Curiosidades

Over the last decade, the performance and availability of biodegradable polymers (BDPs) has developed strongly, driven by increasing interest in sustainable development, desire to reduce dependence upon finite resources and changing policies and attitudes in waste management. Most of the biodegradable polymers on the market or in development are based …

ReCellular Inc., a major wireless equipment reuse facilitator, and AHCIET, the Hispanic-American Association of Research Centers and Telecommunication Companies, has announced the signing of a new five-year agreement making ReCellular the exclusive provider of cell phone recycling and refurbishing services for AHCIET member companies. The agreement spreads the environmental and …

Germany is currently reviewing its 2002 sustainable development strategy. A draft progress report published on 28 May is currently out to consultation. It looks at progress since 2002 and adds four new priority areas. A final progress report will go to cabinet in September. Colleague‘‘s in the UK embassy‘‘s Environment …

Kokuyo Engineering Co., a subsidiary of Kokuyo Co., Japan‘‘s largest manufacturer and marketer of office equipment and stationery, put Recycled Carpet Tiles onto the market on April 1, 2004. This carpet is claimed to be environment-friendly as it is made of recycled material from discarded carpet tiles. Carpet tiles discarded …

Mayor Daley denies that Chicago‘‘s blue bag recycling programme is a failure, but said a sticker experiment will probably have to be extended citywide to boost sagging participation and get lazy homeowners involved. The Chicago Sun Times reports “Some people, you know, they‘‘re environmentalists, but they don‘‘t think it belongs …

The Waste Management Advisory Board for Northern Ireland (WMABNI) has criticised the Government‘‘s Environment Department for “poor” management and said it had failed to meet 83 out of 107 targets. It also called for an independent agency to enforce and regulate waste management. The Waste Management Advisory Board for Northern …

Better logistics and a more co-ordinated approach could be the keys to improving the recycling of waste packaging film, according to a report published this month by WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme). Carried out by Pira International, the aim of the research was to investigate the options for …

French drivers who favour large, gas-guzzling cars will have to pay up to EUR3,500 (£2,300) more for a new model from next January under a radical green road tax scheme unveiled by the environment ministry. The UK Guardian reports that part of a new environment bill aimed at cutting air, …

Japan is to construct a power plant in Tokyo Bay to recycle food waste as part of its methane fermentation power generation project, which is part of the “Super Eco-Town Project” promulgated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Japan for Sustainability reports that the plant will come on stream in fiscal …

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to introduce a technology which uses plastic waste in the construction of roads. Delhi will become the second city in India, after Bangalore, to introduce the technology. Delhi Newsline reports that for its pilot project, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has identified …