American Company’s Products Solving
Air Quality Environmental Issues in Japan

Perrysburg, Ohio, USA - New Waste Concepts, Inc. has just completed a manufacturing license agreement with Japan’s Kurita Water Industries Ltd. allowing that company to manufacture and market New Waste’s complete line of patented landfill cover materials.

In Japan, landfills are small, neat operations and, because of space concerns, most of their solid waste is incinerated. Blowing ash can contain toxic substances that may be harmful to human health. This is a major environmental concern because the landfills are situated near heavily populated residential areas.

New Waste’s ConCover landfill cover material, spray applied daily, prevents the harmful ash from becoming airborne while controlling other volatile organic compounds as well. Further, the useful life of the landfill is extended because the spray-applied cover material is only ¼” thick compared to soil that must be applied at a depth of 6”. Because one operator can apply ConCover, significant labor and equipment savings are also realized.

Kurita, based in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, contacted New Waste Concepts 7 years ago to become a distributor of their products. Since then, following Japanese protocol, Kurita has worked with the Japanese government and a major Japanese university to complete extensive landfill testing on New Waste’s ConCover 180 Foam product. The purpose of the study was to test the ability of the ConCover line of products to control volatile organic compounds, fugitive dust and blowing ash.

Hideo Nakagawa, General Manager, Kurita Water Industries, Ltd. (left) and Milton F. Knight, CEO, New Waste Concepts (right)

The results of that study and 5 successful years of distributing the ConCover product line has led to the new licensing agreement between New Waste Concepts and Kurita.

“We will be working with Kurita in the coming months on sourcing raw materials, blending techniques, and other technical specifications”, said Milton F. Knight, CEO of New Waste.

Kurita is one of the leading providers of water treatment equipment in Japan. Kurita has developed and markets a very sophisticated CAPS (ConCover all purpose sprayer) machine that operates on a tracked, motorized chassis. The operator can apply ConCover with a water-spray slurry canon directed with a joy stick from an air conditioned cab. After each application of the cover material, with the operator’s push of a button, the CAPS machine will initiate a thorough self-clean sequence.

New Waste Concepts’ alternate daily covers are specified throughout the world by more landfill and remediation sites than any other applied technology. An advanced blend of polymers and recycled fiber, these landfill covers create a slurry when mixed with water. When sprayed over most surfaces, they form a uniform encapsulating layer, 1/8” – 1/4” thick, between waste and the environment, providing reliable daily coverage in a variety of climatic conditions. NWCI alternative daily covers are biodegradable, nonflammable and nontoxic.

New Waste Concepts helps landfill operators and remediation contractors reduce costs, improve efficiency and comply with environmental regulations. Their products include daily and long-term covers and litter, odor, dust, and erosion control solutions. In each category, New Waste offers a spectrum of products to enable each customer to select the one that’s perfectly suited for his unique application.

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