Department of the Environment (Australia, 2013–2016)

U.S. Forest Service and Air Burners Team Up to Fight Climate Change

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, October 13, 2022

The U.S. Forest Service and Air Burners are working together, through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), to research, develop, and test the utility and marketability of Air Burners CharBoss.

Key Points: 
  • The U.S. Forest Service and Air Burners are working together, through a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), to research, develop, and test the utility and marketability of Air Burners CharBoss.
  • "Collaborations and partnerships with companies like Air Burners help us improve forest management and discover new market applications for environmentally-friendly products like CharBoss," said Charlie Becker, CF, Natural Resource Specialist at the USDA.
  • CharBoss is the newest wood waste reduction machine in a long line of self-contained air curtain burners made exclusively by Air Burners.
  • Archuleta concludes, "Air Burners seems to be the most efficient and the most economical way to reduce impact to the soil.

Future of Proposed Waste-to-Energy Facility in Victoria in Doubt

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

The project was pitched to burn kerbside rubbish to power the paper mill at Maryvale in the Latrobe Valley.

Key Points: 
  • The project was pitched to burn kerbside rubbish to power the paper mill at Maryvale in the Latrobe Valley.
  • The federal Labor government is currently reviewing 17 grants that were approved before the election.
  • Since being announced, the $600 million project has raised concerns from environmental advocacy group Environment Australia around the plant's emissions.
  • Waste Sense explains that the proposed facility is based on technology already being used in Europe, with sophisticated scrubbing systems designed to prevent adverse impacts to humans or the environment.