Farming bodies, suppliers, the waste management and recycling industries, the Environment Agency and Government joined forces last week to consider how to achieve the sustainable management of plastic waste from farms. In a conference organised by the Agricultural Waste Stakeholders‘‘ Forum at Regents College Conference Centre in London (14 October) …
Mais »US – New York City Mayor‘s trash plan would shift waste from trucks to barges
New York City Mayor Bloomberg has received high marks from officials and activists for his 20-year garbage plan to get trucks off the roads, strengthen recycling and make each borough responsible for its own waste. The NY publication Queens Chronicle reports that although the executive summary of the plan was …
Mais »Europe – response indicators & waste prevention
The European Environment Agency‘‘s Topic Centre on Waste and Material Flows has provided a useful note on waste prevention which may interest you. The concept of response indicators may help us deal with the challenge of developing sound, valid and generally accepted indicators for waste prevention. Indicator has become a …
Mais »Europe – new study compiles existing knowledge of recycling rates for eight materials
The European Environment Agency‘‘s Topic Centre on Waste and Material Flows has published a useful report Inventory of existing information on recycling of selected material flows. The study was carried out in support of the preparation of the EU Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste. The Topic …
Mais »WASTEWATER BIOSOLIDS MANAGEMENT WITH GREEN VISION
HIGH SCHOOL BENEFITS FROM LANDFILL GAS RECOVERY
Recycling of Plastics
Why don’t we recycle more waste plastics? It’s an economically, as well as environmentally, important question. In the UK only 7% of the 2.3 million tonnes of waste plastics generated each year are recycled into new products
Mais »WASTEWATER BIOSOLIDS MANAGEMENT WITH GREEN VISION
HIGH SCHOOL BENEFITS FROM LANDFILL GAS RECOVERY
Recycling of Plastics
Why don’t we recycle more waste plastics? It’s an economically, as well as environmentally, important question. In the UK only 7% of the 2.3 million tonnes of waste plastics generated each year are recycled into new products
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