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The Waste Disposal (Designated Waste Disposal Facility) (Amendment) Regulation 2004 and Waste Disposal (Charges for Disposal of Construction Waste) Regulation will be tabled at the Legislative Council on November 3. The regulations set out the implementation details of the construction waste disposal charging scheme and will be published in the …

The European Environment Agency‘‘s Topic Centre on Waste and Material Flows has published a useful report Inventory of existing information on recycling of selected material flows. The study was carried out in support of the preparation of the EU Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste. The Topic …

The European Environment Agency‘‘s Topic Centre on Waste and Material Flows has provided a useful note on waste prevention which may interest you. The concept of response indicators may help us deal with the challenge of developing sound, valid and generally accepted indicators for waste prevention. Indicator has become a …

New York City Mayor Bloomberg has received high marks from officials and activists for his 20-year garbage plan to get trucks off the roads, strengthen recycling and make each borough responsible for its own waste. The NY publication Queens Chronicle reports that although the executive summary of the plan was …

Farming bodies, suppliers, the waste management and recycling industries, the Environment Agency and Government joined forces last week to consider how to achieve the sustainable management of plastic waste from farms. In a conference organised by the Agricultural Waste Stakeholders‘‘ Forum at Regents College Conference Centre in London (14 October) …

Amendments to Germany‘‘s Packing Ordinance agreed by the Bundesrat, Upper Parliamentary Chamber, would change the basis for deposits on single-use beverage containers. The existing regulation, linked to quotas, is set to be replaced by deposits on all drinks sold in ‘‘environmental damaging‘‘ containers. Colleagues in the Environment Team, British Embassy …

A Comissão Européia busca estratégia de desenvolvimento sustentável A Comissão Européia (CE) lançou uma pesquisa de opinião sobre um projeto para desenvolver uma estratégia de desenvolvimento sustentável. O documento identifica algumas tendências importantes que ameaçam o desenvolvimento sustentável na UE e apresenta um conjunto de diretrizes políticas para diminuir esses …

Japão – plástico biodegradável feito de resíduos de bebidas fermentadas O Akita Research Institute of Food and Brewing [Instituto de Pesquisa de Alimentos e Bebidas Fermentadas de Akita – ARIF] da Prefeitura de Akita, Japão, anunciou que produziu com sucesso plástico biodegradável a partir de resíduos de bebidas fermentadas. O …

Canadá – Contrato de joint venture com a Clean Energy para oportunidades de gaseificação de RSM no México A Clean Energy Combustion Systems Inc. anunciou a formação de uma Joint Venture com a EnEco Industries Ltd. de Vancouver para promover a venda ou licenciamento do sistema “CORE” – Controlled Oxidation …

Planeta Terra – Acredita-se que a geração de RSM tenha crescido 7% durante o ano de 2004, chegando a 1,84 bilhões de toneladas O Relatório sobre o Mercado de Gestão de Resíduos Globais de 2004 da Research & Markets analisa o mercado de gestão de resíduos globais e enfoca principalmente …