Notícias

EREMA’s Klaus Feichtinger & Manfred Hackl‘s ‘Higher-performance plastic recycling’ is among 15 finalists for the European Patent Office European Inventor Award 2019.

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EREMA’s Klaus Feichtinger & Manfred Hackl’s ‘Higher-performance plastic recycling’ is among 15 finalists for the European Patent Office European Inventor Award 2019.

A short documentary feature from 60 Minutes Australia has highlighted the problems being caused by the country’s reliance on exporting materials from its ‘recycling’ collections.

Link:

https://waste-management-world.com/a/video-documentary-exposing-australias-recycling-lie

In an eye-catching campaign, the US Composting Council and Composting Council Research and Education Foundation are working together to build awareness of the importance of keeping organics out of landfills to build healthier soils.

Link:

https://www.compostingcouncil.org/page/GiveOrganicsSecondLife

CITY-WIDE CIRCULAR STRATEGY
What is the vision?
The national goal is for the Dutch economy to be fully circular by 2050, using 50 fewer primary raw materials by 2030

Link:

https://www.c40.org/researches/municipality-led-circular-economy

Under the amended Basel Convention, which regulates the transboundary movements of hazardous wastes, dirty plastic deemed unsuitable for recycling will be added to the list of waste subject to controls, requiring consent by importing countries prior to export.

Link:

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/05/f29164f1b687-countries-agree-on-treaty-to-regulate-trade-in-plastic-waste.html

Um poderoso inimigo do meio ambiente acaba de ser banido do Maranhão. Graças à lei 11.014/2019, os canudos de plástico, que podem levar séculos para se decompor totalmente, estão proibidos em todo o Estado.

Link:

https://oimparcial.com.br/negocios/2019/05/canudos-de-plastico-estao-proibidos-no-estado-do-maranhao/

In the garden, you expect to be surrounded by a clean, natural environment: in reality, plastic is often an unexpected guest in the ground these days. In many local authorities, it’s been the practice for many years to offer the residents free compost in the spring

Link:

https://www.plasticsoupfoundation.org/en/2019/05/plastic-in-compost-responsible-for-extra-local-pollution/

El reciclado de plástico es muy importante en la sociedad consumista en la que vivimos, y si bien la concienciación sobre el reciclaje ha crecido exponencialmente durante los últimos tiempos, no es suficiente para combatir uno de los mayores problemas medioambientales que se están generando en nuestra Tierra

Link:

https://computerhoy.com/noticias/life/cientificos-crean-plastico-puede-ser-reciclado-repetidamente-419843

As Washington prepares to become the first state to legalize “human composting,” not everyone is dying to turn their loved ones’ bodies into garden-variety soil.

Link:

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-human-composting-washington-green-burial-inslee-20190513-story.html

Nearly every country in the world has agreed to legally binding terms aimed to reduce pollution from plastic waste except the United States, which outsources much of its plastic waste to other countries for disposal.

Link:

https://www.ajc.com/news/national/plastic-waste-pact-approved-all-countries-but/I68ukwt1tVIshRqEUThMzM/