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Food waste levels are shocking but no-one is doing more to reduce them than the packaging industry, reports packaging industry body Incpen. Supermarkets and their suppliers are reducing packaging but, more importantly they are making sure they use enough packaging to help stop food waste which is a much bigger …

MRW reports that out of all the waste initiatives food waste prevention has the potential to make the single biggest contribution to reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, according to the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). Speaking at WRAP’s annual review, WRAP chief executive Liz Goodwin said that out of …

With Canadians disposing of over 25 million tonnes of waste to landfills each year, many municipalities are handing over money to companies that specialize in turning municipal solid waste (MSW) into energy. Globe-Net reports that through ingenuity, many waste-to-energy technologies have been developed for this waste and it has become …

A new brochure from the European Environment Agency (EEA) presents the EEA‘‘s new country factsheets on waste policies and trends across the EU-25, and summarises some patterns in approaches to waste management that are highlighted by the factsheets. Achieving effective policy outcomes: the importance of tailoring waste management policies to …

A luta pela sobrevivência em diferentes épocas: les glaneuses (catadoras de restos de colheita na França do século XIX) e as catadoras de lixo. Sobre as primeiras, a diretora francesa Agnès Varda fez um ótimo filme, Les glaneurs et la glaneuse, uma crítica à sociedade de consumo

Methods used to recycle electronic waste exported to China “significantly” increase the amount of the toxin dioxin in women of child-bearing age and in breast-fed babies, According to EarthTimes, Chinese scientists estimated that the intake of dioxin in breast-fed babies in Taizhou in eastern China, where more than 2.2 million …

Tesco and the Carbon Trust are to measure the carbon footprint of 30 Tesco own-brand products in the next stage of the journey towards a clear, universal system of carbon labelling for the weekly shop. Ranging from orange juice to light bulbs, the products will be assessed using the draft …

A group of Marlborough investors and scientists have found the fruit of the vine can be good for business and your health in more ways than one. stuff.co.nz reports that the team formed New Zealand Extracts two years ago to investigate turning what had been viewed as grape seed waste …

Seacoastonline.com reports that an increasing number of cities and towns in New Hampshire are turning to mandatory or incentive-based recycling programs to increase participation and avoid expensive solid waste removal costs. Three Seacoast communities are among the best in the state at keeping recyclables out of their solid waste stream …

Um dos vilões do lixo por ocupar muito espaço nos aterros sanitários, o EPS – também conhecido como isopor – vem sendo reciclado graças a um projeto catarinense Um acordo entre a Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) e a empresa joinvilense Termotécnica está reciclando parte do material produzido no …