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The European Commission has welcomed the adoption by the European Parliament of the proposal to phase out the use of toxic mercury in measuring devices, where it can be substituted by safer alternatives, in order to protect health and environment. The agreement will phase out the use of mercury in …

We all believe that recycling is good for the environment, so it seems obvious that making use of waste rather than just getting rid of it should be encouraged. Yet it is often far from easy to do so because of regulatory controls. Big companies are equipped to cope, as …

Seattle residents likely will be asked to recycle more vigorously in the future, and pay closer attention to the non-recyclables they use, such as plastic water bottles and plastic foam containers. But they also might be asked to pay a little more on their garbage bill next year. SeattlePi reports …

Jordan Times reports that the Ministry of Environment has signed an agreement with the Jordan Environment Society (JES) to implement a comprehensive awareness programme aimed at reducing the use of plastics and encouraging the segregation of waste materials. Meanwhile, the ministry‘‘s spokesperson, Isa Shboul, underlined the negative impact of plastics …

With the help of fortnightly collection of residual waste Oxford has gone from pariah to pioneer in hitting the magic target of recycling 40 per cent of all household waste, according to the Oxford Mail. The city achieved the target in June, just seven months after the revamped recycling scheme …

Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced some details of a planned carbon-trading trading scheme for Australia, but avoided setting targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. ENN reports that businesses and conservationists say setting such targets are vital to making any trading system work, but Howard warned that rushing …

Waikato Times reports that cutting rubbish dumping by 60 per cent was a factor behind a hat trick of industry awards for Fonterra‘‘s Hautapu factory. At the annual Dairy Industry Quality Performance Awards in Wellington on June 20. Fonterra Hautapu collected the Ecolab Eco-Efficiency Award for its environmental and waste …

Australian federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has revived plans to slug consumers with charges to cover the cost of recycling computers, government officials have revealed. recycling levy An advance disposal fee would be among a range of measures Australian IT reports that the Department of Environment and Water has confirmed …

Together with Kobe Steel Ltd., Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co. in Japan has developed a high-efficiency thermal storage and transport system called "ThermoWay". Japan for Sustainability reports that successful middle-distance transport experiments were recently conducted on public roads, and the system has entered the final demonstration phase before moving toward commercial scale …

O Centro de Tecnologia Mineral (Cetem), unidade de pesquisa do Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia, desenvolveu um projeto de criação de normas técnicas para implantação de usinas de reciclagem de resíduos da construção civil e demolição que irão permitir a obtenção de produtos de melhor qualidade e baratear os custos …