Web-Resol Tudo sobre Limpeza Urbana e Resíduos Sólidos!
Polluting energy from waste (EfW) incinerators have been consigned to the past, a report published by the waste industry has suggested this week.
Link:
Aquí estará el acopio de basuras de Medellín
El lote de El Caracol, un predio vecino a la Terminal de Transportes del Norte en el que durante mucho tiempo estuvieron asentados los mecánicos del barrio Naranjal, se convertirá en la estación de recolección y gestión de las 1.800 toneladas diarias de residuos que genera Medellín.
Link:
Working with the Informal Service Chain as a Locally Appropriate Strategy for Sustainable Modernization of Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems in Lower-Middle Income Cities: Lessons from Accra, Ghana
Abstract: Twenty years of formal private sector participation in solid waste management in Ghana has failed to deliver an increase in collection coverage and recycling rates. This article shares lessons and experiences from Accra, Ghana, a middle-income city where researchers and municipal solid waste managers have collaborated to modernize the municipal solid waste management system by working together to develop a locally appropriate response to the informal waste service sector.
Link:
PLASTIC ENERGY to Develop Five Chemical Plastic Recycling Plants in Indonesia
London based PLASTIC ENERGY, which has developed a process to recycle difficult to recycle plastic waste on a commercial scale, has reached an agreement with the province of West Java, Indonesia, to build five chemical recycling plants.
Link:
Zero Waste, estilo de vida que contribuye con el medio ambiente
La iniciativa asegura eliminar por completo los malos hábitos de consumo.
Link:
El cierre de los vertederos chinos provoca caos en el reciclaje mundial
La decisión de China de cerrar sus vertedores a los plásticos y a otros productos y de dejar de ser la basura del mundo está perturbando el sistema mundial de reciclaje y haciendo crecer montañas de basura en todo el mundo, de Asia a Occidente.
Link:
https://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/cierre-vertederos-chinos-plastico-caos.html
Ruaraka land ghost return to haunt top officials
The ghosts of the Ruaraka land saga have refused to disappear and have resurfaced to haunt top state officials in an audit that unmasks massive irregularities in the Sh3.3 billion land purchase.
Link:
https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2019-04-23-ruaraka-land-ghost-return-to-haunt-top-officials/
Economía de reciclaje
La crisis del sector del reciclaje, en Australia, está obligando a este país a reconsiderar la manera en que gestiona sus residuos. Expertos en desechos dicen que la decisión de China de dejar de tomar los productos reciclados de Australia, presenta una oportunidad para la industria.
Link:
https://www.voanoticias.com/a/ambiente-salud-reciclaje-australia-/4888408.html
From trash in the streets to model city: How to get communities to zero waste
Laws aren’t always enough. It took education and leadership at many levels, but the people of San Fernando, Philippines, cleaned up their city.
Link:
Composting: the natural way to give back waste
It’s that time of year again when the grass gets greener, the trees spring back to life and University of Massachusetts students make their way out of their dorms for the first time since fall. The grass starts to get greener through help from UMass’ Grounds department, its Landscapes Services crews and especially from composting.
Link:
https://dailycollegian.com/2019/04/composting-the-natural-way-to-give-back-waste/