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Here is a small item which shows how one perfectly sensible legal instrument can obstruct an equally sensible environment issue (use of resources) and a social equity issue (access to mobility). A New Zealand law that requires second-hand bicycles to be sold with their instruction manuals may be changed. The …
Mais »Taiwan – Restaurants enter second phase of recycling regime
Customers visiting fast-food chains might find themselves facing a second lineup the next time they visit their favorite restaurant — the queue to recycle the different kinds of garbage left over from the meal The Taipei Times reports that the Tiawanese Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has just launched a six-month …
Mais »European Commission proposes simplified control procedures for shipments of waste
The European Commission has proposed a revision of the 10-year-old Waste Shipment Regulation. This Regulation sets environmental criteria for waste shipments within, into and outside the European Union. It covers shipments of practically all types of waste by all types of means, including vehicles, trains, ships and planes. The proposal …
Mais »Formative steps to zero waste: Victoria, Australia
EcoRecycle Victoria´s Business Plan 2003-04 to 2005-2006 presents a new approach to avoiding and reducing waste while continuing to promote the recovery of resources from the Victorian community. Chief Executive Officer, Ian Coles said that over the past three years EcoRecycle has been pleased to help advance the Victorian Government´s …
Mais »Waste of bicycles may prompt law review
Here is a small item which shows how one perfectly sensible legal instrument can obstruct an equally sensible environment issue (use of resources) and a social equity issue (access to mobility). A New Zealand law that requires second-hand bicycles to be sold with their instruction manuals may be changed. The …
Mais »Formative steps to zero waste: Victoria, Australia
EcoRecycle Victoria´s Business Plan 2003-04 to 2005-2006 presents a new approach to avoiding and reducing waste while continuing to promote the recovery of resources from the Victorian community. Chief Executive Officer, Ian Coles said that over the past three years EcoRecycle has been pleased to help advance the Victorian Government´s …
Mais »Taiwan – Restaurants enter second phase of recycling regime
Customers visiting fast-food chains might find themselves facing a second lineup the next time they visit their favorite restaurant — the queue to recycle the different kinds of garbage left over from the meal The Taipei Times reports that the Tiawanese Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) has just launched a six-month …
Mais »European Commission proposes simplified control procedures for shipments of waste
The European Commission has proposed a revision of the 10-year-old Waste Shipment Regulation. This Regulation sets environmental criteria for waste shipments within, into and outside the European Union. It covers shipments of practically all types of waste by all types of means, including vehicles, trains, ships and planes. The proposal …
Mais »Recicloteca
A Recicloteca é um Centro de Informações sobre Reciclagem e Meio Ambiente criado pela ONG Ecomarapendi e patrocinado pela AmBev. Foi planejada com o objetivo de difundir informações sobre as questões ambientais, com ênfase na redução, reaproveitamento e reciclagem do lixo. http://www.recicloteca.org.br/
Mais »Breakthrough for a cleaner paper industry
A new approach that makes paper from straw, which is said to be both cheaper and greener, is one step closer to reality thanks to an investment award of £90,500 from NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) to Surrey, UK-based environmental company, BioRegional MiniMills. There are …
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