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Destino Final de Lixo em New York: NYC Mayor Opts to Ship Trash by Barge, Protect Air

July 31 By Joan Gralla NEW YORK (Reuters) New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday unveiled his fix for the city s $1 billion a year, 14,000 ton a day trash problem, saying garbage trucks will be unloaded in each of the five boroughs, and the trash will be …

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A recycler fears trashing of its monopoly John Schmid – International Herald Tribune, Friday, July 12, 2002

Germany’s king of the heap: FRANKFURT As societies struggle with the mountains of garbage they produce, Germany looks like an environmentalist’s promised land. . A decade ago, this refuse-obsessed country spawned a program known as the Green Dot, or Gruener Punkt, which calls itself the world’s biggest recycling project. . …

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England funding initiative to boost recycling

England funding initiative to boost recycling As previously mentioned, Local Authorities all over England will receive extra funding to help recycling. A couple of days ago the Government announced the results of which councils had been successful in applications for a slice of the cake. A total of £42m this …

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Global survey shows slow progress on unsustainable consumption guidelines

Global survey shows slow progress on unsustainable consumption guidelines Three years after UN Assembly ratification, a global survey has found slow progress from governments on implementing the Sustainable Consumption Guidelines in the UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection. In a joint assessment by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Consumers …

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