Notícias

The Environmental Protection Administration (Taiwan) charts their efforts when it comes to diversified waste treatment

Link:

https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/diversified-waste-treatment-taiwan/61722/

Recycling is only part of the answer for e-waste

Link:

https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2019/03/27/tackling-indias-ewaste-recycling-crisis.html

Waste Management recently implemented 24 new compressed natural gas,CNG, trucks into their fleet, replacing the old diesel models.

Link:

http://www.kplctv.com/2019/03/27/waste-management-implements-new-eco-friendly-fleet-trucks/

As the groundhog predicted, spring is here, so now is the time to start composting!

Link:

https://colorado.ourcommunitynow.com/2019/03/29/4-best-ways-to-compost-this-spring/

Following the recent news that India will follow China and tighten its laws around importing plastic waste, Stephen Cameron, business development manager at SWRnewstar, asks &8220who&8217s next to ban plastic waste imports from the UK?&8221

Link:

https://ciwm-journal.co.uk/china-india-whos-next-to-ban-plastic-waste-imports-from-the-uk/

The European Parliament has strongly endorsed the Single-Use Plastics Directive in its plenary meeting on Wednesday. The last outstanding step for the Directive‘s final adoption is now its approval by the Council of Ministers.

Link:

https://www.euwid-recycling.com/news/business/single/archive/2019/march/Artikel/strong-support-for-single-use-plastics-directive.html

Scotland generated 5.5 more waste in 2017 when compared to 2016, according to new figures. Of this waste, 142,195 more tonnes of waste was recycled, yet the increase in waste generated means the country’s recycling rate has decreased 0.2 percentage points from 2016 to 58.9.

Link:

https://ciwm-journal.co.uk/slight-decline-in-scotlands-recycling-as-waste-generated-increases/

Composting is the perfect solution to household waste. Rather than everything going in the trash and ending up in a landfill somewhere, it is naturally broken down into powerful fertilizer that can then be used to help your plants, vegetables and flowers thrive.

Link:

https://www.thedailygardener.com/things-you-can-compost

Incluso una economía verde produce basura, y el gobierno tailandés se está adelantando a este problema al comenzar a trabajar en un plan para desarrollar instalaciones de reciclaje de paneles solares desechados y baterías usadas de vehículos eléctricos.

Link:

http://www.thailatinamerica.net/mexico/index.php/noticias/noticias/item/1022-tailandia-tratara-los-residuos-de-alta-tecnologia

We know you have no idea what those numbers mean.

Link:

https://www.rd.com/home/what-the-numbers-on-plastic-mean/