The House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee has appointed a sub-committee, chaired by Lord O‘‘Neill of Clackmannan, to look at sustainable approaches to waste reduction. The inquiry will focus on the first level of the waste hierarchy, waste reduction, and will look into ways in which products and …
Mais »World – the price of virtue, getting people to recycle more
Here is an article from The Economist (June 7, 2007) on how to get people recycling more-even if they do not particularly want to. Plastics here, newspapers there, bottles in that pile, tin cans over there. Across the rich world tonight a small army of worthy householders will pick through …
Mais »UK – HSE advice on removing petrol from scrap vehicles
The UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) have published a good practice guidance document The safe recovery of petrol from end-of-life vehicles, in association with the end-of-life vehicle (ELV) industry. It provides advice on the safe removal, storage and disposal of petrol from vehicles that are being disposed of in …
Mais »China – world‘s largest plastics recycling plant opens in Beijing
China Daily reports that the world‘‘s biggest plastics recycling processing plant, capable of recycling 60,000 tons of waste annually, has begun operating in Beijing
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