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Many people are interested in the application of practical tools to attempt to make Zero Waste more than just aspirational. NZ North Shore City Council has strengthened its waste bylaw and plans to license operators to help it achieve its ultimate goal of sending ‘‘zero waste to landfill‘‘. The council‘‘s …

In Mandated Recycling of Computers: A Lose-Lose-Lose Proposition, US CEI Analyst Dana Joel Gattuso corrects common misconceptions about electronic waste, arguing that e-waste is not "growing out of control" and threatening to fill up the nation‘‘s landfills; and that electronic components are not leaking heavy metals into the ground soil …

Building on the success of BedZED, RRF member BioRegional is working in partnership with WWF on a project to produce a concept design for a 2,000 home zero waste and zero carbon One Planet Living community. BioRegional are developing the initial concept design with KBR, Fulcrum Consulting, Cyril Sweett and …

A United Nations recycling project aimed at hiring scavengers to sift through debris left from the tsunami and recycle everything from steel to tree roots began on Wednesday in the provincial capital of Banda Aceh. The Jakarta Post reports that workers cleared an area where loads of rubble will be …

This piece is from Earth Policy Institute‘‘s Lester R. Brown Although the United States has long consumed the lion‘‘s share of the world‘‘s resources, this situation is changing fast as the Chinese economy surges ahead, overtaking the United States in the consumption of one resource after another. Among the five …

NZ company Fonterra has developed a label that can be recycled along with the plastic wrap that goes around pallets of goods in order to reduce the amount of waste that is sent to landfill. AP-foodtechnology.com reports that the company has been working closely with suppliers Walker Datavision (WDV) to …

Wood recycling can help reduce the emission greenhouse gases: each recycled kg is a 1.03 CO2 kg reduction. That‘‘s what an Ecobilancio research reveals, accoridng to Italian news agency AGI. In Italy, over the past 4 years, wood recycling has increased considerably, reaching 57 per cent in 2002, and 60 …

A ausência de chaminés na indústria de tecnologia da informação levou a supor que finalmente o processo de industrialização se conciliaria com a preservação do meio ambiente. Mera ilusão. Se não cospem toneladas de fumaça no ar, os fabricantes de produtos de informática são responsáveis por um outro tipo de …

Quando se pensa na agressão ao ambiente provocada pelos carros, a poluição do ar é o primeiro problema que vem à cabeça. Mas a sucata e os restos de materiais, como plástico, ferro fundido e borracha, são igualmente nocivos. Segundo organizações ambientais, um veículo "aposentado" equivale a uma tonelada de …

O óleo de cozinha jogado diretamente na pia pode prejudicar o meio ambiente. Se o produto for para a rede de esgoto encarece o tratamento dos resíduos em até 45%, e o que permanece nos rios provoca a impermeabilização dos leitos e terrenos adjacentes que contribuem para a enchente. “Quem …