%.
It also recommends the development
of international limits for fine parti-
cles of soot and for carbon dioxide,
the leading greenhouse gas widely
believed to be contributing to global
warming.
She has designed throw-away
clothes, dishes and textiles out of
paper. Now Finland’s Tuija Asta
Järvenpää has found a new market:
disposable wedding dresses.
Prototypes have been made out of
shiny, translucent white paper and
have been designed for one-trip use
only. The basic model can be styled
with various prints as well as orna-
mental cut-in patterns and folds,
and is available in medium and
large sizes.
With this latest initiative,
Ms Järvenpää aims to show that
even disposable products can be
valuable. Now working in a design
studio in Helsinki, she was educated
at the prestigious Gerrit Rietveld
Art Academy in Amsterdam, the
Nether lands. By creating products
that are explicitly designed for a
short life-span, she
is looking to offer an
alternative that will
not only help render
people’s lives more
comfortable but also
gradually change
their patterns of
behaviour.
The wedding
dresses made out of
paper were intro-
duced during an
exhibition at the Kunsthalle in
Helsinki. A number of couples took
part in a group wedding ceremony
and said ‘I do’ in front of a marriage
clerk, with each of the brides wear-
ing one of Ms Järvenpää’s dresses.
For more information:
[email protected] or got to:
www.muu.fi
Say ‘I do’ in a disposable
wedding dress
* SGM Magnetics
SGM Magnetics Corp. of Sarasota, Florida, USA, has announced the
sale of three 40-inch fines lines and two 60-inch fines lines to Sims USA.
Consisting of a DSRP, VIS and shaker table, the 60-inch lines are
designed for material of 1.25 inches and smaller. The 40-inch lines com-
prise a DSRP, VIS and shaker table designed for material of 0.625 inches
and smaller.
Also in the US market, SGM Magnetics has sold a 40-inch fines line to
Gershow Recycling, Medford, New York, as well as 60-inch fines lines to
Gershow Recycling, Rensselaer Iron & Steel of Rensselaer, New York,
and to Metal Management Connecticut Inc. of North Haven, Connecticut.
In addition, SGM Magnetics has concluded the sale of: an 80-inch eddy
current separator to Newell Recycling Co., El Paso, Texas; and two
80-inch eddy current machines, two 60- by 98-inch axial pull drums and
two 60-inch fines lines to Atlantic Scrap & Processing of Wilmington,
North Carolina.
www.sgm-magnetics.com
* Metso Texas Shredder
Trademark Metals Recycling of Tampa, Florida, USA, has purchased a
1200-tonne Lindemann ETA-cut (EC) shear from Metso Texas Shredder
of San Antonio, Texas, USA. The shear will be installed at Trademark’s
Sutton site in Tampa. According to Metso, the EC shear is an ‘extremely
high production machine’ thanks to its optimised drive and control sys-
tem. The shear sports advanced features that give it greater flexibility
and reliability compared to conventional shears, it adds. For example, the
unit offers an intelligent maintenance feature – the Wear Con plate mon-
itoring system – which is designed to help prevent emergency downtime.
www.texasshredder.com
* Harris Waste Management
Zozzaro Brothers Inc. of Clifton, New Jersey, USA, has installed a
Harris HRB Centurion two-ram baler at its Carteret recycling plant in
New Jersey in order to keep pace with sustained volume growth. The
company runs 11 Harris machines, five of which are new-generation
Centurion balers. The balers at the company’s two New Jersey locations
produce approximately 30 000 tonnes of finished material each month.
www.harriswaste.com
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