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The trading scheme, to be introduced in April 2005, is a further step in the drive to move to more sustainable waste management practices, like composting, for biodegradable waste, such as kitchen and garden waste. It will benefit councils, such as Isle of Wight District Council, Windsor and Maidenhead Borough …

Japanese Mos Food Services, Inc., a major Japanese burger chain with 1,467 stores across the country and 120 stores overseas is actively promoting the recycling of food waste. Japan for Sustainability reports that the company announced on September 14, 2004 that it has started recycling food waste and warehouse waste …

England is recycling more household waste than ever before, Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, confirmed. Mrs Beckett confirmed that England is poised to meet its national recycling and composting target of 17 per cent in 2003/04. Mrs Beckett‘‘s comments today come as Defra release …

"Significant progress has been made in raising recycling levels of construction and demolition waste", so said Mr. Batt O‘‘Keeffe, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in Athlone at an information seminar to promote a unique voluntary construction industry initiative aimed at the …

The European Court of Justice has found against the German packaging legislation in two cases. The first decision helps clarify Article 5 of the Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste concerning reusable packaging. The second case concerns a complaint brought by an Austrian company selling beverages in Germany, which …

Oil recycling in the UK is likely to be extinguished by spiralling collection costs for waste oil. According to Letsrecycle.com, instead of being recycled for use as a fuel by power generators and roadstone plants, as a consequence of the Waste Incineration Directive these will no longer be able use …

WWF-UK has started work on a major research programme to perform the first comprehensive assessment of the environmental impact of the UK nation‘‘s activities, expressed as a so-called environmental footprint. The Faraday Partnerhip‘‘s Mini-Waste reports that the study, made possible by £520,000 of support from Biffaward, will be carried out …

The Board of Education of Masuda City, Shimane Prefecture in western Japan, has launched a project to recycle milk cartons from school lunches at elementary and junior high schools in the city. Japan for Sustainability reports that the project, started in September 2004, aims to raise schoolchildren‘‘s awareness about the …

A versão revisada da Lei de Proteção Ambiental da Suíça entrou em vigor em julho de 1997. As emendas aplicadas ao documento adaptaram-no à recente evolução da política ambiental. Instrumentos legais foram criados especialmente no campo da disposição de resíduos, adaptados à amplitude da modernização do gerenciamento que o tratamento …