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Customers visiting fast-food chains might find themselves facing a second lineup the next time they visit their favorite restaurant — the queue to recycle the different kinds of garbage left over from the meal The Taipei Times reports that the Tiawanese Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has just launched a six-month …

Here is a small item which shows how one perfectly sensible legal instrument can obstruct an equally sensible environment issue (use of resources) and a social equity issue (access to mobility). A New Zealand law that requires second-hand bicycles to be sold with their instruction manuals may be changed. The …

NYC will resume glass and plastic recycling, a decision lauded by environmentalists who said City Hall had sent the wrong message to New Yorkers and the nation when it suspended the programme a year ago. The UK Guardian reports that the city had suspended glass and plastic recycling last year …

Nissan Motor Company in Japan will begin recycling used automotive shredder residue (ASR) this fall at its Oppama Plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Nissan will rebuild part of its waste incinerator for the purpose, marking the first time any car maker has used existing incineration facilities at its own plant …

A new approach that makes paper from straw, which is said to be both cheaper and greener, is one step closer to reality thanks to an investment award of £90,500 from NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) to Surrey, UK-based environmental company, BioRegional MiniMills. There are …

ORGANIZATION AND ACTION GUIDELINES INTER-AMERICAN CLEANLINESS AND CITIZENSHIP DAY (DIADESOL) INITIATIVE 2003 CONTENTS 1. JUSTIFICATION AND BACKGROUND 2. VISION 3. MISSION 4. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 5. BASIC STRATEGY 6. GUIDELINES FOR DIADESOL’s ORGANIZATION 6.1 Coordination 6.2 Operationalization of DIADESOL 7. EVALUATION 8. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LAUNCHING DIADESOL 1. JUSTIFICATION AND BACKGROUND Each …

Here is an interesting feature from the Toronto Star – landfill mining is alive & well (and living in Tennessee) About 20 miles south of Nashville, Tenn. amid the rolling hills and pastures of Williamson County, you´ll find a large rectangular mound resembling a truncated pyramid. The mound measures about …

Korea´s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has approved a project to build the world´s largest power plant to be fueled with landfill gas as part of its effort to expand the use of alternative energy in Korea. The Korean Herald, says Environment News Daily, reports that the 50,000-kilowatt power …

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A criatividade do carioca para enfrentar as adversidades da crise econômica não tem limites: vandalizam-se contêineres destinados à coleta de lixo domiciliar para transformá-los em depósitos móveis para venda de bebidas refrigeradas