Japan – recycling law spurs sales of used PCs

Sellers of used personal computers in Japan are enjoying brisk trade, partly because consumers are now required by law to spend several thousand yen on sending PCs they no longer need back to manufacturers. The Japan Times reprots that the vigorous market may also be tied to the onset of …

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Macacos no lixo

Na Universidade Federal de Goiás os macacos prego estão roubando e se alimentando do lixo. Eles abrem a tampa do contêiner e retiram as embalagens de iogurte, sucos e outros restos, muitos deles morrem por engasgarem com a embalagem, estão diabéticos, obesos, agressivos e preguiçosos, pois não vivem mais da …

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Macacos no lixo

Na Universidade Federal de Goiás os macacos prego estão roubando e se alimentando do lixo. Eles abrem a tampa do contêiner e retiram as embalagens de iogurte, sucos e outros restos, muitos deles morrem por engasgarem com a embalagem, estão diabéticos, obesos, agressivos e preguiçosos, pois não vivem mais da …

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Canada – Ontario plans for 60 per cent diversion

In Ontario, Canada the state government has announced a strategy to better manage Ontario’s waste and reduce the province’s reliance on landfills, focusing on achieving 60 per cent waste diversion from landfill. The continued export of Ontario waste, particularly from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), to the United States is …

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Biodegradable waste strategy drafted Actions leading to “real achievements on waste” EUR25m for recycling among new measures announced

560,000 or 42% of Irish households are now segregating their waste, there are now over 1,700 recycling facilities nationwide and recycling in Dublin has increased by 300% in three years. These were among the statistics contained in the first 5-year report on Ireland´s waste management progress. Publishing the report, titled …

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Japan adopts five eco-community projects towards building a recycling-based society

Japan’s Ministry of the Environment (MOE) held an open competition soliciting proposals for eco-community projects (officially, “Fiscal 2003 Pilot Projects for Building a Recycling-based Society”), and adopted five model projects after reviewing 239 applications from around the country. Japan for Sustainability reports that this programme aims to promote local activities …

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Japan – recycling law spurs sales of used PCs

Sellers of used personal computers in Japan are enjoying brisk trade, partly because consumers are now required by law to spend several thousand yen on sending PCs they no longer need back to manufacturers. The Japan Times reprots that the vigorous market may also be tied to the onset of …

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