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The European Commission has proposed a comprehensive strategy against mercury pollution. High doses of mercury and its compounds can be fatal, but even relatively low amounts can seriously harm the nervous system. There is evidence that mercury pollution, in particular where it exceeds the international accepted safety levels, for example …

EurActiv provides a handy an overview of the main EU policy debates that will dominate the agenda in 2005. Lisbon strategy: The mid-term review to be presented at the Spring summit will use the input from the Kok report to try and refocus the ambitious, but so far relatively unsuccesful …

trabajo metodológicamente, se soporta en revisiones bibliográficas, el uso del “Método Analítico por Dimensiones”, desarrollado por Ángel y Carmona(2.002), para la identificación integral de impactos positivos y negativos de proyectos de desarrollo, aplicado a la recolección y aprovechamiento de residuos reciclables que hace el reciclador

The Lakeland recycling office is collecting out-of-date phone books through March 25. Link to full article

LISBOA – PORTUGAL: O Governo alemão confirmou que em Junho de 2005 será aplicada a proibição de eliminar em aterro os resíduos municipais não tratados, conforme estabelece a normativa vigente Clique para ler a notícia na fonte original!    

The Lakeland recycling office is collecting out-of-date phone books through March 25. Link: http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050129/NEWS/501290373/1004

The PET bottle collection rate in Japan was 61.0 percent in fiscal 2003, up 7.6 points from the previous fiscal year, according to the 2004 report on PET bottle recycling issued by the Council for PET Bottle Recycling in September 2004. Japan for Sustainability reports that the actual volume collected …

Sapporo Breweries Ltd., Shimadzu Corp. and Hiroshima University have jointly developed the world‘‘s first technology that can efficiently generate hydrogen and methane from bread waste. Japan for Sustainability reports that their research group announced that their small-scale experimental system had run successfully for over 6 months. The National Institute of …

The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) announced that last Autumn it had provided a loan of 25 billion yen (about U.S.$22.5 million) to Recycle Peer Co., a newly established company specializing in construction waste recycling. Japan for Sustainability reports that the project is designated as one of the "Super Eco-Town …

San Francisco, which has long prided itself on environmentally friendly policies, is debating whether it should become the first U.S. city to tax grocery bags to encourage recycling. Reuters reports that the city‘‘s Department of the Environment will vote on whether to recommend a 17 cent fee on each bag, …