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A tono con la ecología, fabrican CDs con botellas de plástico usadas

Hechos con polietileno tereftalato, una resina muy reciclable y, por ende, muy económica, pueden almacenar hasta 20 GB de datos. Ya se están fabricando, pero empezarán a producirse en serie en 2007. Por Alessio Balbi. Hasta ahora, la batalla de los soportes digitales de archivo de datos (CDs, DVDs, discos …

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Take the “Slow life” route to sustainable development

thought you might be interested in this item from the Japan for Sustainability organisation. It contains within it the seeds of an excuse when anything is late, but might also be of real interest in the cause of sustainability. “Do you feel restless when you’re not busy? Do you feel …

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Steel packaging in the forefront of packaging recycling in Europe with a 60% recycling rate – Belgium tops the list

Steel packaging is being recycled in ever increasing volumes: the 2 million tonnes mark for recycled steel packaging was exceeded in 2002, representing an 8% growth in collected and recycled tonnage in Europe compared with the previous year. This means that the steel packaging industry has now reached its voluntary …

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UK – Government urges agriculture sector to prepare for new controls on farm wastes

Farmers, horticulturalists, waste contractors and suppliers should start preparing now for new waste management controls for agriculture due in 2004. A comprehensive leaflet summarising the changes and opportunities along with other new information is released by the Agricultural Waste Stakeholders’ Forum. The new information includes: a summary document which highlights …

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