Curiosidades

The TV coverage of UK waste policy last week might lead one to believe that the forthcoming policy review by the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit is ready to issue its much awaited report. This is a report from the BBC, which carried extensive interviews with Environment Minister Michael Meacher and …

Australia’s Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Dr David Kemp, has welcomed progress being made to develop a national response to plastic bag waste. Following separate meetings of the national plastic bags working group and the National Packaging Covenant Council in Canberra, Dr Kemp said it was pleasing to see …

Proposed amendments to the European Packaging directive, the new waste electronics directives, and new mercury laws passed in US states will make package labeling more complex, according to a new report Green Labeling: Global Guide for Marketers in the New Millennium from US consultants Raymond Communications. The report finds, for …

The coalition agreement emphasises the positive influence that the shift to sustainable energy can have on employment. The coalition partners reiterate their commitment to existing policy measures including the Renewable Energy Law, the Combined Heat and Power Law and offshore wind targets. The new Government will review the Renewable Energy …

INFORM, Inc., a US national environmental research organisation, has released the first comprehensive study of the nation’s estimated 179,000 garbage trucks. Much of this fleet, one of the oldest and most polluting in the nation, is operated by (or under contract to) local government agencies or is under contract to …

In what could mark the beginning of a shift in how the paper industry does business, US office supply giant Staples, Inc. has committed to reducing its consumption of paper products made from endangered forests. The company’s new environmental paper procurement policy has won the endorsement of conservation groups that …

Na Europa, fabricantes serão obrigados a pagar pela reciclagem de bens de consumo elétricos, variando de geladeiras a computadores portáteis, devido a um acordo definido recentemente por negociadores dos governos da União Européia (EU) e seu parlamento. O serviço de notícias da AP ( Associated Press) informa que a Comissão …

A China irá introduzir um sistema preferencial de tributação para a eletricidade gerada pelo lixo municipal. Waste Management World (Mundo do Gerenciamento de Resíduos) informa que a China irá introduzir um sistema no qual 100 por cento do VAT (imposto sobre vendas) será reembolsado ao gerador por vender eletricidade à …

Isso é reaproveitamento, reciclagem ou recuperação de energia? (ou os três?) O jornal americano Columbus Dispatch noticiou que foi encontrado um comprador para o incinerador de lixo da cidade, que está inativo a oito anos. Michel Long, diretor executivo da Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (Autoridade de Resíduos Sólidos …

A consortium of plastic carrier bag manufacturers and distributors has been created to undertake a PR offensive which aims to show that the carrier bag is the best environmental choice that consumers can make. With a website (www.carrierbagtax.com) in place offering a range of information, it is clear that the …