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E-waste flooding landfills You might be interested in this piece on waste EEE from USA Today. Yesterday’s computers, cell phones, VCRs and television sets are headed for the nation’s 2,200 landfills by the ton. Cities and states are scrambling to cope with electronic waste. Although discarded electronics make up only …

US – New tools target health care waste Aiming to reduce the amount and toxicity of waste that comes from caring for patients, four national agencies launched a new phase in a landmark collaborative effort called Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E). ENN reports that the groups, the US Environmental …

The UK Resource Recovery Forum has agreed to support two new studies to help provide data on aspects of sustainable waste management. Protocols for measuring recycling of WEEE The Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Directive requires end-of-life equipment to be collected for recovery, recycling and re-use. The proposal has …

Survey of wastes spread on land Hot air blowing hand driers produce half the global warming burden of paper towels, although the use of paper towels results in lower resource depletion, a report commissioned by the air drier manufacturer Airdri has revealed. The streamlined life-cycle assessment study, carried out by …

SEATTLE — Worn out, obsolete, fried or just plain dead. Yesterday’s computers, cell phones, VCRs and television sets are headed for the nation’s 2,200 landfills by the ton. Cities and states are scrambling to cope with electronic waste. “Local governments all over the country are trying to deal with this,” …

Computer manufacturers will likely see their already slumping sales deteriorate further after a recycling fee on computers purchased for use in the home is imposed in April. Although the fee, which will be collected at the time of purchase to cover the costs of recycling when the computer is discarded, …

Refuse disposal technology continually evolving TOKYO (Kyodo via COMTEX) — Amid mounting refuse disposal problems nationwide, Japan’s steel, chemical and other materials-producing industries are devising increasingly innovative new technologies to cope with the problem, providing a glimmer of hope for a long-term solution. Tatsuno in the western Japan prefecture of …

The amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerated in the EU is expected to increase from 31 million tonnes per year (Mtpa) in 1990 to 56 The amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerated in the EU is expected to increase from 31 million tonnes per year (Mtpa) in 1990 …

According to 8/13 Wall Street Journal (“Noranda Gleans Precious Metals From Old PCs and Electronics:Mining Company Finds It Does Pay To Recycle Consumer Electronics”) There’s gold in them thar PCs. And copper, silver, platinum and palladium, metals that areincreasingly being recycled from discarded computer and electronic gear andsold in metals …

New plant designed to process animal waste into oil New plant designed to process animal waste into oil By MICHAEL MANSUR – The Kansas City Star Date: 07/27/01 22:15 Imagine the most awful stuff — the guts and other wastes of poultry piled high on American farms and at giant …