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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 »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 …
Mais »Statoil looks for drilling waste solutions – composting could work
Statoil is pursuing new approaches – including earthworm composting and asphalt production – in its search for ways to treat drilling waste. Statoil’s total fluid management project is working to develop environmental strategies and methods to reduce problems posed by various types of waste from drilling and downhole operations. OilOnline …
Mais »Wood waste management – WRAP publishes two reports
Wood Market Study – Municipal Wood Waste Arisings Civic amenity sites hold the key to improving local authority wood recycling, according to one report published by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP). The first report, Wood Market Study – Municipal Wood Waste Arisings, written for WRAP by Excelar Ltd, …
Mais »MSW management in EU Accession Countries
Ever pondered over how much they recycle in Romania, how much landfilling is liked in Latvia, whether Cypriots covet compost and so on through all the EU members-in-waiting? Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta Eurostat have just produced a comprehensive overview of waste …
Mais »Following the fate of waste – but should paper be recycled or burnt?
Paper should be incinerated rather than recycled, say Danish researchers, where burning paper would benefit the Danish economy. Across Europe, a new waste regulation requires EU countries to collect, analyse and report on waste data. EDIE reports that although Danish politicians have set targets to recycle 60% of household paper …
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 …
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