On the show floor at CWRE 2019 with Global Sensor Systems

Buffalo Turbine has introduced the Trident dust control solution. This system uses three separate turbines all powered by the same Kohler 74 horsepower diesel engine, capable of three times the coverage area compared to single turbine dust controllers. Different from other dust control units on the market, this unit is self-contained, meaning no generator is required, less maintenance costs, and less space required for setup.

Kleenvac, by Onekleen, is a tiny power packed vacuum device designed to save businesses hours in workshop and general cleanup time. This machine is a versatile compressed air powered vacuum that converts metal drums into supercharged wet vacs. It will solve liquid clean-up challenges in a range of applications simply and affordably. Kleenvac is a low-cost investement that will last, and will: 

• Clean up liquids and suspended solids simpler and faster ("Fill a 200L drum in just over 1 minute"). 
• Reduce manual labour and the use of expensive clean-up consumables, potentially saving $100s if not $1000s. 

The newest addition to the Voyager product line combines an additional rear light bar with an analog high definition camera for one seamless installation. The single-pass wire entry and surface mount design make the Voyager® VCAHD140LB Light Bar Camera a universal option for use as an added warning light. The single wire for both the camera and light can be tied into the vehicle's existing electrical wiring.

Sears Seating, a leading manufacturer of off-road and over-the-road suspension seating for over 160 years, launched their latest in comfort innovation for the refuse and recycling industry.

Undetected radioactive material can have severe consequences in a scrap yard. In an effort increase awareness around radiation safety, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), in collaboration with The Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD) and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS), today released an educational video to help recycling workers in identifying radioactive sources, isolating the material, and notifying the proper authorities. 

Pacific Steel & Recycling, an employee-owned steel processing and recycling plant company based in Great Falls, Montana, and with over 20 locations around the Western U.S. and one in Medicine Hat, Alberta, is no stranger to making health plan modifications. The company recognized its healthcare costs were a problem years ago, and since then it's made multiple attempts to fix it. 

Recycle BC is sounding the alarm over the rising number of explosive and hazardous materials British Columbia residents are placing in the province's residential packaging and paper recycling. BC's major recycling collectors and processors have seen seven fires in 2019, with several of them having endangered lives and forced the temporary closure of facilities.

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has announced the 2019 SWANA Safety Award recipients, chosen by the SWANA Safety Committee. These awards recognize those who have demonstrated a profound commitment to improving employee safety through communication, best practices, training, and policies. Two organizations are honored this year with the Biggest Safety Improvement Award and the Best Safety Innovation Award.

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) strongly supports legislation to create a recycling program for lithium-ion batteries in California under AB 1509, the Lithium-Ion Battery Fire Prevention Act. SWANA submitted a letter explaining the need for action to the State Senate Environmental Quality Committee ahead of its hearing on the proposed legislation on July 3, 2019.

Waste Management (WM) introduced its second Driver and Technician Training Center in Glendale, Arizona today complementing its first Center in Fort Myers, Florida. The Arizona Training Center extends the Company's commitment to providing centralized training for drivers and technicians across the North American enterprise.

Camso, based out of Magog, Quebec, has introduced the Solideal RES Xtreme NMAS, a new non-marking resilient forklift tire, which resolves the important safety issues linked to static electricity generated in non-marking tires in a range of applications, including recycling and waste management.

At least 59 solid waste industry workers died on the job in 2018 in the United States and Canada, according to the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), an increase of 19 fatalities from the previous year. Fifty-seven of these fatalities took place in the United States, and 71 percent of them occurred during waste or recycling collection.

The Edison Awards, celebrating 32 years of honoring the best in innovation and excellence in the development of new products and services, announced today that Fire Rover was voted the top prize at the April 4th event at The Capitale in New York City. The Fire Rover fire elimination solution was awarded the gold medal in the Industrial Safety category. Rounding out the category was IBM and The Raymond Company winning the silver and bronze award respectively.

Refuse and recyclable material collectors rank fifth on the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics' list of most dangerous jobs. In 2017, the National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries identified 30 fatalities among these collectors. This year, in January alone, 17 fatal incidents have occurred in the solid waste industry in the United States and Canada, with two taking place in New York.

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is collaborating with BrandArmor to provide an important new safety decal for the back of waste and recycling collection trucks.  BrandArmor has created large, SafetyFirst™ Prismatic Reflective caution decals, which include the familiar warning to Slow Down to Get Around. The reflective decals will be visible up to a distance of 1,800 feet at night. 

As part of its Circle of Safety Excellence (COSE) initiative, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) will be awarding three new safety awards at this year's 2019 ISRI Convention and Exposition, set to take place April 8-11 in Los Angeles. The COSE Occupational Awards recognize COSE member companies for outstanding commitment to the safety of employees by instilling core safety values and exhibiting continuous improvement in safety programs and worker incident reduction. COSE members have until March 15 to apply.

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is calling for a renewed focus on safety in response to an unprecedented uptick in fatalities in 2019, to date. At least 17 fatal incidents have occurred relating to the solid waste industry in the United States and Canada so far this year, according to the organization, and although there is no common denominator for the cause of all the accidents, it is clear that reviewing safety fundamentals now will likely help prevent future incidents.

