Curiosidades

Con mucha lástima les envío una fotografía que tome del derrumbe de aproximadamente 350.000 toneladas de material compacto compuesto por 250.000 metros cúbicos de basura y el resto de tierra, fue un movimiento mixto de rotación y de traslación con un desplazamiento aproximado de 30 metros, taponando el canal de …

A tenants association in Yamatotakada, Nara Prefecture, has opened a secondhand shop to revitalize the quiet shopping district and reduce waste. The Daily Yomiuri in Japan reports that the association, comprising 30 tenants in the Tenjinbashisuji shopping district, opened Recycle Shop Sazanka after renting an empty store in the district. …

The European Commission will next year make initial proposals towards establishing EU-wide waste prevention targets, a senior environment directorate official announced at an ASSURRE conference in Brussels recently. ENDS Daily reports that a policy paper on prevention targets would be published separately from three other proposals also due next year: …

Comunidade carente da cidade de Navarrese, na Colômbia, divide o lixo com os urubus. Autoridades pretendem desativar o lixão no fim de dezembro, o que está gerando protesto entre as pessoas que se alimentam ali

The UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has issued a consultation document (deadline = February 3, 2003) on the treatment of catering waste containing meat in composting and biogas plants. The composting of kitchen waste is set to be allowed as long as it meets specific …

Canada’s Ministers of the Environment and Natural Resources congratulated the city of Iqaluit and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Friday as the capital city of the Nunavut Territory became the 100th Canadian municipal government to participate in a national effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – the Partners for Climate …

The US EPA will soon publish its proposed rule on Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incinerators: Emission Guidelines: Federal Plan, in the Federal Register. The proposed rule, signed by Administrator Whitman on November 6, 2002, proposes a federal plan for existing commercial and industrial solid waste incinerators (CISWI) that were …

New criteria for eco-labelled products have been approved by the European Commission. Mattresses The product group definition has been extended to the latex and polyurethane foams for use in bed mattresses when they constitute more than five per cent of its weight. The new criteria will be valid until 31 …

In what could mark the beginning of a shift in how the paper industry does business, US office supply giant Staples, Inc. has committed to reducing its consumption of paper products made from endangered forests. The company’s new environmental paper procurement policy has won the endorsement of conservation groups that …

Australia’s Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Dr David Kemp, has welcomed progress being made to develop a national response to plastic bag waste. Following separate meetings of the national plastic bags working group and the National Packaging Covenant Council in Canberra, Dr Kemp said it was pleasing to see …