Notícias

The Japanese Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) has formally endorsed UK technology firm, Powerhouse Energy’s, DMG plastic waste to hydrogen and electricity process.

Link:

https://waste-management-world.com/a/japanese-ministry-of-economy-trade-backs-plastic-waste-to-hydrogen-tech

Breakthrough means less pollution and lower greenhouse gas emissions

Link:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/20/how-plastic-waste-could-heat-homes

Prior to the opening of an artificial ski slope on the Amager Bakke waste to energy facility in Copenhagen this summer, Swedish freestyle skier, Jesper Tjäder, was allowed to test the new “mountain” at The Audi Nines event.

Link:

https://waste-management-world.com/a/video-freestyle-skier-takes-on-copenhill-waste-to-energy-plant

A trial reverse vending machine that could form the backbone of a Perth-wide container deposit scheme has taken off in Bull Creek, giving customers a feel for the technology before the state government rolls out its recycling initiative next year.

Link:

https://www.theage.com.au/national/western-australia/from-trash-to-cash-recycling-arrives-in-perth-with-reverse-vending-machines-20190719-p528x8.html

Vatican City has its own system of collecting and recycling its sorted waste, much of which goes into making compost.

Link:

https://catholicoutlook.org/vatican-doubles-green-effort-with-waste-recycling/

Regulations on the Administration of Domestic Waste in Shanghai came into effect on July 1, 2019.

This shows that Shanghai is carrying out the most ambitious garbage revolution in history, with the topic "Garbage Classification Revolution" in Shanghai becoming a major point of public discussion, attracting media attention at home and abroad.

Link:

http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201907/20/WS5d326f77a310d830564000c0.html

A growing body of research shows that waste plastic is becoming a major source of environmental pollution, including as a potentially significant contributor of greenhouse gases, a principal cause of global warming. As has long been the case with fossil fuels, the plastics industry is attempting to suppress knowledge of the problem.

Link:

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/09/07/plas-s07.html

Island ferries could face a “real problem” as a result of sending rubbish to England to meet a Scottish ban on landfill.

Link:

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/islands/1799406/exporting-waste-to-england-could-affect-island-ferries-tories-warn/

En poco tiempo, los residuos orgánicos generados en Chile tendrán que ser separados y dispuestos en contenedores especiales para que un camión los retire y lleve a una planta de compostaje.

Link:

http://biopolcom.cl/index.php/2019/07/19/ministerio-del-medio-ambiente-avanza-en-estrategia-nacional-de-residuos-organicos-domiciliarios/

Since last year a small rice farming village in East Java called Bangun has become a dumping ground for global waste. Piles of recyclable waste cover the streets and hide houses from view. Whole paddy fields are blanketed in huge heaps of rubbish which grow higher and wider each day as delivery trucks from Surabaya offload tonne after tonne of foreign shipments.

Link:

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/20/plas-j20.html