BossTek has updated its family of self-powered dust suppression equipment with Tier IV Final-compliant generators, ensuring compliance in all 50 states and Canada.  BossTek made the announcement with the debut of the new DustBoss DB-60 Fusion, a field-proven suppression system driven by a high-reliability 25 HP electric motor and paired with a gen set powered by a heavy-duty 4-cycle indirect injection diesel engine.  Designed, engineered and assembled in the USA, the generator features a dual-containment fuel cell, heavy gauge lockable enclosure and oversized brushless alternator for easy starting.  

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) will host Forum 2019: The Changing World of Work, March 5-6, 2019, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. CCOHS' Forum is a unique event that will bring together leaders, change-makers, and subject experts representing government, labour, and workplaces to share their knowledge and experience around current and emerging health and safety issues. The event will focus on the workplace of today and tomorrow, in which accommodation, diversity, and inclusivity are not just nice-to-haves, but a must for any organization. 

One of the most common causes of injury and death for site workers is being struck by plant machinery. In fact, site workers are two times more likely to be injured at work compared to those in other occupations. Research carried out in Europe has also found that the construction, transportation, manufacturing and agricultural trades recorded more workplace deaths in 2017 than all other industries combined. 

A new study on industrial accident prevention has shown that broadband sound reversing alarms for commerical vehicles, are nearly twice as effective than their tonal equivalents; making broadband sound the most effective audible reversing safety solution for a variety of industries.

Hamilton, ON - Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) --- To help employers better understand the value of workplace wellness programs, the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has launched the e-course, Business Case for Workplace Wellness. With many workers in Canada spending the majority of their waking hours at work each day, employers are starting to realize the importance of offering workplace wellness programs and the positive impact they can have. If the success of an organization depends heavily on the productivity of its workers, then it makes sense to ensure that the employees have a work environment that is healthy in which they can thrive.

What are the top barriers and issues affecting the health and safety of workplaces in Canada, and what can we do about them? The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) is inviting workers and employers to take part in an online survey that continues the conversation sparked at CCOHS’ Forum 2016: The Changing World of Work, held earlier this year in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has released an app that provides instant access on mobile devices to useful workplace health and safety advice and information.

The Clean Air Smart Collector are designed for weld smoke, grinding particulate, laser and plasma cutting dust and various other mainly dry filtration applications. They come in a variety of sizes ranging from 1-48 cartridges and air volume of 500-30,000 cfm and more. The Clean Air Smart Collector range of high performance collectors comes in a variety of sizes and options. They range in size from our smallest collector the DFC 1 to our largest the DFC 96.

Shell announced that its Cansolv Technologies Inc. subsidiary (Cansolv) has signed an agreement with Beijing Guodian Longyuan Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. (GDLY) to license a CANSOLV SO2 Scrubbing System for a new 1.2 GW coal-fired power plant to be built by China Guodian Corporation at Duyun in Guizhou province, P.R.C.

For new or existing separator and distillation tower operations, Amistco Separation Products Inc. Uniflo Inlet Diffusers correct flow imbalances and improve gas distribution.

A new HemiPleat NoOval replacement filter from Camfil Farr Air Pollution Control offers high filtration efficiency, excellent energy performance and long life. Designed with an innovative "oval to round" configuration that allows a perfect fit into down flow-style dust collectors that use oval filters, the patent-pending HemiPleat NoOval filter carries a no-risk performance guarantee from the manufacturer. It is ideal for improving overall performance or solving problems such as short filter life with existing dust collectors.

Operating on just 0.7 amps per 1,000 cfm of capacity, Smog-Hog electrostatic precipitators offer one of the lowest-energy, highest-efficiency air cleaning technologies available, capturing up to 99.9% of submicron smokes, mists and emulsion oils using washable collection cells. Green advantages for the system include reusable collection cells, minimal fan size, low energy use, make-up air reduction, potential material recycling, and elimination of costs for filter media disposal and replacement. Smog-Hog mist collectors are available for indoor or outdoor use, for small source-capture applications down to 200 cfm, or large process exhaust streams up to 40,000 cfm. The Smog-Hog is ideal for meeting OSHA and EPA regulations regarding metalworking oil smoke and coolant mists, welding smoke, quenching smoke, plasticizers, cooking smoke, asphalt smoke and similar mists.

Parkson Corporation offers the OHxyPhogg, an odour removal technology with a patented air atomizing three-fluid nozzle. The OHxyPhogg combines ozone, water and air creating 5-micron-sized oxidant-enriched water particles that efficiently disperse and fill partially or fully enclosed spaces such as lift stations, wet wells, holding tanks and headworks. The oxidant fog rapidly and efficiently reacts with H2S and other reduced sulfur compounds removing the unpleasant odours. The OHxyPhogg technology also aggressively and effectively breaks down fats, oils and greases, virtually eliminating not only the buildup but the costly pumping and discharging of FOGs.

It is technologically feasible to store a huge amount of the global warming gas carbon dioxide deep underground in central Alberta, says a University of Calgary-led study coordinated by the Institute for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economy (ISEEE).

Pressure Systems, manufacturer of KPSI level and pressure transducers, has announced that three of its most popular KPSI transducer models are now built and ready to ship in just two days, significantly reducing facility downtime associated with a transducer’s failure. Included in the two-day service are the highly reliable, hydrostatic, submersible 700, 705 and 750 models, used widely throughout the water and wastewater level measurement industries for applications with conditions from general purpose to harsh and adverse.