Diamond Scientific is pleased to announce that we will be attending The National Veterans Small Business Engagement (NVSBE) in Minneapolis from the 1-3 November. The NVSBE is powered by My Business Matches, a service that provides business matchmaking where buyers...
Methane exposure gas (CH4) is odorless, colorless, extremely flammable, and when it mixes with air, can be highly explosive. Methane exposure thus poses a substantial health and safety risk. It is also a potent greenhouse gas, a key component of...
Early this year the State of Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality published a new set of guidelines for environmental practitioners responsible for in situ remediation of spilled contaminants, which also apply to a methane gas leak. The guide provides recommendations...
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSBs) and Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs) are celebrating the unanimous decision recently taken by the Supreme Court, ruling the VA's "rule of two" mandatory, and now applicable to all VA procurements, including Federal Supply Schedule orders....
On the 12th February 1968, as Dr. Martin Luther King traveled around the US calling on people to support the Poor People’s Campaign, over 1000 sanitation workers in Memphis downed tools and went on strike. Just over a month later,...
Summary of the Proposed EPA Renewable Fuel Standard The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed increases in the volume requirements of all kinds of biofuels in accordance with the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. These increased volumes will boost...
A recent study conducted by a research team from Yale and the University of Florida has revealed that the amount of solid waste Americans are disposing in landfill gas emissions is more than double initial estimates. The study concludes that...
In a previous series of articles we covered various aspects of landfill design, including landfill layout, configuration and slope design; landfill liner systems; and leachate collection systems. In this article we are going to focus on the leachate drainage system...
Summary of Proposed Updates to the Landfill Emission Guidelines for Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Amendments to Landfill Emissions Thresholds The EPA is proposing to amend the emissions threshold that would require a landfill to install a landfill gas (LFG)...
