Curiosidades

Proposed amendments to the European Packaging directive, the new waste electronics directives, and new mercury laws passed in US states will make package labeling more complex, according to a new report Green Labeling: Global Guide for Marketers in the New Millennium from US consultants Raymond Communications. The report finds, for …

The TV coverage of UK waste policy last week might lead one to believe that the forthcoming policy review by the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit is ready to issue its much awaited report. This is a report from the BBC, which carried extensive interviews with Environment Minister Michael Meacher and …

John Lieberman and Jim McKenna got so annoyed by the stream of promotional CDs they were getting in the mail from America Online Inc. that they wanted to give the Internet service provider a taste of its own mass-mailing practice. The two men from California have set up a website …

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 …

Na Europa, fabricantes serão obrigados a pagar pela reciclagem de bens de consumo elétricos, variando de geladeiras a computadores portáteis, devido a um acordo definido recentemente por negociadores dos governos da União Européia (EU) e seu parlamento. O serviço de notícias da AP ( Associated Press) informa que a Comissão …

A China irá introduzir um sistema preferencial de tributação para a eletricidade gerada pelo lixo municipal. Waste Management World (Mundo do Gerenciamento de Resíduos) informa que a China irá introduzir um sistema no qual 100 por cento do VAT (imposto sobre vendas) será reembolsado ao gerador por vender eletricidade à …

Os incineradores de lixo deveriam ser classificados na categoria de disposição de lixo, ao invés de reaproveitamento energético, disse um advogado-geral ao Tribunal de Justiça Europeu. Se o tribunal agir de acordo com essa opinião, as empresas de resíduos sólidos podem encontrar dificuldades para transportar lixo na Europa com fins …

A consortium of plastic carrier bag manufacturers and distributors has been created to undertake a PR offensive which aims to show that the carrier bag is the best environmental choice that consumers can make. With a website (www.carrierbagtax.com) in place offering a range of information, it is clear that the …

Isso é reaproveitamento, reciclagem ou recuperação de energia? (ou os três?) O jornal americano Columbus Dispatch noticiou que foi encontrado um comprador para o incinerador de lixo da cidade, que está inativo a oito anos. Michel Long, diretor executivo da Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (Autoridade de Resíduos Sólidos …

In Europe, manufacturers will have to pay for recycling electrical goods ranging from refrigerators to laptop computers under an agreement reached recently by negotiators from European Union (EU) governments and the EU’s parliament. AP news service reports that the European Commission, estimates that old appliances account for about six million …