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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 …

Expenses only – but a useful and interesting role RAY is a new £2m recycling market development programme for Yorkshire and the Humber. Funded through Yorkshire Forward and part-financed by the European Union; RAY will stimulate economic activity within the recycling supply chain. This in turn will lead to a …

New waste policy and the landfill directive report Uncertainty and lack of information are putting targets for reducing landfill in doubt, say the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee in a report out on March 17. The all party group of MPs received evidence that nearly 700,000 tonnes of hazardous …

50 million US homes own a working but disused mobile phone A new phone recycling programme by GRC Wireless Recycling pays companies for their unwanted inventory of retired cellular phones. The company‘‘s Wireless Industry Recycling programme pays companies at least US$1 per pound for phones shipped to GRC‘‘s facility in …

The recycling efforts of the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) are falling well short of the mark, according to a new survey by INFORM, Inc., a national environmental research organization. The report, Problems in Cell Phone and Battery Collection: RBRC Recycling Initiatives, evaluates the RBRC‘‘s recycling operations in five cities …

Recycling has come full cycle under Mayor Michael Bloomberg – a programme whose multiple changes have confused many citizens in recent years. Newsday reports that in the end, the mayoral term will close as it opened — with residents required to keep paper, metal, plastic and glass separate for kerbside …

London CRN has launched the London Furniture Reuse Network (London FRN). The project aims to boost the number of beds, wardrobes, settees, kitchen appliances and other bulky items diverted from landfill in the capital. London FRN will achieve this by linking the activities of 18 furniture recycling organisations across London …

The London‘‘s University Halls of Residence Recycling Project aims to improve waste management and increase recycling facilities in halls of residence in London Universities and to raise awareness on waste reduction and reuse within the student population. The project will cover all 39 London Universities, 164 Halls of Residence, 33 …

Os avanços tecnológicos, que obrigam os mais fanáticos a conseguir o último modelo de celular, computador ou agenda eletrônica, criaram um problema de enormes dimensões: o que fazer com o lixo gerado pelo setor? Na recente conferência MacWorld, na cidade de São Francisco na Califórnia, um dos eventos mais celebrados …