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ASTM International’s committee on waste management ( D34 ) is seeking volunteers to help create five new standards related to waste treatment, recovery, and reuse (subcommittee D34.03)., Classification for Degradable Materials and Products (WK56175), This guide will help classify products based on how they degrade. It will support greater consistency and clarity for people who buy, sell, and use materials and products that claim to have certain degradation characteristics. In particular, the standard could help purchasing managers, waste-management operators, sustainability managers, and product managers., Guide for Operating an Anaerobic Digestion Facility (WK56176), Anaerobic digestion of organic waste, an alternative to composting, is gaining popularity for a number of reasons (e.gs., energy from biogas, avoiding fugitive leachate, improving life cycle analysis reporting). With more anaerobic digesters entering the market, there is a need for standards to measure degradation within these digesters. This new guide could help maximize safety and performance…, Practice for Estimating the Environmental Persistence of Materials Using First Order Rate Constant Calculations (WK56177), Experts working in waste management, environmental sciences, and chemical production need to know how long a product will remain intact and whether it will accumulate over time. This standard will help them estimate how long a material will remain in a specific environment, allowing them to better understand its long-term impact on the environment. Specifically, the standard provides a way to…, Guide for Materials Intended for Discard into Municipal Waste Water Treatment Facilities (WK57010), Some products are frequently discarded into wastewater systems. The guide will help determine whether a material will have a neutral, positive, or negative impact on wastewater systems. This will help companies better understand how their products degrade and choose environmentally-friendly materials., Guide for Materials Intended for Discard into Municipal Landfills (WK57011), Some products are frequently discarded into municipal landfills. The guide will help determine whether a material will have a neutral, positive, or negative impact on landfills. This will help companies better understand how their products degrade and choose environmentally-friendly materials. In addition, the standard could help waste operators determine what kinds of materials they allow to…, Committee on Waste Management (D34) Next Meeting:, April 24-27, 2017, Las Vegas, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Teresa Clark, ENSO Plastics, Mesa, Ariz., tel +1.623.242.2313; teresa.clark@ensoplastics.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Brian Milewski, tel +1.610.832.9619; bmilewski@astm.org Release #10265
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By request from industry, ASTM International will host an organizational meeting to potentially create a new technical committee that develops voluntary consensus standards for cannabis. The no-fee meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 9 a.m. EST at ASTM International’s global headquarters in, West Conshohocken, Pa., USA. Industry stakeholders and others interested in charting a path towards voluntary…, ASTM Cannabis Organizational Meeting:, Feb. 28, 2017, ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA, 19428-2959 USA, Media Inquiries:, Nate Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, ASTM Staff Contact:, Christine DeJong, tel +1.610.832.9736; cdejong@astm.org Release #10251
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ASTM International’s committee on waste management ( D34 ) recently launched work on three proposed new standards. Anyone with an interest in waste management is invited to join the work on the following proposed standards, which are being developed by a subcommittee that focuses on treatment, recovery and reuse (D34.03). Guide for Creating Product Specific Waste Hierarchy (WK55328) This proposed…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Teresa Clark, ENSO Plastic, Mesa, Ariz., tel +1.623.242.2313; teresa.clark@ensoplastics.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Brian Milewski, tel +1.610.832.9619; bmilewski@astm.org Release #10213
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Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture selected the Safety Equipment Institute - a subsidiary of ASTM International - to manage the certification program that supports labeling thousands of products as "biobased." The renewal of this five-year contract will mean that more and more people will be able to find and purchase products that are made and packaged using renewable materials. “This…, Program Contact:, Pat Gleason, tel. +1.703.442.5732; pgleason@seinet.org, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel. +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org Release #10160
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A new ASTM International test method will help determine the hydraulic capacity of treatment devices that filter stormwater runoff before it reaches bodies of water. “This standard will help engineers create ensure that treatment devices that are the right sizehave adequate capacity to treat flows of expected stormwater runoff flow rates,” says ASTM member Dr. Peter Weiss, a professor in the…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Peter Weiss, tel +1.219.464.5220; peter.weiss@valpo.edu, ASTM Staff Contact:, Joseph Hugo, tel +1.610.832.9740; jhugo@astm.org Release #10062
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An ASTM International committee is creating a standard to support the emergence of a geosynthetic material that is increasingly used in soil erosion protection and other construction projects. All interested parties are invited to participate in this effort (WK49719, Test Method for Determining the Flexural Strength of a Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mat (GCCM) Using the Three-Point Bending…, ASTM Committee D35 on Geosynthetics Next Meeting:, June 29-July 1, 2016, June Committee Week, Chicago, Ill., Media Inquiries:, Nathan Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, Technical Contact: John, Paulson, Dison Supply LLC, Atlanta, Ga., tel +1.770.851.6090; jnptut@aol.com , ASTM Staff Contact:, Katerina Koperna, tel +1.610.832.9728; kkoperna@astm.org Release #10006
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Standards development work for stormwater management and other related products will highlight the Dec. 10 meetings of ASTM International Committee C27 on Precast Concrete Products in Jacksonville, Fla., during the December 2013 ASTM Committee Week. Five proposed ASTM standards are under way for precast concrete stormwater management products: • WK26951, Practice for Field Measurement of…, ASTM Committee C27 Next Meeting:, Dec.10-11, 2013, December committee week, Jacksonville, Fla. ASTM Staff Contact: Joe Hugo, Phone: 610-832-9740; jhugo@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9502
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Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a high production volume chemical widely used in manufacturing polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins that are used in many industries. Procedures described in a new ASTM International standard will be used for measuring BPA concentration in environmental media such as soils, sludges and biosolids. The new standard, ASTM D7858 , Test Method for Determination of Bisphenol…, ASTM Committee D34 Next Meeting:, Virtual meeting, Oct. 10-11, 2013, Technical Contact:, Lawrence Zintek, Ph.D., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5 Chicago Regional Laboratory, Chicago, Ill., Phone: 312-886-2925; zintek.lawrence@epa.gov, ASTM Staff Contact:, Alyson Fick, Phone: 610-832-9710; afick@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9456
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While machine-placed wet-cast precast concrete retaining wall units have been commercially available since the late 1990s, there has not been an ASTM standard available to cover these products. Now, ASTM International Committee C27 on Precast Concrete Products is working on such a standard. ASTM WK38192 , Specification for Wet-Cast Precast Modular Block Retaining Wall Units, is being developed by…, ASTM Committee C27 Next Meeting:, Dec. 10, 2013, December Committee Week, Jacksonville, Fla., Technical Contact:, Clint Hines, JC Hines and Associates LLC, Anderson, Ohio, Phone: 513-843-6570; clint@jchines.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Joseph Hugo, Phone: 610-832-9740; jhugo@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9441
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A new ASTM subcommittee will develop proposed standards to analyze organic compounds discharged into sanitary sewers. Subcommittee D34.02 on Discharge of Organic Wastes into Sanitary Sewers is part of ASTM International Committee D34 on Waste Management . “Considering the need for low detection limits and measurements that would assure all of the compounds of interest have been measured, sanitary…, ASTM Committee D34 Next Meeting:, April 2-3, 2013, EPA Headquarters, Las Vegas, Nev., Technical Contact:, John E. Burnett, Department of Public Works of Baltimore County, Columbia, Md., Phone: 410-887-5488; jeburnett@baltimorecountymd, ASTM Staff Contact:, Alyson Fick, Phone: 610-832-9710; afick@astm.org , ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9331