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Starting next year, drivers in Taiwan will be required to add biodiesel in addition to gasoline to their vehicles to reduce air pollution, following revision of the Energy Administration Law by a committee of the Legislative Yuan. The China Post reports that economics Minister Steve R. L. Chen said Taoyuan …

VietNam‘‘s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung signed an environmental protection decree that regulates the management of solid wastes in Hanoi on April 9. The VNA reports that the new regulations state that, all dumping grounds and solid waste treatment stations must now comply with regional planning authorities and be granted …

In a move aimed at lessening pollution in the city, Los Angeles officials decided Tuesday to investigate alternatives to plastic bags, including possibly banning plastic bags in the city altogether. The Daily Bruin reports that the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works will conduct a study to look into …

"President‘‘s Choice" launches an expanded "PC GREEN" product range, including the introduction of the Reusable Shopping Bag – "Canada‘‘s Greenest Shopping Bag" Made from 85-per-cent post-consumer recycled materials, it is the greenest reusable shopping bag available in Canada. The sale of the bag is expected to divert at least one-billion …

It may have become the penance of choice for the environmentally conscious individual, but planting trees to offset carbon emissions could contribute to global warming if they are planted outside the tropics, scientists believe. The Guardian reports that they argue that most forests do not have any overall effect on …

Os pneus europeus, identificados tecnicamente como sendo as melhores matrizes para o reuso ou reutilização através dos modernos processos de remoldagem, ainda não tiveram o reconhecimento pelo movimento ambientalista brasileiro, de modo especial àquele que se tem dedicado aos projetos e implantação de sistemas de reciclagem, reutilização e aproveitamento de …

Somente dois das centenas de milhares de quilômetros asfaltados de nossas rodovias são diferentes dos outros. São ecológicos, feitos a partir de pneus reciclados. Esse é o mote para comentar um dos grandes problemas ambientais modernos – a reutilização de pneus e câmaras de ar velhos. Em uma experiência inédita …

Italian inventor Alberto Volcan has created a type of paper made from apples and through regional funding has expanded to other office products as well. While the engineer from northern Italy has already supplied regional offices with 60,000 envelopes and 7,000 notepads made out of his apple-paper, the Italian news …