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Olive stones (pits) could be the newest ethanol feedstock used in Spain and could give the olive processing industry an opportunity to turn the 4 million tons of olive stones it generates every year into a valuable asset. Researchers from the Universities of Jaén and Granada have now shown how this can be achieved in […]

Workers with the state Department of the Environment and the city Fire Department plan today to flush a 2-mile stretch of sewer leading to the harbor after it was contaminated over the weekend by a 6,000-gallon olive oil spill at an East Baltimore business, authorities said. By Gus G. Sentementes, photo by Karl Merton Ferron, […]

By Michael Berger, Olive oil is good for your health. Unfortunately, the production of olive oil is not. During the olive oil production process, olive oil mills produce a liquid waste called olive black water or olive-oil-mill wastewater (OMW). This waste water has significant polluting properties due to its high levels of chemical oxygen demand […]

A l’audience, le 26 mars, le tribunal a jugé que l’armateur italien Marnavi devait payer 280.000 euros d’amende et Giuseppe Salone, le capitaine du bateau baptisé Praiano à 20.000 euros d’amende. Son navire avait été pris en flagrant délit de rejet d’huile d’olive par l’avion de surveillance des douanes en février 2005 au sud du […]