Curiosidades

American consumers are throwing away a record 100 billion beverage bottles and cans a year. Litter and waste problems have prompted legislators in 15 states and Puerto Rico to propose refundable deposits on a wide range of beverages, from soft drinks and beer to the increasingly popular bottled waters, juices, …

Reuters reports that German Environment Minister Juergen Trittin was quoted on Friday as saying the country aimed to widen a deposit system to encourage recycling of drinks cans from January 1, 2003. “I have proposed to the chancellery that we introduce the obligatory deposits on January 1, 2003. We want …

The Plastics Recycling Council have just launched a project to generate a range of standards for the plastics recycling industry. The BPF Recycling Council Ltd is the not-for-profit company that represents the UK plastics recycling industry. This industry converts over 400,000 tonnes of waste plastic into new products every year. …

Natureza pode retornar a aterros de lixo desativados, afirma estudo da Folha de S.Paulo, no Rio Um aterro sanitário pode, sim, virar uma área de lazer e esportes ou um parque com árvores de grande porte. Tudo isso sem trazer riscos ao ambiente ou à saúde humana. Também é possível …

Árvores e frutos se desenvolvem em antigo lixão da Folha de S.Paulo Na divisa entre São Bernardo do Campo e Diadema, na Grande São Paulo, a natureza se regenera sozinha sobre aquele que já foi o maior depósito de lixo clandestino de São Paulo: o lixão do Alvarenga. Pés de …

Waste made work for more than 30,500 people across Canada in 2000 OTTAWA (CP) – Waste made work for more than 30,500 people across the country in the year 2000, says Statistics Canada. More than 23,400 were employed by waste management industries disposing of municipal, construction and demolition waste. Those …

Veja um interessante vídeo sobre as diversas fases da industrialização de produtos recicláveis. Este vídeo foi elaborado pela RESOL Engenharia Ltda. em 1.990 para o SEBRAE

Antarctic waste disposal exercise succeeds A project to help clear Antarctica of junk has overcome a final hurdle, with the unloading of a shipment of 1,000 tonnes of scrap metal. Three years after it began, the British-based Mission Antarctica project has cleared the scrap from Russia’s Bellingshausen base. It also …

Pepsi quietly announces plan to use 10% recycled plastic by 2005 (Feb. 22) — Pepsi-Cola Co. now plans to use 10 percent recycled content in its PET bottles by 2005, a significant step that comes after its archrival, Coca-Cola Co., announced similar plans last year. The plan, announced quietly to …