Curiosidades

France has launched a program to make its citizens more aware of the mountains of household waste they produce each year and to catch up with neighboring countries in terms of recycling habits. Japan Today (an unusual source for information on France) reports that each French person now throws out, …

Germany – dioxins from waste incineration consigned to history Statements have been made by the German Federal Government that dioxins from waste incinceration in Germany have been rendered negligible by advances in legal and technical controls. The following is from a September 2005 report from the German Federal Ministry for …

– interesting study on SWM from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) The JICA have published an English language study entitled: Supporting capacity development in solid waste management in developing countries -towards improving solid waste management capacity of entire society. Introduction Waste is said to be “a mirror of society” since …

WRAP launches marketing guide for wood recyclers A new guide aimed at helping wood recycling companies to develop and implement a successful marketing programme to promote ‘added value‘ products for use as mulches, surfaces and animal bedding has been launched today by WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme). The …

Japan – used generator brushes recycled into mechanical pencil leads Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) and Tombow Pencil Co. have jointly developed mechanical pencil leads recycled from generator brushes used in TEPCO‘‘s thermal power plants. Japan for Sustainability reports that generator brushes are made from highly pure graphite (over 97 …

Europe – steel packaging “essential for achievement of EU metal packaging recycling targets” Over 2.2 million tonnes of post-consumer steel packaging were recycled in Europe last year, a recycling rate of 60% in the enlarged EU1 and an estimated 62.5% in EU15 (up from 61% in 2003). Over the last …

Germany – cost analysis for the monitoring of NiCd batteries in municipal solid waste Development of a monitoring strategy and assessment of related costs The Germany EPA has issued a useful small report Cost analysis for the monitoring of NiCd batteries in municipal solid waste – development of a monitoring …

UK – new environmental technology projects announced Out of 89 EU-wide projects, ten will be led by Britain, the most ever approved for the UK. In total, £36m will be injected to develop new technology and approaches to protect and enhance the environment in the UK, including some £9.4m from …

Taxa de Lixo junto à Tarifa de Água/Esgoto Uma forma alternativa de cobrança voltar O crescimento e os problemas administrativos do município de União da Vitória, situado no extremo sul do Paraná (divisa com Santa Catarina), fizeram com que surgisse a idéia de cobrar a taxa de lixo de uma …

Lixo ou resíduo? Grande indagação. Como afirmam alguns cientistas, temos que mudar nosso conceito. Os três R’s que traçam as linhas da política mundial sobre práticas ambientalmente corretas, também resultam em promissoras alternativas de geração de renda. A prova disso, é a crescente comercialização dos subprodutos originários de diversos processos …