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The town council of Kamikatsu, located in Tokushima Prefecture in Japan’s southwestern island of Shikoku, adopted the “Kamikatsu Township Zero Waste Declaration” on September 19, 2003. Japan for Sustainability (JfS)reports that the declaration states that the town has resolved to achieve zero waste by 2020 in order to bequeath clean …
Mais »Japan – used cooking oil recycled as bio-diesel fuel
Japanese RCS is an incorporated nonprofit organization located in Kyoto, Japan, that aims to promote a resource-circulating society. It collects used cooking oil from restaurants and households in Kyoto City and recycles it into clean and environmentally friendly bio-diesel fuel Japan for sustainability (JfS) reports that at present households and …
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Camisetas feitas de pneu A Ford é uma das montadoras que está na luta para conseguir resolver o problema do desperdício de materiais e por isso está trabalhando com uma equipe de especialistas britânicos em reciclagem da empresa London Remake. O objetivo dessa parceria é o reaproveitamento dos detritos da …
Mais »Asfalto feito com pneu velho é testado no Ceará
Obras são resultado dos estudos da Rede Cooperativa de Pesquisa em Asfalto do Norte e Nordeste Fortaleza já conhece a novidade: asfalto feito de pneu velho. Boa alternativa para driblar o problema de reciclagem dos pneus, a nova tecnologia pode revolucionar as técnicas de pavimentação. A Universidade Federal do Ceará …
Mais »Pay-as-you-throw – case study in Spain
The Association of Cities & Regions for Recycling has issued a note on what is one of the first “Pay-as-you throw” experiences in a Spanish Municipality. Torrelles de Llobregat, a small Spanish town (4,100 inhabitants) in the area of Barcelona, has successfully implemented a “pay-as-you-throw” scheme for improving its municipal …
Mais »Association of Cities & Regions for Recycling – ACRR – study methods, costs and financing of waste collection in Europe
The Association of Cities & Regions for Recycling (ACRR) has published a study comparing the organisation of selective collection schemes, waste management costs and how these costs are allocated in several European national policies. The report is a helpful tool for policy-makers to identify key factors for waste management costs …
Mais »England – household waste recycling bill is given Royal assent
The Household Waste Recycling Bill has received Royal Assent to become an Act. The Private Member’s Bill, put forward by Joan Ruddock MP, was supported by Government in its passage through Parliament. The Bill provides that where English waste collection authorities have a duty to collect waste they shall ensure, …
Mais »UK – local authorities invited to bid for £135m on waste minimisation and recycling
The UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has invited local authorities to bid for £135m of funding that has been provided for waste minimisation and recycling work over the next two years. This is the latest tranche of funding being made available on a challenge fund …
Mais »Denmark – new waste strategy 2005-2008
The Danish Government has published a new Waste Strategy for the period 2005-2008. The strategy, which outlines the Government’s waste policy for the coming years, is founded on three cornerstones: prevention of the resource loss and environmental load associated with waste decoupling of the increase in the amount of waste …
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Uma inovação na limpeza urbana na China
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