A new record for collection was reached in the first half of 2004 – 32.5 kg per head was diverted to household collection containers. The strongest growth was in the provinces of Vorarlberg, Carinthia and Burgenland. There has been an explosion in the collection of waste paper; ten years after …
Mais »USA – Penn State researchers receive grant for turning waste plastics into fuel
University Park, Pennsylvania. — After a decade of experimentation into creating fuel nuggets out of unrecycled waste plastics and burning them without creating toxic emissions, a team of researchers in Penn State‘‘s College of Agricultural Sciences recently received an $87,395 grant from the state Department of Agriculture to ramp-up their …
Mais »China bans electro-scrap import
After November 1, China will ban imports of scrap electronic goods such as refrigerators and television sets. Countries like Japan and the United States have traditionally dumped goods like these in China, where they are broken down for parts and re-built. Xinhuanet reports that the practice is about to stop, …
Mais »Germany – windows & façades: renovation market helps to speed up recycling
The rapid growth of the renovation market has helped to increase the exchange of aluminium windows and façades. Industrial and commercial buildings are being adapted to meet the increasing demand for insulation and comfort. The German Aluminium Recycling Initiative A/U/F has set targets of recycling aluminium windows and façades into …
Mais »Austria – new plastic bottles recycling schemes in Vienna & Salzburg
A pilot scheme that has been introduced in Vienna and Salzburg, in which the yellow bin and the yellow sack are used to collect plastic bottles only, has proved to be a big success. The scheme is also running in lower Austria and is due to be launched parts of …
Mais »Austrians collect more waste paper than ever
A new record for collection was reached in the first half of 2004 – 32.5 kg per head was diverted to household collection containers. The strongest growth was in the provinces of Vorarlberg, Carinthia and Burgenland. There has been an explosion in the collection of waste paper; ten years after …
Mais »USA – Penn State researchers receive grant for turning waste plastics into fuel
University Park, Pennsylvania. — After a decade of experimentation into creating fuel nuggets out of unrecycled waste plastics and burning them without creating toxic emissions, a team of researchers in Penn State‘‘s College of Agricultural Sciences recently received an $87,395 grant from the state Department of Agriculture to ramp-up their …
Mais »China bans electro-scrap import
After November 1, China will ban imports of scrap electronic goods such as refrigerators and television sets. Countries like Japan and the United States have traditionally dumped goods like these in China, where they are broken down for parts and re-built. Xinhuanet reports that the practice is about to stop, …
Mais »Germany – windows & façades: renovation market helps to speed up recycling
The rapid growth of the renovation market has helped to increase the exchange of aluminium windows and façades. Industrial and commercial buildings are being adapted to meet the increasing demand for insulation and comfort. The German Aluminium Recycling Initiative A/U/F has set targets of recycling aluminium windows and façades into …
Mais »Austria – new plastic bottles recycling schemes in Vienna & Salzburg
A pilot scheme that has been introduced in Vienna and Salzburg, in which the yellow bin and the yellow sack are used to collect plastic bottles only, has proved to be a big success. The scheme is also running in lower Austria and is due to be launched parts of …
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