Switzerland – nationwide camera recycling initiative launched
On the run-up to Christmas the run on digital cameras has begun. It is likely that friends and family members will be thinking about giving a camera as a present. Few know, however, that they will be paying an increased recycling fee. The fee allows used cameras to be returned …
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Valuation of the external costs and benefits to health and environment of waste management options
South Africa – plastic bottles transformed into boardwalk
Kwazulu-Natal is home to the longest recycled plastic boardwalk in South Africa. The boardwalk in Isipingo, south of Durban, is made from a whopping 17 million plastic bottles – which would have covered about four rugby fields 2m deep. Some 650m long, it was a joint project between the Ministry …
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