Notícias

A new collaborative project aimed at making black plastic easily recyclable has been awarded £800,000 by the government’s Innovate UK grant scheme.

Link:

https://resource.co/article/black-plastic-recycling-project-wins-800k-government-funding-13107

Acadiana its time for another edition of your lawn and garden. Weeds over here, weeds over there, weeds everywhere. I don‘t want weeds anywhere. Is that a good segway into mulch?

Link:

https://www.klfy.com/lawn-and-garden/garden-compost/1817144252

Recently on Capitol Hill, the plastics industry gathered congressional staff and reporters together to highlight a billion-dollar campaign designed to rid the ocean of plastic. At the event, Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) announced the reintroduction of legislation to achieve that same goal.

Link:

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/432081-cant-win-fight-against-plastic-waste-without-recycling

The motion to build the St-Laurent facility passed through the agglomeration council without debate.

Link:

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreals-compost-plant-gets-thumbs-up-from-agglomeration-council

Australia‘s recycling system needs a "complete transformation" if all packaging is to be recyclablereusable by 2025, a new study of the nation‘s waste reveals.

Link:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-6754425/Recycling-systems-need-national-rethink.html

I have been composting for about 15 years in my garden. It started with four pallets lashed together and has grown. I turn out enough compost yearly to have not needed to purchase any for a number of years and I have given some to a few neighbours.

Link:

https://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/letter-lets-keep-composting-local-and-small-scale/

The Spartanburg Area Conservancy (SPACE) protects and conserves land for Spartanburg area citizens, volunteer landowners and visitors by building strong relationships within the community through positive outreach.

Link:

https://www.goupstate.com/opinion/20190224/refshauge-composting-is-key-for-environment

"I just can‘t bear the idea of throwing out perfectly good food scraps into the bin, into landfill, when we can use those," said Ms King, who lives in a small apartment block in Melbourne.

Link:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-02-24/food-scrap-and-composting-solutions-for-apartments/10817702

As spring approaches, we’ll be sowing, planting, mulching and digging – but which compost do we need for each job?

Link:

https://www.newsletter.co.uk/lifestyle/compost-which-to-choose-1-8816960

From a container wafts the sweetly pungent odour of coffee grounds which, far from being discarded as waste, are being lucratively recycled to produce oyster mushrooms.

Link:

https://www.thelocal.fr/20190224/parisians-wake-up-to-coffee-fuelled-urban-mushroom-magic