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Wood Market Study – Municipal Wood Waste Arisings Civic amenity sites hold the key to improving local authority wood recycling, according to one report published by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). The first report, Wood Market Study – Municipal Wood Waste Arisings, written for WRAP by Excelar Ltd, …

Ever pondered over how much they recycle in Romania, how much landfilling is liked in Latvia, whether Cypriots covet compost and so on through all the EU members-in-waiting? Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta Eurostat have just produced a comprehensive overview of waste …

Paper should be incinerated rather than recycled, say Danish researchers, where burning paper would benefit the Danish economy. Across Europe, a new waste regulation requires EU countries to collect, analyse and report on waste data. EDIE reports that although Danish politicians have set targets to recycle 60% of household paper …

Este manual informa sobre especificações de cestas coletoras utilizadas pela COMLURB, no Rio de Janeiro, além dos procedimentos de instalação e uso

A new treatment process that will remove glass and metal from waste products is to be introduced at Dundee’s Baldovie energy from waste plant. The Evening Telegraph reports that plant operators Dundee Energy Recycling Limited (DERL) said that the new system will improve the efficiency of the plant’s boilers while …

In the US town of Northampton, residents and business owners in the habit of using the city’s trash receptacles for their own garbage must beware. The City Council has stepped up the penalty for dumping trash into public bins. The measure also increases oversight and enforcement of the law. The …

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) has been identified as a priority waste stream at both European Community and UK level. Priority Waste Stream Projects are being developed by the Scottish EPA (SEPA) as part of the National Waste Strategy: Scotland and the Waste Data Strategy to gather a wide …

Atualmente, no Brasil, é comum a disposição irregular de entulho e, por este motivo, esses resíduos são considerados como sendo um problema de limpeza pública, acarretando uma série de inconvenientes para toda a sociedade, tais como: altos custos para o sistema de limpeza urbana, saúde pública (ex.: dengue), enchentes, assoreamento …

Apresentação da ANVISA a respeito da elaboração de um Regulamento Técnico Nacional para o Gerenciamento dos Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde. Esta palestra foi apresentada em uma Jornada Técnica realizada na COMLURB, do Rio de Janeiro, em outubro de 2002

Palestra sobre as diversas formas de transporte, tratamento e destinação final de resíduos de serviços de saúde apresentada em uma Jornada Técnica realizada pela COMLURB, Rio de Janeiro, em outubro de 2.000