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One of North America’s most comprehensive recycling collection programmes is having trouble getting a smooth city-wide operation underway. Resource Recycling reports that in March, Guelph, Ontario moved to a three-sort, all-bagged system called wet-dry plus Wet compostable materials are kept separate from dry recyclables, and both are bagged. Residents place …

Edmonton Alberta claims to have become North America’s hub for research in solid waste and wastewater treatment with the incorporation of the Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence. Partners in the venture include the City of Edmonton, the University of Alberta (U of A), the Alberta Research Council, AMEC, Olds …

Early in March saw the introduction of the Dutch national waste management plan. 83% of waste substances in the Netherlands must be applied to useful purposes by 2012. This is an objective of the National Waste Management Plan (LAP), which centralises control of waste management at national level and replaces …

With its landfill sites almost full, Japan launched a plan last week to halve the amount of waste it buries by 2010. Reuters reports that though some other affluent countries produce more trash per capita in weight terms, the Japanese fondness for elaborate packaging leaves it with a lot of …

City residents in Ottawa, Canada should pay for the waste they create, says a city staff report that is already getting mixed reviews from members of council. The Ottawa Citizen reports that the city should “develop strategies to ensure waste-management costs are recovered on a user-pay basis,” says a staff …

Recycled product manufacturers are changing the way goods are produced, by utilising creative manufacturing techniques, minimising impact on the environment, and developing new markets and uses based on materials that would otherwise become waste. Massachusetts has set an ambitious goal of reducing its waste by 70% by the year 2010, …

The technical guidelines for the identification and environmentally sound management of plastic wastes and for their disposal aim at assisting common understanding and providing management advice, in particular, to the Parties to the Basel Convention for which the use of plastics is increasing. This document focuses mainly on the technical …

The technical guidelines for the identification and environmentally sound management of plastic wastes and for their disposal aim at assisting common understanding and providing management advice, in particular, to the Parties to the Basel Convention for which the use of plastics is increasing. This document focuses mainly on the technical …

The technical guidelines for the identification and environmentally sound management of plastic wastes and for their disposal aim at assisting common understanding and providing management advice, in particular, to the Parties to the Basel Convention for which the use of plastics is increasing. This document focuses mainly on the technical …

The technical guidelines for the identification and environmentally sound management of plastic wastes and for their disposal aim at assisting common understanding and providing management advice, in particular, to the Parties to the Basel Convention for which the use of plastics is increasing. This document focuses mainly on the technical …