Web-Resol Tudo sobre Limpeza Urbana e Resíduos Sólidos!
Enrique Ricciuti, el titular de la empresa a cargo del predio de disposición final, trazó un balance "absolutamente positivo" del trabajo realizado hasta la fecha. También reveló que ya funciona una planta para recicladores informales.
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Residuos de cerveza, ¿posible nuevo carburante?
Su fermentación a partir de microondas y agua da como resultado un biocombustible parecido a la gasolina
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El basural de la India que va camino a superar en altura al Taj Mahal
En la capital más contaminada del mundo se encuentra un vertedero que crece a razón de 10m de altura por año, depositándose 2000 toneladas de basura por día. La grave situación lleva a la necesidad de plantearse la idea de colocar señalización lumínica para la seguridad aeronáutica.
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Council in court over plans for £650m incinerator that could ‘discourage recycling’
Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) has been taken to court over claims that a £650m contract it awarded for an energy-from-waste (EfW) plant could result in the incineration of recyclable material, counter to the government’s waste and resources strategy.
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https://www.endsreport.com/article/1587316/council-court-plans-650m-incinerator-discourage-recycling
Composting of human remains an idea to consider
“By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken for dust you are and to dust you will return,” the Book of Genesis says.
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https://www.gazettenet.com/body-composting-funerals-26050923
France orders fast food chains to quickly sort their waste
Fifteen fast food chains are being ordered by France’s Ecological Transition ministry to sort their waste in at least 70 of their restaurants by the end of 2019. This has been a legal obligation since 1 July 2016. EURACTIV’s partner le Journal de l’Environnement reports.
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New way to turn plastic waste into jet fuel
WASHINGTON: Scientists have found a novel way to turn daily plastic waste products like water bottles and plastic bags into jet fuel.
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£65m recycling plant to be powered by landfill waste in ‘UK first’
An innovative project will see electricity from non-recyclable waste power a £65m plastic recycling plant in Bristol.
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Southeast Asia Doesn‘t Want to Be the World‘s Dumping Ground. Here‘s How Some Countries Are Pushing Back
The global trash trade has reached a turning point wealthier nations have long shipped their plastic waste to the developing world to be processed, but in recent months, some nations in Southeast Asia have begun sending the exports — much of it contaminated plastic and trash that is unrecyclable — back to where it came from.
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http://time.com/5598032/southeast-asia-plastic-waste-malaysia-philippines/
What are European countries doing to tackle plastic waste?
Despite some promising efforts to address the growing problem of plastic waste like banning plastic shopping bagsstraws, specific prevention targets for different plastic waste are still not widespread in Europe, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment published today.
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https://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/what-are-european-countries-doing