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?
Mais »The appliance of science
Trash goes high-tech
Mais »A better hole
The charms of modern landfills
Mais »Down in the dumps
Managing waste properly is expensive, which is why rich countries mostly do it better than poor ones
Mais »You are what you throw away
The anthropology of garbage
Mais »Talking rubbish
Environmental worries have transformed the waste industry, says Edward McBride. But governments policies remain largely incoherent.
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 …
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