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The US EPA is proposing new rules to reduce emissions of air pollutants from the last remaining category of waste incinerators requiring Clean Air Act regulation. This final category is called other solid waste incinerators (OSWI). OSWI consist of institutional waste incinerators and very small municipal waste combustors. Institutional waste …

You might be interested in some more detail on Dublin‘‘s interesting adoption of variable rate charging from January 2005. This system is designed to benefit the environment by encouraging housholds to reduce, reuse and recycle their waste materials and present their wheelie bins or tagged bags for collection when full. …

Germany has increased the R&D budget for renewable bio-materials. The German government will almost double its budget for research and development in naturally re-occurring materials next year, said the ministry for consumer protection, nutrition and agriculture. Plastics & Rubber Weekly reports that the ministry‘‘s parliamentary secretary of state Matthias Berninger …

Researchers of the Nara Institute of Science and Technology have succeeded in developing an organotin-free substance for ship paint that does not leach out any organometallic compounds into the surrounding seawater. Japan for Sustainability (FfS) reports that the research team, led by Professor Michiya Fujiki and represented by Assistant Professor …

A report has been published by the UK Government‘‘s Department of Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) which presents the findings of a study conducted by Enviros Consulting in conjunction with Economics for the Environment Consultancy (EFTEC) to provide an assessment of the external costs and benefits to health and …

POSSIBILIDADES DE USO DE VEGETAÇÃO NA RECUPERAÇÃO AMBIENTAL DE ATERROS DE R.S.U

Recycling of used oil increased by more than 40 per cent during the last three years – from about 160 million litres a year, to over 230 million litres last year, the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell said today. “Australians have become very good at recycling …

Koudera Town, in Japan‘‘s Hyogo Prefecture, started using toilet paper recycled from discarded confidential documents, including the town‘‘s, for its town hall restrooms in late May 2004. Japan for Sustainability reports that the toilet paper is manufactured by Nishinihon Eizai Co., a Japanese paper manufacturer that has similar contracts with …

Recycling gets a 21st century facelift, as Secretary of State for Environment, Margaret Beckett, unveils the first in a new era of ‘‘high tech‘‘ recycling facilities at supermarkets. The new recycling facility – built by Norwegians for the supermarket chain Tesco – promises to be faster, cleaner and more efficient …

HER inquisitive nature and never-up spirit have propelled Yeo Kim Luang to achieve success in the recycling and oil palm biomass by-products processing business. The Malaysia Times reports that in 1996, Yeo was excited about her invention from oil palm waste, Ecomat after about four years of research. Unfortunately, the …