Author Archives: David Russell

John Ferguson provided a presentation (supported by the Scottish Hydrogen Fuel Association – Thanks Nigel Holmes!) on the evolution and prospects for hydrogen as a transport fuel.

Work commences on a small research project with Dundee University Centre for Concrete Technology on a new concept for plasterboard recycling with the aim of providing a new market for Scottish derived plasterboard waste. With few viable markets for this … Continue reading →

A unanimous decision in favour of the Binn Eco Park 4 turbine Wind Farm wind farm was granted by Perth and Kinross Council today. The scheme also has a community benefit scheme, which will provide £45,000 per annum to our 4 … Continue reading →

Early discussions held with the James Hutton Institute on establishing a new Scottish research based Technosols Facility to research the creation of new soils from waste materials. With significant quantities of organic material, waste aggregates and other suitable waste materials … Continue reading →

After submitting a proposal to the SBRI phosphate proposal EcoideaM failed to gain an award for a new system for the management of anaerobic digestate. This new approach to digestate management would recover phosphorous in both dry and wet fertilizer … Continue reading →

EcoideaM have been engaged by the Binn Group to re-commission its new SRF facility which was destroyed in a fire during the original commissioning exercise. The SRF facility will produce high quality recovered fuels from non-recyclable residual wastes.

After extensive testing of a new low cost optical plastic separation system, including the classification of different sources of large dense rigid plastics, optimising feed rates, size and weight analysis, classifying separated and non separated outputs and designing a front … Continue reading →

John Ferguson of EcoideaM Ltd invited by the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation to attend and speak at the Shanghai Sustainable Cities Summit. The presentation was on the evolution of the circular economy.

Planning permission for a 4 turbine 9MW wind farm application was finally submitted. Fully integrated into the Binn Eco Park which in tends to use the renewable electricity to off-set its own diesel generated power and to provide green energy … Continue reading →

EcoideaM Ltd commenced a research trial to test and optimise a new low cost infra-red optical separation system for large rigid mixed polymers. Based at the Binn Eco Park this project will last 6 months and will result in a … Continue reading →