Web-Resol Tudo sobre Limpeza Urbana e Resíduos Sólidos!
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 »The use of second hand car components in car fleets
Environmentally friendly solutions and economic benefits are not incompatible. This is what the RESPECT-project, supported by the EU LIFE-Environment aid programme has proved. The main goal of the project was to demonstrate that the re-usage of car parts on a large scale is economically, ecologically and technically possible. Nearly 80 …
Mais »Composting and Its Applicability in Developing Countries
This paper reviews past composting experiences and provides an outline for municipal managers to use when evaluating composting programs within an integrated municipal waste management system
Mais »Composting and Its Applicability in Developing Countries
This paper reviews past composting experiences and provides an outline for municipal managers to use when evaluating composting programs within an integrated municipal waste management system
Mais »Composting and Its Applicability in Developing Countries
This paper reviews past composting experiences and provides an outline for municipal managers to use when evaluating composting programs within an integrated municipal waste management system
Mais »Composting and Its Applicability in Developing Countries
This paper reviews past composting experiences and provides an outline for municipal managers to use when evaluating composting programs within an integrated municipal waste management system
Mais »De-coupling – ensuring economic growth without damaging the environment
At a recent seminar in Copenhagen, European environmental experts discussed how to de-couple economic growth from exploitation of resources and damaging impacts on the environment. De-coupling has come into focus in international environmental work in recent years, as there is a large political wish for ensuring economic growth without damaging …
Mais »Composting and Its Applicability in Developing Countries
This paper reviews past composting experiences and provides an outline for municipal managers to use when evaluating composting programs within an integrated municipal waste management system
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