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The town of Devon is located along the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta, just south of Edmonton. With a population of 5,100, the town produces about 3,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste and another 2,200 tonnes of sewage sludge annually. The town aims to constantly improve its waste diversion efforts …

Spruce Grove is the first community in the province of Alberta to implement a full curbside organics collection program. From April to October, all 4,957 households have weekly household food and yard waste pick up using a semi-automated collection vehicle. Background In 1999 Spruce Grove hired KC Environmental Group Ltd., …

The flood of used and discarded information technology and telecommunication equipment (so-called “IT waste”) is a growing problem, and alternative strategies and funding models to safely collect, refurbish or recycle the equipment (and divert the toxic metals they contain from landfill) are highly controversial. Most of the debate centres on …

Imagine um festival de música como foi a terceira edição do Rock in Rio, que aconteceu em janeiro de 2001. Muita festa, muito agito e… muita sujeira. Pois é, num evento como esse cada espectador é capaz de produzir, em média, 800 gramas de lixo

Calcula-se que, no Brasil, existam cerca de 300 indústrias de reciclagem de plástico, que faturam cerca de R$ 250 milhões e geram até 20 mil empregos diretos. Graças à iniciativa dessas empresas, 15% do plástico consumido retornam à produção como matéria-prima, o que equivale a 200 mil toneladas por ano. …

Imagine a scenario where all yard trimmings collected for recycling have to be received, processed and composted under the cover of a building. It would be tough for most yard trimmings composting facilities to survive the expense. Yet this situation could have occurred in Southern California. At one point, the …

Municipalities across Canada are looking for economical and environmental methods to improve their waste management diversion methods. Some are scrambling to assess and extend landfill disposal capacity and others are trying to dramatically increase their diversion rates. Many are initiating a combination of strategies. Canada’s largest city has arguably received …