Curiosidades

Swiss cars could soon be running on a fuel based on agricultural waste, thanks to a project promoting essEnce5 – a mixture of bio-ethanol and petrol. The government – which favours the use of cleaner fuels – has decided not to tax the bio-ethanol produced in the project, called etha+. …

A parrot and a palm pilot With a sprinkling of holy water, a priest blessed thousands of palm seedlings in a ceremony in Bogota‘‘s main park, sealing an unusual Palm Sunday pact between the Roman Catholic Church and environmentalists to save a critically endangered parrot. Thousands of miles away, 22 …

Toyota emerges as industry leader U.S. automakers received nearly failing grades in the use of recyclable, safe plastics in vehicles, according to a report released by the Michigan, US-based Ecology Center, in collaboration with Clean Production Action. The six top-selling automakers in the U.S. were graded on their commitment to …

Small scale composters exempt from charges….. New amendments to the licensing regulations for waste management will help protect the environment and human health, as well as save industry money, according to the Government. These regulations primarily amend the list of exemptions to waste management licensing to prevent abuses that have …

Britain‘‘s first household battery recycling plant has opened in the English Midlands, operating company G&P Batteries said. The plant, which cost £250,000 (US$481,000), will recycle alkaline and zinc carbon batteries, commonly used in household products such as portable radios and childrens‘‘ toys. G&P said the UK generates 30,000 tonnes of …

A atividade hospitalar, por si só, gera uma quantidade considerável de resíduos. Em muitos hospitais de grande porte o lixo acumulado no dia-a-dia é maior do que o coletado em cidades inteiras. Essa “montanha” de resíduos hospitalares é comumente chamada de “lixo hospitalar” e se constitui em um sério problema …

Danish EPA Environmental Project no. 979, 2005 (17-03-05) This is an English summary of a publication in Danish. It is an interesting reflection as there are clearly pros & cons. For example England and Wales have chosen different approaches to limiting the landfilling of biodegradable municipal waste (ie the English …

The Australian Government appears determined to force the pace on plastic bags At a meeting of industry and environment groups at Parliament House, the Minister for the Environment and Heritage Senator Ian Campbell welcomed a set of draft principles to phase out plastic bag use by the end of 2008. …

London‘‘s Ecological Footprint is more than twice the size of Great Britain, which is a huge drain on the natural environment. If everyone lived as Londoner‘‘s do, it would require more than three planet Earths to support them. This disturbing statistic is highlighted in London Remade‘‘s new report Making London …

Hong Kong‘‘s Housing Department is committed to launching a “Domestic Waste Separation at Source Scheme” in 30 public rental housing (PRH) estates this year to encourage tenants to separate recyclables at source, Deputy Director of Housing, Lau Kai-hung, said recently (Xinhua News Agency). Lau said the scheme would facilitate the …