Curiosidades

The PET bottle collection rate in Japan was 61.0 percent in fiscal 2003, up 7.6 points from the previous fiscal year, according to the 2004 report on PET bottle recycling issued by the Council for PET Bottle Recycling in September 2004. Japan for Sustainability reports that the actual volume collected …

The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) announced that last Autumn it had provided a loan of 25 billion yen (about U.S.$22.5 million) to Recycle Peer Co., a newly established company specializing in construction waste recycling. Japan for Sustainability reports that the project is designated as one of the “Super Eco-Town …

London Remade claims that despite local authority recycling results released by DEFRA recently, which show that only 21% of London Boroughs met their 2003/4 targets, London is still making good progress towards its recycling target for 2005/6. The recently released local authority performance figures are based on waste recycled or …

Generators are individuals that produce hazardous waste, usually as a result of an industrial process. Transporters are individuals or entities that move hazardous waste from the generator off-site to a facility that can recycle, treat, store, or dispose of the waste. Hazardous waste may be transported to another location to …

Everyone knows that reducing waste is good for the environment. What most people don’t know is that solid waste reduction and recycling help address global climate change. How? By decreasing the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases that are linked to everyday trash. The manufacture, distribution, and use of products – …

The trading scheme, to be introduced in April 2005, is a further step in the drive to move to more sustainable waste management practices, like composting, for biodegradable waste, such as kitchen and garden waste. It will benefit councils, such as Isle of Wight District Council, Windsor and Maidenhead Borough …

WWF-UK has started work on a major research programme to perform the first comprehensive assessment of the environmental impact of the UK nation‘‘s activities, expressed as a so-called environmental footprint. The Faraday Partnerhip‘‘s Mini-Waste reports that the study, made possible by £520,000 of support from Biffaward, will be carried out …

Oil recycling in the UK is likely to be extinguished by spiralling collection costs for waste oil. According to Letsrecycle.com, instead of being recycled for use as a fuel by power generators and roadstone plants, as a consequence of the Waste Incineration Directive these will no longer be able use …

Japanese Mos Food Services, Inc., a major Japanese burger chain with 1,467 stores across the country and 120 stores overseas is actively promoting the recycling of food waste. Japan for Sustainability reports that the company announced on September 14, 2004 that it has started recycling food waste and warehouse waste …

England is recycling more household waste than ever before, Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, confirmed. Mrs Beckett confirmed that England is poised to meet its national recycling and composting target of 17 per cent in 2003/04. Mrs Beckett‘‘s comments today come as Defra release …