Notícias

China launches pilot ‘waste-free city‘ plan to boost recycling

SHANGHAI: China has launched a pilot programme to "waste-free cities" designed to use resources more efficiently and eliminate the growing health and environmental risks caused by trash, the environment ministry said.

Link:

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-launches-pilot–waste-free-city–plan-to-boost-recycling-11160388

At least half of Philly’s recycling goes straight to an incinerator

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

Basf será la primera empresa en fabricar productos con plásticos reciclados químicamente

Junto con 10 clientes de diversos sectores, está desarrollando productos incluyendo empaques para lácteos, estantes para heladeras y paneles de aislamiento térmico.

Link:

https://www.agronegocios.co/aprenda/basf-sera-la-primera-empresa-en-fabricar-productos-con-plasticos-reciclados-quimicamente-2817301

Há uma nova ‘Aliança Global para o Fim dos Resíduos Plásticos’

30 empresas da cadeia de valor de plásticos e bens de consumo lançaram a nova ‘Aliança para o Fim do Resíduo Plástico’ (AEPW – Alliance to End Plastic Waste). O objetivo da organização, é criar soluções para minimizar e gerir os resíduos plásticos, promovendo soluções para plásticos usados e uma economia circular.

Link:

https://www.distribuicaohoje.com/producao/ha-uma-nova-alianca-global-para-o-fim-dos-residuos-plasticos/

10 things can totally put in the compost pile — and 3 you can‘t

It‘s New Year‘s resolution time, and if you‘ve got "declutter the house" at the top of the list, you‘re probably pulling out the garbage bags and getting ready to go to work. But hold on! Instead of adding to the landfill, you can compost plenty of items around the house instead.

Link:

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/dont-toss-it-10-surprising-things-you-can-compost-and-3-you-really-shouldnt

How, where, and why to compost

It’s no secret compost has been given somewhat of an unfair reputation around campus. People think that it‘s pointless, smells funny and too difficult to do. What they don’t know is that two of these stigmas are absolutely false, and to be fair, it doesn’t smell funny — just kind of earthy.

Link:

http://www.laloyolan.com/life_and_arts/how-where-and-why-to-compost/article_243be5f1-3279-5086-a790-5aebe5ddecbb.html

Directorio de DIRSA/AIDIS eligió a Asunción como Sede de su 8° Congreso Interamericano de Residuos Sólidos

La División de Residuos Sólidos (DIRSA) de la Asociación Interamericana de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ambiental (AIDIS) y el capítulo paraguayo de AIDIS – AIDIS Paraguay invitan a participar del 8º Congreso Interamericano de Residuos Sólidos a realizarse del 22 al 24 de Mayo de 2019 en el Resort del Yacht y Golf Club Paraguayo en Asunción, Paraguay.

Link:

http://www.aidisparaguay.org.py/congresodirsa2019/