Browse Miscellaneous reports -- Illinois Sustainable Technology Center by Issue Date

  • Illinois Hazardous Waste Reduction '87 
    (Champaign, IL : Hazardous Waste Research and Information Center, 1987-09)
    Proceedings of a conference on hazardous waste reduction in Illinois held in Chicago in September 1987. Includes presentations from companies that had already begun to implement pollution prevention projects in their ...

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  • Analytical evaluation of ultrafiltration for reduction of oily wastewater : a technology demonstration project performed at B-Line Systems, Inc., Highland, Illinois 
    Illinois Waste Management and Research Center (1999)
    B-Line Systems operates both a milling and a machine pressing operation. Both operations require machine tool coolant to help produce a quality product and to enhance the life expectancy of the mill rollers and the press ...

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  • Have a green Halloween: holiday tips from the Waste Management and Research Center (WMRC) 
    Illinois Waste Management and Research Center (Illinois Waste Management and Research Center, 2004)
    The fact sheet offers suggestions for reducing waste generated by Halloween celebrations.

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  • Greening Our Schools: Earth Day Every Day 
    (Champaign, IL : Illinois Waste Management and Research Center, 2004)
    This fact sheet offers suggestions to help teachers integrate environmental education into their everyday classroom activities.

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  • Reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink, and rejoice: Waste Management and Research Center's Greening Schools. 
    Illinois Waste Management and Research Center (Illinois Waste Management and Research Center, 2004)
    This fact sheet offers suggestions for greening your winter holiday celebrations.

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  • Feasibility Report: Small Scale Biodiesel Production 
    (Champaign, IL : Illinois Waste Management and Research Center, 2006)
    This report is an overview of the biodiesel production process on a small-scale basis.

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  • Chicago area background contaminants in wetland sediments and surface waters: Supporting the Calumet Wetlands Ecotoxicological Assessment 
    Piwani, Marvin; Chow, Teresa; Bordson, Gary; Talbott, Jonathan; Wiedenmann, Luann; Wilcoxon, Monte; Bogner, William (2006-10-25)
    The Illinois Department of Natural Resources funded a study at the lllinois Waste Management and Research Center and the Jllinois State Water Survey, to investigate background concentrations of toxic environmental contaminants ...

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  • Reducing Water Use on Campus: Cooling Towers 
    Deluhery, Jennifer; Chen, Shu; Rajagopalan, Nandakishore (2011)
    The goals of this project were to benchmark water use in cooling towers & at the Abbott RO Plant on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus and generate ideas for improving water use efficiency.

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  • Large Pilot Scale Testing of Linde/BASF Post-Combustion CO2 Capture Technology at the Abbott Coal-Fired Power Plant 
    O'Brien, Kevin C. (U.S. Department of Energy, 2017-08-18)
    The work summarized in this report is the first step towards a project that will re-train and create jobs for personnel in the coal industry and continue regional economic development to benefit regions impacted by previous ...

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  • Assessing Progress on the 1997 Integrated Management Plan for the Illinois River Watershed 
    Esarey, Duane; Holm, Nancy; Keefer, Laura; Meschewski, Elizabeth; Phillips, Andrew; Stein, Jeffrey; Winkel, Richard; Abrams, Daniel; Bauer, Erin; Beardsley, John; Benson, T.J.; Beveroth, Tara; Bhowmik, Nani; Casper, Andrew; Cao, Yong; Cummings, Kevin; Davisson, Diana; Dreslik, Michael; Getahun, Elias; Hinz, Leon; Knapp, Vern; McConkey, Sally; Markus, Momcilo; Marlin, John; Metzke, Brian; Phillips, Chris; Tiemann, Jeremy; Ward, Michael; Wilm, Brian; Yetter, Aaron (Prairie Research Institute, 2017-12-19)
    The Office of the Lieutenant Governor asked the University of Illinois’ Prairie Research Institute (PRI) to review and report on the progress that has been made toward the objectives of the Integrated Management Plan for ...

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  • Sustainability and Resiliency Master Plan for the Forest Preserves of Cook County 
    Pai, Shantanu; Tindall, Anthony D.; Charnas, Griffin J.; Scrogum, Joy; Hughes, Ian; Lavey, Warren Gary (Champaign, IL : Prairie Research Institute, 2018-09)
    This Sustainability & Climate Resiliency Plan was developed to harness the various strengths within the Forest Preserves to address the pressing environmental issues of our time. Climate change, pollution, invasive species, ...

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  • Technology Diffusion and Pollution Prevention 
    Jacobson, Debra; Lindsey, Tim; Scrogum, Joy; Barnes, Laura L. (Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, 2019-08)
    The information in this publication was originally developed as narrative for the Technology Diffusion Topic Hub in 2004. Topic Hubs were web-based guides to peer-reviewed pollution prevention information and expertise on ...

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  • Caseyville Water Treatment Plant Teams with Ameren Illinois to Stop Energy Drains 
    (Ameren Illinois, 2020)
    Reclaiming and conserving precious natural resources is all in a day’s work at the Caseyville Township Water Reclamation Facility. And these days, it’s not just about water, but conserving energy, too. Built in the mid-1960s, ...

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  • Salvage Yard Environmental Guidebook and Self-Audit Checklist 
    (Champaign, IL : Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, 2020-02)
    The salvage business has evolved into a sophisticated, technology-driven operation that constantly changes in response to innovations in industry. The modern-day salvage business needs established operating practices that ...

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  • Contaminants of Emerging Concern Report [to the Illinois General Assembly] 
    Meschewski, Elizabeth; Barnes, Laura L.; Dugard, Claire (Champaign, IL : Prairie Research Institute, 2020-02-10)
    This report was created at the request of the Illinois Legislature in IL HB5741, passed in May 2018. It is a review of the state of scientific knowledge known about contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) in wastewater ...

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  • UIC Sustainable Materials Management Plan 
    Feher, Savannah; Iosbaker, Joe; Janssen Mahajan, April; Klein-Banai, Cindy; Pai, Shantanu; Scrogum, Joy (Chicago, IL : University of Illinois at Chicago, 2020-10)
    The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) recognizes the impacts of climate change and is committed to creating a resilient campus as stated in UIC’s Climate Commitments. The Climate Commitments have led to the development ...

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