Notícias

Backyard composting is an easy, convenient way to transform kitchen scraps and yard waste into a beneficial addition to soil in the garden.

Link:

https://www.tapinto.net/towns/union/articles/secrets-of-backyard-composting-revealed-2304d42f-903e-4c57-9279-02fe95ff3cbd

Research by the University of Greenwich examines the relationship between the use of recycling and waste management systems and absence rates among Local Authority waste collection workers due to Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs).

Link:

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20190809/Use-of-wheeled-bins-linked-to-lower-absence-rates-among-waste-collection-workers.aspx

Recycling has become the norm throughout the United States. Blue recycling bins are as common as trash cans in schools, parks, businesses and homes. Curbside recycling, which began in earnest in a few California cities in the 1980s, now captures 25 of the waste stream.

Link:

https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/opinion/9849330-181/recycling-business

Open Burning Endangers Health Urgently Find Rights-Respecting Solution

Link:

https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/08/10/lebanon-no-quick-fixes-trash-crisis

En América Latina y el Caribe, cuatro millones de personas obtienen su sustento de vida mediante la recolección, transporte, separación y venta de materiales reciclables, tales como cartón, papel, vidrio, plástico y metal.

Link:

https://www.elcaribe.com.do/2019/08/10/panorama/dinero/cuatro-millones-de-personas-sustentan-su-vida-en-el-reciclaje/

Fruits and vegetable scraps, coffee grinds, egg shells… These are all common things found in a kitchenrestaurant, but once they‘re usedhave gone bad, more often than not, they end up in landfills.

Link:

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2019/08/11/compost-buffalo-food-waste-recycle

Patricia González Escalona, integrante del Frente de Comunidades Unidas de Tizayuca, acusó que presuntamente se retomó la construcción de la planta incineradora de basura en Tepojaco, perteneciente a Valorsum, pese a haber sido suspendida hace casi tres años por no tener licencia ni estudios de impacto ambiental.

Link:

https://www.criteriohidalgo.com/regiones/insiste-valorsum-en-incineradora-suspendida-en-2016-dice-osc

Durante tres meses se realizaran intervenciones de limpieza en causes y riberas de ríos para darle mejoría a la calidad del agua del municipio.

Link:

https://90minutos.co/dagma-recicladores-oficio-nueva-cara-rios-cali-09-08-2019/

La contaminación de una laguna ubicada a unos metros del basurero municipal, fue reconocida por la dependencia a través de la dirección de Protección Civil Municipal, señalando que se hizo el acordonamiento para evitar más daños al manto freático.

Link:

https://60minutos.info/admite-ayuntamiento-contaminacion-de-mantos-freaticos-por-basurero/

With the growing emphasis on waste reduction, environmental protection and sustainability, the sector demands more hands to carry forward the mandate

Link:

https://www.thehindu.com/education/time-to-look-beyond-the-dump/article28973848.ece