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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 …
Mais »India – plastic roads to "become a reality" in the Capital.
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 …
Mais »France launches radical green tax on bigger cars
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, …
Mais »UK – waste plastics: screening the future opportunities for film recycling
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 …
Mais »Northern Ireland – single waste management plan is urged in critical strategy report
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 …
Mais »Japan – Kokuyo develops industry‘s first carpet tile recycling system
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 …
Mais »Japan – largest methane fermentation plant to recycle food waste
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 …
Mais »Latin America – phone recycling programme
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 …
Mais »UNDERSTANDING THE KEY ELEMENTS IN A COMPOST CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
More and more attention is being given to compost classification criteria by producers and users as well as soil scientists and landscape designers. What key factors are involved in such systems?
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