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“Car company Chrysler has developed a plastic Composite Concept Vehicle, which could cost US$ 6.000, take only hours to make and travel 50 miles to the gallon, making the vehicle ideal for markets in developing countries. According to reports from the environmental News network, instead of the normal 80 steel …

“1998 statistics from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and development (OECD) record that the municipal solid waste arising vary enormously across the planet. The OECD average (it has 29 member countries) it a neatly precise 500 Kg/person/year. This maks a diverse picture, ranging between 230 Kg/person/year in Czech Republic and …

  Get me a wormery, I'm going greenby Tim DowlingLike many people, I'm already what you might call a little bit green. An online questionnaire I filled out described me as 'light green', which is to say that I recycle when it suits me, and I occasionally impulse-buy organic food. …

A recent survey by the UK plastic bottle recycling organization RECOUP shows that British local authorities collected 200 million bottles (more than 10,000 tonnes) during 1998, an increase of 42 per cent since 1997. There are 186 collection schemes for plastic bottles in the UK, with 3,354 at 2,275 sites. …

European Declaration on Paper Recovery A European declaration on paper recovery has been launched by the Confederation of Paper Industries (CEPI) and the European Recovered Paper Association. The declaration aims to ensure the optimum management of used paper and board products, improvement in the quality of recovered paper and a …

“Texaco have declared plans to build a gasification plant for converting mixed plastics waste into fuel at a facility in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Euwid Recycling & Waste Management reports that Texaco predicts a gate fee of NLG250 per tonne for the waste, delivered to the 40.000 tonnes per year plant.”

“The world’s population increased last year by 78 million, and is expected to reach six billion by October 1999, according to the annual report of the Washington, US-based Population Institute. Family -Planning programmes around the World have helped cut birth rates in many countries , but a dozen of the …

Tyre Recycling Advance Research into the feasibility of using powerful, short electric pulses to separate metal and rubber components found in tyres has been carried out at Shevehenko University in Kyiv, Austria. Scrap Tyre News Online reports that new techniques are set to reduce energy consumption in the recycling process …

ELV Plastics Separation Systems Planned Recycling plastics from scrap cars will become ever more important in Europe, as the recent legislation on end of life vehicles (ELVs) is implemented. The law prescribes that by 2015 at least 95 per cent (by weight) of an ELV must be recoverable. Multinational car …