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The Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) approved in July 2005 Aichi Prefecture‘‘s plan to institute a new tax on industrial waste next fiscal year. Japan for Sustainability report that the tax aims to reduce waste generation, reduce the volume of landfill waste and promote recycling. The prefecture …

A professor of chemistry in a college located in Madurai has discovered a novel, eco-friendly method by using plastic carry-bags as road construction material mixed with bitumen, reports newKerala.com. R.Vasudevan, the professor of chemistry at the Thiagarajar College of Engineering, says the "non-biodegradable eye-sore" when mixed with bitumen, the main …

We are always keen to spread the word on community initiatives wish push the limits of resource recovery or landfill diversion. We are grateful to the The Association of Municipal Recycling Coordinators (AMRC) in Ontario, Canada for bringing this case study to our attention. Greening Vaughan pushes for 60% The …

The EPA‘‘s Office of Environmental Enforcement (OEE) today published its report on The Nature and Extent of Unauthorised Waste Activity in Ireland. Focusing on illegal waste activity since the introduction of the Waste Management Act 1996, the report concludes that large-scale illegal dumping of the type that occurred in Co. …

Earlier this year, Narita International Airport Corp. (NAA) announced that it had formulated an Eco-Airport Master Plan, which defines detailed environmental preservation activities aiming to make the airport environmentally-friendly Japan for Sustainability reports that the plan is an airport-wide initiative, led by the Eco-Airport Planning Developing Council, consisting of about …

The US National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) has announced a Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) recycling rate of 21.6% and a collected volume of 1.03 billion pounds for PET post consumer containers in the United States for the year ended December 31, 2004. This is the highest recycling rate for …

The European Commission is proposing a comprehensive review of environment policy. EIS reports that the thematic strategies in this area stem from its new approach aiming to improve EU law-making, simplify and clarify existing rules and propose less cumbersome framework legislation where new legislation is deemed necessary. They seek to …

Cascade Engineering has announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind waste container equipped with electronic tags that will help municipalities and waste collection companies operate their waste management processes more efficiently and cost-effectively. The announcement follows the conclusion of a large-scale pilot programme in the City of Philadelphia. Cascade‘‘s "smart" waste …

How Can I Recycle? Every year, each Londoner produces over a tonne of waste – this is likely to be the equivalent of 200 black bin bags each*. There are over 7 million people in London each contributing to this, between them generating a theoretical 1.5 billion black bags of …

The Taiwanese Environmental Protection Administration has decided enforce recycling of waste cooking oils from next year, and will stipulate fines of between NT$1,200 (£20) and NT$5,000 (£84) for persons found mixing waste cooking oils with garbage. Taiwan News reports that, according to the EPA, the move is aimed at launching …