Curiosidades

In the USA, Monroe County officials are developing a plan with High Falls Brewery Co. to turn beer waste into ethanol and produce enough of it to power much of the county‘‘s fleet of vehicles. If all goes well, the county hopes to have extra available to offer ethanol-based fuel …

This report from BBC Online (by John Andrew, BBC local government correspondent) reports that councils in England could soon be allowed to charge residents for the amount of rubbish they throw away. But what effect have "pay as you throw" systems had in other countries? When I visited the Flanders …

Italian inventor Alberto Volcan has created a type of paper made from apples and through regional funding has expanded to other office products as well. While the engineer from northern Italy has already supplied regional offices with 60,000 envelopes and 7,000 notepads made out of his apple-paper, the Italian news …

Accelerated building in Israel in recent years has brought in its wake a significant increase in C&D waste. Out of some 7.5 tons of C&D waste that are generated in Israel each year (140% more than the total quantity of household waste generated each year), only about one million tons, …

FST‘‘s SMaRT (Socially Minded and Responsible Trading) has been granted planning permission from Salford City Council to develop the UK‘‘s first Approved Treatment Centre for End-of-Life-Vehicles (ELV) run by a not-for-profit organisation. The facility will be in Salford and will not only dispose of ELV in an environmentally safe way, …

Scottish local authorities have made significant progress in increasing recycling rates, and achieving the 25% by 2006 target. However one important factor to achieve 40% and beyond, will be the need to improve the recovery rates from kerbside recycling collections. Remade Scotland have published the results of an investigation into …

The City of Toronto is preparing to introduce a new garbage tax that would apply equally to every property in the city, regardless of its assessed value. The Toronto The Globe and Mail reports that although not designed to raise new revenue, the waste-disposal levy will radically alter the way …

O lobby pela regulamentação da importação de resíduos sólidos vem também de fora do país. A União Européia tem interesse em se desfazer de seus pneus usados, já que uma lei proíbe que eles sejam depositados em aterros sanitários. E está usando a Organização Mundial do Comércio (OMC) para pressionar …

Até matar mosquito passou a ser crime: erro ou brincadeira! Luciano Pizzatto (*) Esperei alguns meses da publicação da IN 109/06, em 04/08/2006 pelo IBAMA, na esperança de ver corrigido texto tão equivocado, que com certeza não pode estar afirmando o que está escrito, mas que de fato tenta transformar …

Os habitantes de Roma , a primeira metrópole européia já enfrentava problemas com seu lixo e esgotos. Tudo que era possível e impossível eram lançados nos rios e mares. Devido aos primeiros núcleos urbanos que sempre ficavam próximos da água e em regiões planas para plantio, locais onde a natureza …