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Community and stakeholder engagement in the waste sector is being driven from several directions. There is the need to put local plans and strategies in place; meeting targets set at national and EU levels; the need to change attitudes and behaviour towards waste; and the controversy that often surrounds new …

A waste product from rice has been used by Japanese scientists to produce surfacing materials that make for quieter, more resilient roads, reports Science Daily (citing the Chemistry & Industry Magazine in Japan). Roads made using this method absorb noise better, drain faster and are less susceptible to extremes of …

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to reduce the open burning of household waste, often referred to as backyard burning. In addition to being a fire hazard, backyard burning is a source of dangerous pollutants, including dioxins, particulate matter, lead, mercury, and hexachlorobenzene. Since stringent controls have …

The Association of Municipal Recycling Coordinators (AMRC) reports that thefinal report of Quick-Service Restaurant Recycling and Composting Study is now available from Clean Nova Scotia. The study was conducted on behalf of Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour and RRFB (Resource Recovery Fund Board) Nova Scotia, and features a …

Aluminium Brazilian association CEMPRE reports that 121,000 metric tonnes of aluminium cans recycled in 2002, by35 recyclers (among them producers of secondary aluminum). This sustains 152,000 direct and indirect jobs and sales of US$ 293 million. These are the results obtained in 2002 by the aluminium can recycling sector in …

Oganic waste from some of Perth’s most affluent suburbs could be broken down and turned into electricity in a world-class facility by the end of 2004. WA-based company Organic Resource Technology has been collaborating with Murdoch University’s Environmental Biotechnology Co-operative Research Centre to develop a closed waste treatment system to …

A catação na China tem aumentado muito ultimamente, especialmente de garrafas de PET, cujo mercado naquele país é grande. O grande volume deste material exige soluçoes criativas

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research team led by Tateo Usui, professor of chemical reaction engineering at Osaka University, announced on October 24, 2003, that it had developed simple dioxin-removal equipment in collaboration with Sumikin Kansai Industries Ltd. Japan for Sustainability reports that the team has succeeded in removing dioxins, contained in exhaust fumes generated …