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O site http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/ landfill/bioreactors.htm fornece uma nova adição ao web site da Agência de Proteção Ambiental dos Estados Unidos (US EPA) sobre a degradação da matéria orgânica em aterros sanitários

INFORM, Inc., a US national environmental research organisation, has released the first comprehensive study of the nation’s estimated 179,000 garbage trucks. Much of this fleet, one of the oldest and most polluting in the nation, is operated by (or under contract to) local government agencies or is under contract to …

Proposed amendments to the European Packaging directive, the new waste electronics directives, and new mercury laws passed in US states will make package labeling more complex, according to a new report Green Labeling: Global Guide for Marketers in the New Millennium from US consultants Raymond Communications. The report finds, for …

The TV coverage of UK waste policy last week might lead one to believe that the forthcoming policy review by the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit is ready to issue its much awaited report. This is a report from the BBC, which carried extensive interviews with Environment Minister Michael Meacher and …

John Lieberman and Jim McKenna got so annoyed by the stream of promotional CDs they were getting in the mail from America Online Inc. that they wanted to give the Internet service provider a taste of its own mass-mailing practice. The two men from California have set up a website …

In what could mark the beginning of a shift in how the paper industry does business, US office supply giant Staples, Inc. has committed to reducing its consumption of paper products made from endangered forests. The company’s new environmental paper procurement policy has won the endorsement of conservation groups that …

Australia’s Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Dr David Kemp, has welcomed progress being made to develop a national response to plastic bag waste. Following separate meetings of the national plastic bags working group and the National Packaging Covenant Council in Canberra, Dr Kemp said it was pleasing to see …

The coalition agreement emphasises the positive influence that the shift to sustainable energy can have on employment. The coalition partners reiterate their commitment to existing policy measures including the Renewable Energy Law, the Combined Heat and Power Law and offshore wind targets. The new Government will review the Renewable Energy …

C I D A D E S Membros da Campanha Cidades Pela Proteção do Clima falam de sua adesão à campanha interna- cional do ICLEI. L G S Pode a Ação Local Mover o Mundo? Por Margarita Maria C O P 8 Resumo dos Resultados da COP8. Por Laura Valente …

O aterro metropolitano do Rio de Janeiro, operado pela COMLURB-Cia. Municipal de Limpeza Urbana, recebe até 7000 toneladas de resíduos urbanos e gera aproximadamente 384 m 3 de chorume diariamente. No início de janeiro de 2000 foi iniciada a operação da estação de tratamento de chorume Desde esta data o …