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Edmonton Alberta claims to have become North America’s hub for research in solid waste and wastewater treatment with the incorporation of the Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence. Partners in the venture include the City of Edmonton, the University of Alberta (U of A), the Alberta Research Council, AMEC, Olds …

Early in March saw the introduction of the Dutch national waste management plan. 83% of waste substances in the Netherlands must be applied to useful purposes by 2012. This is an objective of the National Waste Management Plan (LAP), which centralises control of waste management at national level and replaces …

With its landfill sites almost full, Japan launched a plan last week to halve the amount of waste it buries by 2010. Reuters reports that though some other affluent countries produce more trash per capita in weight terms, the Japanese fondness for elaborate packaging leaves it with a lot of …

City residents in Ottawa, Canada should pay for the waste they create, says a city staff report that is already getting mixed reviews from members of council. The Ottawa Citizen reports that the city should “develop strategies to ensure waste-management costs are recovered on a user-pay basis,” says a staff …

FABER AMBRA-Mechanical and biological treatment and final disposal FABER AMBRA-Tratamiento mecánico-biológico y disposición final O sistema de tratamento FABER-AMBRA é reconhecidamente um sistema eficiente, onde em uma primeira etapa onde ocorre a ruptura e homogeneização dos resíduos, uma segunda etapa que compreende o tratamento biológico estático e aerado visando a …

O inventário de 2002, ora apresentado, foi elaborado de forma a permitir a consulta rápida e direta à evolução das condições dos sistemas de disposição e tratamento de resíduos sólidos domiciliares desde 1997, constituindo-se numa valiosa ferramenta de avaliação e acompanhamento das ações de controle ambiental. Saliente-se que as informações …

O inventário de 2002, ora apresentado, foi elaborado de forma a permitir a consulta rápida e direta à evolução das condições dos sistemas de disposição e tratamento de resíduos sólidos domiciliares desde 1997, constituindo-se numa valiosa ferramenta de avaliação e acompanhamento das ações de controle ambiental. Saliente-se que as informações …

We have been tracking the issue of plastic bags for some time. You might be interested in the view of the Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME) on this topic. Plastics packaging, including bags, provides a major contribution towards resource savings and has an important role to play in …

Technical guidelines for the identification and environmentally sound management of plastic wastes and for their disposal In its decision V/26 on the work programme of the Technical Working Group, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, …

Here is an interesting case for landfill operators and others. The system for collecting methane at Alliance Landfill cannot control the gas produced by the garbage buried there, leading to the possibility of it migrating from the site, a class action suit filed in Lackawanna County Court maintains. The Pennsylvania, …