Notícias

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

SEATTLE — Leslie Christian recently added unusual language to her living will: After death, she hoped her remains would be reduced to soil and spread around to help out some flowers,a tree. In essence, compost.

Link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/us/death-human-compost.html

Dog poop is never a walk in the park to clean up. But as responsible dog owners, it’s our job to make sure that we don’t leave a mark. Sadly, the very way dog poop is usually disposed of can have an impact on the environment. One solution to this problem might be composting, which turns fecal matter into fertilizer.

Link:

https://dogtime.com/how-to/pet-safety/72999-composting-green-alternative-plastic-poop-bag

New CMA testing program and logo will validate and identify decomposition across a variety of composting technologies

Link:

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eco-products-announces-agreement-with-compost-manufacturing-alliance-to-test-all-compostable-products-begin-using-new-composter-approved-logo-300784259.html

PARIS (AFP) – Weighing more than all commercial airliners ever built and worth more than most countries‘ GDP, electronic waste poses a growing economic and environmental threat, experts said Thursday (Jan 24), as they launched a global initiative to clean it up.

Link:

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/war-declared-on-worlds-growing-e-waste-crisis

Un abuelo fue reconocido por su contribución al medio ambiente en Argentina.

Link:

https://www.elpopular.pe/virales/228194-argentina-anciano-limpio-basural-convirtio-plaza-fotos

The world produces as much as 50 million tonnes of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) a year, weighing more than all of the commercial airliners ever made. Only 20 of this is formally recycled.

Link:

https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/un-report-time-seize-opportunity-tackle-challenge-e-waste

Metro could implement simple interventions to increase waste diversion, says researcher

Link:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/we-can-do-a-lot-better-metro-vancouver-recycling-composting-rate-stalls-at-63-1.4992233

Loop will send you name-brand products, like Tide detergent, Crest mouthwash,Häagen Dazs ice cream. When you’re done, you ship the empty container back, where it gets cleaned and reused for the next customer.

Link:

https://www.fastcompany.com/90296956/a-coalition-of-giant-brands-is-about-to-change-how-we-shop-forever-with-a-new-zero-waste-platform

Norwegian company, Nofir, has collected 24 tonnes of old fishing equipment from Antartica, in a bid to rid the world’s oceans of lost and discarded gear.

Link:

https://www.worldfishing.net/news101/industry-news/from-antartic-waste-to-new-products