Curiosidades

A Irish Government commissioned study has presented a number of options to tackle litter, including the possibility of a 10% levy on chewing gum. The Study proposes that the money raised by any levy would go towards the cost of cleaning up chewing gum litter on street pavements and other …

Students have been told to get SMART, which stands for “Students Must Always Recycle Trash”. Channel News Asia reports that this is part of a new programme to boost recycling in some schools from 50 to 75 percent. Advertisement The idea is to minimise waste and promote recycling, and there …

Proposals that will change the way landfill operators fund the management and maintenance of landfill sites after they have closed have been announced by the Environment Agency. The proposals, which will ensure that landfill operators make cash available for the aftercare of their site from the first day of its …

In the Bavarian district of Deggendorf, the Donau-Wald waste management administration union (ZAW) have introduced an ‘‘electronic sheriff‘‘ to reduce the amount of contaminants that find their way into the organic waste bin. Passauer Neue Presse reports that using a detector that is attached to the refuse collection vehicle, it …

Fazer uma opção verde na hora de vestir seu bebê pode ser uma tarefa árdua. A maioria dos bebês usa fraldas até os dois anos e meio. Se você optar pelo uso de fraldas descartáveis, serão quase 5 mil unidades que irão direto para o lixo sem reciclagem, uma vez …

Na natureza não há lixo e sua capacidade de integrar todos os materiais necessários em ciclos é um dos segredos da manutenção da vida em nosso planeta. A folha que cai de uma árvore devolve água à atmosfera, é decomposta e alimenta seres que vivem no solo, fornecendo materiais que …

Companies in the Thames Valley area os southern England are being encouraged to participate in a pilot PVC plastics recycling project backed by the British Plastics Federation (BPF). Letsrecycle.com reports that PVC materials from the flooring, window, piping, and guttering markets, will be collected in the Reading and West London …

Seven preferred bidders have been named by the UK Government‘‘s Environment Minister Elliot Morley in the first round of a programme which aims to fund pilot schemes of cutting-edge waste technologies to treat and divert biodegradable municipal waste (BMW), such as kitchen and garden waste, away from landfill. The pilot …

The recycling credit scheme was an early initiative introduced to provide incentives for the recycling and composting of household waste by waste collection authorities and by third parties. It makes available to recyclers the savings in disposal (and, if appropriate, collection) costs that result from recycling household waste, where the …

Proposals that will change the way landfill operators fund the management and maintenance of landfill sites after they have closed have been announced by the Environment Agency. The proposals, which will ensure that landfill operators make cash available for the aftercare of their site from the first day of its …