Notícias

What a LOAD of rubbish! Drone footage shows 50,000-tons of trash in UK’s biggest recycling wasteland that was ABANDONED when firm went bust five years ago… but council says ‘it‘s NOT a health risk‘

Link:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6631909/Recycling-tip-North-Killingholme-UKs-biggest.html

El hábito de reciclar la ropa usada es una realidad cada vez más presente entre los madrileños, que anualmente se desprenden de más de dos toneladas de camisas, pantalones y todo tipo de prendas de vestir

Link:

https://www.publico.es/sociedad/reciclaje-65-ropa-usada-recoge-madrid-recicla-venta-tiendas-mercadillos.html

En la estación Lincoln de la Ecovía, en Monterrey, Nuevo León, se inauguró una máquina de reciclaje que recibe cualquier tipo de plástico y que a cambio le da dinero a la persona. Esto forma parte del programa Recicla y Gana.

Link:

https://www.unotv.com/noticias/estados/nuevo-leon/detalle/maquina-reciclaje-monterrey-dinero-estacion-lincoln-ecovia-plastico-556173/

With world resources finite, and increasing public awareness of the harmful effects of our ‘throwaway culture’, a move towards what’s known as a circular economy seems a sensible option. In short, this means making products last longer, and recovering materialsother benefits from them when they can’t be fixed.

Link:

http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/blog/generating-energy-waste-how-it-works

SAO PAULO — A dam that held back mining waste collapsed Friday in Brazil, inundating a nearby community in reddish-brown sludge, killing at least seven people and leaving scores of others missing.

Link:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/vale-dam-collapses-in-southeastern-brazil/2019/01/25/bc20907a-20c1-11e9-a759-2b8541bbbe20_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e7419fb7987f

Imagine enjoying a nice beersipping a delicious cocktail while watching municipal waste being sorted and processed. It certainly does not sound the most appealing setting for an evening out but an initiative launched by the recycling sector in Japan may change all that.

Link:

https://recyclinginternational.com/business/latest-tokyo-attraction-the-recycling-cocktail-bar/

London cafes bring people together while tackling the UK’s food waste problem

Link:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/26/real-junk-food-project-turns-supermarket-waste-into-tasty-meals

SHANGHAI: China has launched a pilot programme to "waste-free cities" designed to use resources more efficiently and eliminate the growing health and environmental risks caused by trash, the environment ministry said.

Link:

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-launches-pilot–waste-free-city–plan-to-boost-recycling-11160388

With snow on the sidewalk and ice on the porch steps, a reasonable person might ask: Do I really have to take the potato peelings out to the compost bin? They wouldn’t break down until spring anyway, would they?

Link:

https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/home/ct-home-0131-garden-morton-20190124-story.html

Hunt Griffith walked along Sansom Street in West Philadelphia recently, just after city Streets Department workers had scooped up blue recycling buckets, dumped them into a truck, and roared away.

Link:

http://www.philly.com/science/climate/recycling-costs-philadelphia-incinerator-waste-to-energy-plant-20190125.html