Curiosidades

Os avanços tecnológicos, que obrigam os mais fanáticos a conseguir o último modelo de celular, computador ou agenda eletrônica, criaram um problema de enormes dimensões: o que fazer com o lixo gerado pelo setor? Na recente conferência MacWorld, na cidade de São Francisco na Califórnia, um dos eventos mais celebrados …

This year‘‘s Clean Up Australia Day has highlighted the need for industry to focus on producing goods that can easily be recycled, Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell said today. Senator Campbell is joining volunteers in stripping d plastic debris from South Cottesloe Foreshore for Clean Up …

PEAT International, Inc. ("PEAT"), a global player in plasma-based waste remediation solutions, announced it has successfully commissioned and received government acceptance of a Plasma Thermal Destruction and Recovery ("PTDR") waste facility located at the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan City, Taiwan. The three-metric-ton-per-day (125 KG/hr or 275 lb/hr) …

The Environment Agency has reminded all industrial operators who want to continue to burn waste after the end of March 2005 that they must apply for a new permit before the end of March 2005. Any industrial operator who wants to continue burning waste after 31 March 2005 must make …

Local food is usually more "green" than organic food, according to a report published in the journal Food Policy. The BBC reports that the authors say people can help protect the environment by buying food produced within a 20km (12 miles) radius. They claim British consumers are not fully aware …

The NZ Packaging Accord will provide the solution to finding new options for recycling glass, Environment Minister Marian Hobbs said. "The Ministry for the Environment is working with industry groups, including glass manufacturers and importers, to determine ways that used glass can be better managed and reused," Marian Hobbs said. …

In a bid to develop a sustainable method for treating wastewater produced by the composting process, West London Composting (WLC), the UK‘‘s largest in-vessel recycling centre, has been selected by AERC (Applied Environmental Research Centre) as a preferred site for carrying out ongoing research. WLC‘‘s site was chosen for this …

Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett confirmed that England has successfully met and exceeded its target to recycle and compost 17 per cent of household waste during 2003/4. The Government‘‘s Municipal Waste Management Statistics show that householders in England are now recycling and composting nearly 18% (17.7%) of their household waste, up …

Japanese IBM Japan, Ltd. and Okamura Corp have started a joint plastic recycling programme in which Okamura uses recycled plastics from discarded IBM personal computers (PCs) to make office supplies. Japan for Sustainability reports that IBM Japan has had the Eco-Office Promotion programme since 2001, in which the company uses …

ELIMA is a research project with eight European partners that aims to develop ways of better managing the life cycles of products. The ELIMA consortium think that using technology to collect vital information during a product‘‘s life can lead to better, cheaper and more sustainable products. The team is building …