This May 2005 report intends to contribute to the municipal solid waste dialogue in China. The report provides a general sector background and presents the World Banks current understanding. Detailed recommendations are made.
Mais »Waste Management in China: Issues and Recommendations
This May 2005 report intends to contribute to the municipal solid waste dialogue in China. The report provides a general sector background and presents the World Banks current understanding. Detailed recommendations are made.
Mais »Waste Management in China: Issues and Recommendations
This May 2005 report intends to contribute to the municipal solid waste dialogue in China. The report provides a general sector background and presents the World Banks current understanding. Detailed recommendations are made.
Mais »Environmental Benefits of Recycling – an international review of life cycle comparisons
This study is the largest and most comprehensive international review of LCA work on key materials that are often collected for recycling paper/cardboard, plastics, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and aggregates. Of several hundred studies that were screened, 55 state-of-the-art LCAs were selected for detailed review, comprising over 200 different …
Mais »FROM WASTE TO RESOURCE – An abstract of 2006 World Waste Survey
This survey has been co-produced by Veolia Environmental Services, world number 2 in waste management, and CyclOpe, the leading European research institute for the raw materials and commodities markets. It was written by Elisabeth Lacoste, agriculturist and doctor of economics and Philippe Chalmin, professor at the Université Paris-Dauphine and president …
Mais »Plastic Debris in the Worlds Oceans
At least 267 different species are known to have suffered from entanglement or ingestion of marine debris including seabirds, turtles, seals, sea lions, whales and fish. The scale of contamination of the marine environment by plastic debris is vast. It is found floating in all the worlds oceans, everywhere from …
Mais »A special report on waste – Less is more
The ultimate in waste disposal is to tackle the problem at source
Mais »A special report on waste – Muck and brass
The waste business smells of money
Mais »Muck and brass
The waste business smells of money
Mais »Round and round it goes
Recycling is good for the environment, but it costs. Is it worth it?
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