30 Oct

Turning Waste Olive Stones Into Bioethanol

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 […]

26 Aug

Olive oil spill into Baltimore harbor probed

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, […]

13 Jun

Olive oil inspires novel nanotechnology wastewater cleanup material

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 […]

28 May

flagrant délit de rejet d’huile d’olive: 300 000 euros d’amendes

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 […]