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Tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka may soon be living in homes built from the rubble of their previous houses under a radical new recycling scheme run by Lanka Environmental Recyclers Institute and Christian relief and development agency World Vision. Green Building Press reports that the environmentally friendly concept, in which …
Mais »USA – EPA targets paper recycling
The United States EPA, Washington, has sought the input of companies throughout the recycling supply chain to help it determine how best to encourage Americans to recycle more paper. Recycling Today reports that rhe federal agency hosted a meeting in early June of more than 40 people drawn from the …
Mais »UK – London Mayor reveals aim for London nappy recycling plant
London Remade is working to secure funding to attract a US-based company to locate a disposable nappy recycling plant in the capital. Letsrecycle.com reports that while the nation debates the benefits of re-usable or disposable nappies, the London market development organisation has been working with UK representatives of Knowaste, which …
Mais »Norway – world record collections of waste electrical & electronic equipment (WEEE)
In 2004, over 90 percent of electrical and electronic waste was collected and processed in an environmentally responsible manner. Norwegians are the best in the world when it comes to the collection of WEEE. Reports from the return systems for WEEE show that a total of 102,000 tons of WEEE …
Mais »UK – plastic bottles recycling doubles
A 100% increase in plastic bottle recycling over the past two years has been revealed by research funded by WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) and carried out by Recoup (RECycling Of Used Plastics). The UK Plastic Bottle Recycling Survey 2005 includes data submitted by all 477 UK local …
Mais »Australia – new heights in newspaper recycling
Australia has hit a new high in recycling of its newspapers, with a national average of 73.5% for 2003, according to the annual report on the recovered newsprint market from the Publishers National Environment Bureau (PNEB). The report, produced for the PNEB by the News Limited Environmental Secretariat, showed that …
Mais »Australia – new heights in newspaper recycling
Australia has hit a new high in recycling of its newspapers, with a national average of 73.5% for 2003, according to the annual report on the recovered newsprint market from the Publishers National Environment Bureau (PNEB). The report, produced for the PNEB by the News Limited Environmental Secretariat, showed that …
Mais »UK – composting potential for growth
The UK agency Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has published a report "Assessment of the Demand for Green Waste Compost in the UK Landscaping Industry 2004/05", which does just that. The report was written by Joanna Barnsley, Ben Thuriaux and Simon Stephens (Associate) from consultants Arthur D Little. The …
Mais »Australia – stand-off looms over waste levies
The Sydney Morniong Herald reports that Australian local authorities may refusE to pay the state-imposed waste levy introduced in 1993 to encourage recycling. The idea was that a A$4.20 levy on every tonne of rubbish delivered by a council or a business to landfill (on top of direct landfill charges) …
Mais »UK – distinguishing between recycling and religion
Here is a reflection from yesterday‘‘s Daily Telegraph by Eamonn Butler of the Adam Smith Institute. You may not agree with al the sentiments, but it makes a useful contribution to the debate. Of course, one of the arguments for recycling more is that it closes the mental loop and …
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