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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 …
Mais »SEPA commissions WEEE study
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 …
Mais »WRAP announces £1.2m investigation into new uses for glass cullet
The UK Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and the University of Sheffield, in collaboration with some 25 industrial partners, have funded the University’s Centre for Cement and Concrete to carry out two major investigations – with a total value of around £1.2m – into the potential for using waste …
Mais »Big shift needed to avoid hazardous waste disposal gap
Publishing new data on hazardous waste, the Anglo-Welsh Environment Agency welcomed the announcement by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) of the setting up of an Advisory Forum on Hazardous Waste. With growing hazardous waste streams and landfill capacity set to reduce dramatically, the Agency said the …
Mais »EU mandates CEN for solid recovered fuels standards
The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) Technical committee on Solid Recovered Fuels (CEN/TEC343) has recently been instructed by the European Commission to draw up technical specifications for the use of solid recovered fuels (SRFs) in waste incineration facilities and in industrial co-combustion plants. EUWID reports that the Commission is interested …
Mais »Mobile phone makers to help dispose of old handsets
Major mobile phone manufacturers have signed a declaration expressing their interest in cooperating with the Basel Convention and with other stakeholders in the mobile-phone sector on the environmentally sound management of end-of-life mobile phones. The Initiative for a Sustainable Partnership on Environmentally Sound Management of End-of-life Mobile Phones addresses the …
Mais »Statoil looks for drilling waste solutions – composting could work
Statoil is pursuing new approaches – including earthworm composting and asphalt production – in its search for ways to treat drilling waste. Statoil’s total fluid management project is working to develop environmental strategies and methods to reduce problems posed by various types of waste from drilling and downhole operations. OilOnline …
Mais »Programa Entulho Limpo (1a. etapa) – Coleta Seletiva
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 …
Mais »Regulamento Técnico para o Gerenciamento de Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde – Diretrizes Gerais
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
Mais »Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde – Transporte, Tratamento e Destinação Final
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
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