Curiosidades

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 …

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 …

China is to introduce preferential tax policies for electricity generated from municipal waste. Waste Management World reports that China is to introduce a policy by which 100 per cent of the VAT will be refunded to the generator for selling electricity generated from the municipal waste to the grid. At …

Innovative trials to find the best way to collect waste for composting in the UK have been launched by Avon Friends of the Earth, Bath & North East Somerset Council and SITA Environmental Trust. The project involves more than 3,000 homes in Bath & North East Somerset and will be …

Waste incinerators should be classified as waste disposal rather than energy recovery, an advocate general has told the European Court of Justice. If the court rules in favour of the opinion, waste companies could find it tougher to ship waste across Europe for the purpose of incineration. EDIE reports that …

Is this re-use, recycling or energy recovery (or all three)? The US newspaper Columbus Dispatch reports that a buyer has been found for the city’s waste incinerator that has been sitting idle for eight years. Michael Long, executive director of the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio, said on Monday …

A battery that runs on scraps of food could fuel a battery providing electricity to top up your home’s supply, say UK researchers. New Scientist reports that although such “microbial fuel cells” (MFCs) have been developed in the past, they have always proved extremely inefficient and expensive. Now Chris Melhuish …

Você pode achar esta parte da publicação americana. New Hampshire News (quinta-feira, 26 de setembro) de interesse. . A casa padrão em Portland, Maine, colocava três sacos de lixo na calçada a cada semana antes de a cidade começar a cobrar os residentes por cada saco recolhido. “Agora, a maioria …

É duro decidir qual caminho a discussão sobre os plásticos biodegradáveis está tomando. Muitas pessoas gostam da idéia dos plásticos degradáveis, mas os impactos do seu ciclo de vida não são provados nem de um jeito nem de outro. Algumas pessoas preferem a idéia de usar plásticos não biodegradáveis como …

A parte do lixo italiano que é atualmente incinerada é demasiadamente baixa e deve quadruplicar para que o país cumpra a legislação vigente, de acordo com peritos da indústria, autoridades locais e a reunião da agência ambiental em Milão recentemente. Sob o chamado decreto de Ronchi, de 1997, somente o …