Curiosidades

Japan’s Ministry of the Environment (MOE) held an open competition soliciting proposals for eco-community projects (officially, “Fiscal 2003 Pilot Projects for Building a Recycling-based Society”), and adopted five model projects after reviewing 239 applications from around the country. Japan for Sustainability reports that this programme aims to promote local activities …

The Ghana Minister of Trade, Industry and President’s Special Initiatives, Mr. Alan Kyeremanten has inaugurated a private sector-led Plastic Waste Management Task Force, which is to contribute to the proper management of the plastic waste problem in Ghana. The Task Force comprises representatives of: National Association of Sachet Water Producers …

A new report has been published which explores the viability of advanced thermal treatment of MSW in the UK. The UK needs to make a step change in waste management to meet challenging EU law, and improve the resource efficiency of the UK economy. This report examines how great a …

Full recycling of glass, plastic, metal and paper in New York City will resume this morning after a disruption of almost two years, and if that comes as a surprise, do not be alarmed. Plenty of New Yorkers are unprepared. The NY Times reports that although the Department of Sanitation …

Five companies, including general contractor Taisei Corp and trading house Marubeni Corp, will join in a new business to extract car fuel from wood materials discarded in construction. Asia Online reports that the firms will jointly establish a company in April with a capitalisation of 100 million yen (US$960,836), with …

The State Government of New South Wales, Australia has issue a consultation paper on resource conservation, which paints a vision about what each of us would be doing in a world that more actively conserved resources and avoided waste. The document from the Department of Environment & Conservation (DEC, formerly …

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has just issues a discussion document reporting on on-farm composting. Composting is an attractive proposition for turning on-farm organic waste materials into a farm resource. However, farmers in many parts of the world, and especially in developing countries, are unable to …

The UK National Health Service (NHS) maternity services are promoting disposable nappies by default, undermining the Government’s waste strategy and denying parents a fair choice, according to the pressure group the Womens Environmental network (WEN). Defra (The Department of the Environment) has a target of converting 155,000 households to real …

Urgent international assistance is needed to help small island states deal with a rising tide of rubbish and wastes. Studies by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) indicate that along with issues including rising sea levels, over-fishing, water shortages and inadequate sanitation services, waste is fast becoming another key problem. …

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has signed 11 new solid waste bills into law at a location just outside the Carlton Farms Landfill, in Sumpter Township, which currently accepts Toronto’s residual waste for disposal. This package of bills is designed to restrict the import of waste into Michigan regardless of its …