Curiosidades

In 1999, two companies, a group of long-term unemployed and abfallvermeider (waste-avoiders?) founded a network. Today it includes 43 companies in the Vienna area, who repair everything from leather gloves to dishwashers. Wienerzeitung reports that each year a total of 73,000 items are repaired for more than 4,400 customers, saving …

Channel News Asia (CNA) reports that a new $6 million (GBP1.9 m) recycling plant has just opened its doors in Singapore, and it is launching a buy-back scheme for used plastic bottles. Residents will get one cent for every two plastic bottles, or 20 cents for a kilogramme. KK Asia …

Italy‘‘s environment minister, Altero Matteoli, has said that Italy has made steps forward in the recycling of waste but they are not still sufficient to reach the targets fixed by the law. Matteoli stressed that last year 6.4 million tons of rubbish were recycled compared to 5.7 million in 2002 …

New rules for recycling electrical goods mark a seismic shift in how waste is controlled, Ireland‘‘s Environment Minister Dick Roche declared recently, according to Ireland Online. Dick Roche said that enforcing European Union laws on dumping electronic goods would be a priority of his office in the coming years. He …

Members of the general public are looking for strong leadership from government to help them make the ‘‘right‘‘ environmental choices, says a report from consultants Brook Lyndhurst.. The report, from the London-based research consultancy Brook Lyndhurst, is based upon the results of a survey of 1,015 UK residents commissioned from …

The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has approved plans for a state-of-the-art recycling centre to be built at Old Oak Sidings, Willesden Junction, in West London, one of the only sites in London with such ideal connections between road, rail and canal. The plans by Powerday plc, are backed …

With the help of modern technology, the yellow bin could be a thing of the past and when Green Dot waste will be mechanically sorted from household waste, according to Stern, though representatives from the recycling industry remain sceptical. It is possible that the days of the yellow bin for …

The Delhi State Industrial Development Corporation (DSIDC) is planning to use plastic waste to construct roads in the city. Times of India reports that iIt is also planning a host of measures to protect city‘‘s environment. The DSIDC managing director Jalaj Shrivastava announced that a proposed joint venture will combine …

According to waste statistics recently published by the German Federal Office for Statistics for the year 2002, the quantity of waste that went to landfill and waste incineration plants in Germany was 381 million tonnes – 14 million tonnes (or 3.5%) less than the previous year, and 25 million tonnes …

Researchers at the University of Warwick‘‘s Warwick Manufacturing Group, in conjunction with PVAXX Research & Development Ltd, have devised a novel way to recycle discarded mobile telephones – bury them and watch them transform into the flower of your choice. Mobile telephones are one of the most quickly discarded items …