A global environmental assessment process, the GEO Process, that is cross-sectoral and participatory. It incorporates regional views and perceptions, and builds consensus on priority issues and actions through dialogue among policy-makers and scientists at regional and global levels. GEO outputs, in printed and electronic formats, including the GEO Report series. …
Mais »Recycled PET
This paper explains the characteristics and market of recycled PET and cover the following topics: Background Alternatives for PET Recyclers The Recycled PET Market Plastic Container Recovery Price Fluctuations Effects on Industry Vertical Integration Advantages of Vertical Integration Quality Issues Recycled PET Products PET Alloying PET/Polycarbonate Alloys Glass-Filled Compounds Summary
Mais »Global Environment Outlook (GEO)
A global environmental assessment process, the GEO Process, that is cross-sectoral and participatory. It incorporates regional views and perceptions, and builds consensus on priority issues and actions through dialogue among policy-makers and scientists at regional and global levels. GEO outputs, in printed and electronic formats, including the GEO Report series. …
Mais »New recycling measures to be introduced at Scottish EfW plant
A new treatment process that will remove glass and metal from waste products is to be introduced at Dundee’s Baldovie energy from waste plant. The Evening Telegraph reports that plant operators Dundee Energy Recycling Limited (DERL) said that the new system will improve the efficiency of the plant’s boilers while …
Mais »Do not dump trash in public bins – an economic & regulatory instrument at work
In the US town of Northampton, residents and business owners in the habit of using the city’s trash receptacles for their own garbage must beware. The City Council has stepped up the penalty for dumping trash into public bins. The measure also increases oversight and enforcement of the law. The …
Mais »SEPA commissions WEEE study
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) has been identified as a priority waste stream at both European Community and UK level. Priority Waste Stream Projects are being developed by the Scottish EPA (SEPA) as part of the National Waste Strategy: Scotland and the Waste Data Strategy to gather a wide …
Mais »WRAP announces £1.2m investigation into new uses for glass cullet
The UK Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and the University of Sheffield, in collaboration with some 25 industrial partners, have funded the University’s Centre for Cement and Concrete to carry out two major investigations – with a total value of around £1.2m – into the potential for using waste …
Mais »Big shift needed to avoid hazardous waste disposal gap
Publishing new data on hazardous waste, the Anglo-Welsh Environment Agency welcomed the announcement by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) of the setting up of an Advisory Forum on Hazardous Waste. With growing hazardous waste streams and landfill capacity set to reduce dramatically, the Agency said the …
Mais »EU mandates CEN for solid recovered fuels standards
The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) Technical committee on Solid Recovered Fuels (CEN/TEC343) has recently been instructed by the European Commission to draw up technical specifications for the use of solid recovered fuels (SRFs) in waste incineration facilities and in industrial co-combustion plants. EUWID reports that the Commission is interested …
Mais »Mobile phone makers to help dispose of old handsets
Major mobile phone manufacturers have signed a declaration expressing their interest in cooperating with the Basel Convention and with other stakeholders in the mobile-phone sector on the environmentally sound management of end-of-life mobile phones. The Initiative for a Sustainable Partnership on Environmentally Sound Management of End-of-life Mobile Phones addresses the …
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