Web-Resol Tudo sobre Limpeza Urbana e Resíduos Sólidos!
The war on waste has begun. Last year’s outrage at plastics polluting the ocean was followed this year with anger at the fashion industry.
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/how-your-portfolio-can-profit-from-the-war-on-waste-q7gsh0lj6
A WEEE Bit of Economics
Globally, WEEE is a rapidly growing problem. The adage that there is ‘more gold in a tonne of e-waste than a tonne of ore’ is an old one, but holds true. However, a host of other rare,
valuable and/or toxic materials are also contained. Safely
recovering them is not cheap. A report commissioned by
EERA explores the economic realities of the situation.
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This is garbage: One man‘s quest to cut down trash by composting
Pay-as-you-throw, city-wide composting could be coming to Saskatoon in 2020
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatoon-composting-pay-as-you-throw-1.4941064
Qué hacer con la basura del turismo, un dilema para Bariloche
Pese a los anuncios de tratamiento y recolección, la ciudad retrocede y el vertedero es tierra de nadie. Hoteleros alientan la separación y reutilización: shampoo y jabones, lo más buscado.
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BREXIT & THE UK’S WASTE EXPORT CONUNDRUM
As the UK’s troubled exit from the European Union looms ever closer on the horizon, the RDF Industry Group has called on both the UK Government and the EU to take action to enable RDF exports to Europe to ‘continue unhindered.
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The Impact of Brexit on the UK Plastic Manufacturing and Recycling Industry
Duncan Geddes argues that the lack of clarity and direction is beginning to become a very real concern for British industry as the prospect of a no-deal Brexit looks increasingly likely…
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IN DEPTH: Why Switzerland Does Not Enforce Plastics Recycling
In a recent paper Prof. Dr. Rainer Bunge argues that efforts to improve the recycling of plastics are not always the most environmentally beneficial. Often energy recovery is preferable.
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https://waste-management-world.com/a/in-depth-why-switzerland-does-not-enforce-plastics-recycling
EU Commision Circular Plastics Alliance to Create Market for Recycled Materials
The European Commission has launched an alliance of industry stakeholder as to reduce plastics littering, increase the share of recycled plastics and stimulate market innovation.
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TOMRA’s Latest Tech Achieves 95 Purity for Glass Recycling from MSW
TOMRA Sorting Recycling has introduced a new technology which said to recover more glass for recycling, achieving purity rates greater than 95, the AUTOSORT COLOR.
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THE ITALIAN JOB!
Why should ‘Ecomondo’ be in your events diary for 2019? Reporting ‘live’ from this year’s event in Rimini Fiera, Italy, Malcolm Bates explains in words and pictures.
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