Notícias

A conveyor feed recently developed by Goudsmit Magnetics is able to increase the productivity of eddy current separators processing incinerator bottom ashRDF.

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https://waste-management-world.com/a/new-conveyor-feed-boosts-yield-from-eddy-current-separators-at-waste-recycling-plants

In Vienna, reuse and waste prevention has a high priority. DI Franziska Howorka and DI Paul Lichtberger explain how (MD 48 has been responsible for waste management since 1989, including the founding of city’s first reuse shop – the so called 48er-Basar.

Link:

https://waste-management-world.com/a/ma-48-waste-prevention-and-reuse-in-vienna

SWITCH Africa Green, an initiative to support sustainable development in six countries in Africa, has published a video outlining a project to recycle wooden pallets into new products.

Link:

https://waste-management-world.com/a/video-recycling-pallets-into-mobile-market-stalls-in-ghana

Nestlé Waters North America has signed a significant agreement with recycled PET plastic (rPET) supplier CarbonLITE, which will expand its US operations by building a third facility in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania.

Link:

https://waste-management-world.com/a/carbonlite-to-recycle-2bn-pet-bottles-in-new-facility-following-nestl-waters-deal

In the US and Canada, the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) announced today the release of the Report on Postconsumer PET Container Recycling Activity in 2017.

Link:

https://waste-management-world.com/a/pet-recycling-rate-returns-to-growth-in-us-canada-in

The Stockholm Biochar Project is turning the city’s park and garden waste into renewable energy for heating while sequestering carbon.

Link:

https://www.c40.org/case_studies/cities100-stockholm-world-s-first-urban-carbon-sink-with-biochar

Following the European Parliament’s adoption of its negotiating position on the Commission proposal on the reduction of certain plastic products, EuPC has warned of the possible negative effects for health and hygiene.

Link:

https://waste-management-world.com/a/eupc-caution-over-european-strategy-on-single-use-plastic-waste-reduction

Centenares de vecinos del Valle Elorz se concentran contra la planta de residuos

Link:

https://www.diariodenavarra.es/multimedia/videos/navarra/2018/11/10/concentracion-contra-futura-planta-residuos.html

La basura se convirtió en el principal problema ecológico del mundo y sólo puede solucionarse a través del nuevo paradigma que plantea la economía circular

Link:

https://www.infobae.com/tendencias/ecologia-y-medio-ambiente/2018/11/09/que-hacer-con-los-residuos-el-maximo-desafio-ambiental-del-planeta/

O que para uns é objeto de repulsa, desde a infância gerava curiosidade em Lucas Chiabi, de 24 anos. Mineiro de Belo Horizonte, o estudante de Engenharia Ambiental da UFRJ queria ser lixeiro quando criança. Hoje, está à frente da Ciclo Orgânico, uma empresa carioca que coleta lixo em residências mediante o pagamento de uma mensalidade de 60 reais.

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