This weekโs photo comes from a plant FEECO built for a company looking to turn waste paper fibers into products for consumer use. The raw material shown, obtained through the countyโs recycling center, is waste paper sludge, leftover from the paper recycling process, and contains …
Last week, FEECO hosted a group of students from the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay’s Pollution Control Class. Students were brought in for a tour of the FEECO facility, as well as a Q&A session with FEECO employees, some of whom are graduates of …
A strong agriculture sector is crucial to the success of any nationโs economy and has been a pivotal part of United States history, and how we got to where we are today. ย Livestock production is an important subsector because, in addition to producing food for …
The need for increased adoption of metal recovery from e-waste continues to gain greater urgency as the gap between supply and demand grows ever-wider in the pursuit of a clean-energy future. Fortunately, The FEECO Innovation Center has the expertise and equipment needed to test the …
FEECO, along with Schneider National, have been featured in the Green Bay Press Gazette this week, for earning the status of โGreen Professional,โ under the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Councilโs Green Masterโs Program. FEECO had announced back in December that they had been recognized by the …
In an article for the Sydney Morning Herald, Melinda Ham outlines a few of the key processes by which waste is recycled and reused throughout Australia. As recycling becomes a necessity rather than a nicety, the importance of turning wastes into value-added products will become …
Aside from being hazardous to our health, sulfur dioxide is one of the leading contributors in the formation of acid rain. Sulfur dioxide is produced in the burning of coal, often in utility plants. Coal, which naturally contains sulfur, mixes with oxygen during the burning …
In an article by Robert McCabe, McCabe details the issues arising with safely disposing of mounting fly ash. Fly Ash is a fine, powder-like material, resulting from the burning of coal at power plants. As power needs increase, so do these resulting leftovers. Unfortunately, this …
Imagine your average compost heap. Items such as wilted lettuce leaves or leftover banana peels probably figure in the picture somewhere. Steel dust or unused industrial chemicals more than likely do not. For Green Bay company Feeco International however, metal dust and other wastes do …