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According to a report by the GfK market researchers in Nuremberg, deposits on single-use beverage containers have had a positive effect on sales of refillable alternatives. Sales of refillable containers for those beverages affected by the deposits have ended their downward trend and increased dramatically. This Note also covers planned …

Recycled product manufacturers are changing the way goods are produced, by utilising creative manufacturing techniques, minimising impact on the environment, and developing new markets and uses based on materials that would otherwise become waste. Massachusetts has set an ambitious goal of reducing its waste by 70% by the year 2010, …

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 …

The South Australian Government has recently announced that it is to establish Zero Waste South Australia (ZWSA), a statutory waste body charged with dramatically reducing waste to landfill. It will be funded through a rise in the Waste Depot Levy (from AU$3/ tonne to AU$10/ tonne). The Zero Waste New …

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, …

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