Ten successful case studies are presented in this report, which seeks to support and encourage waste minimisation in EEA countries. Focussing on waste prevention and recycling, the case studies cover five themes: producer responsibility, voluntary agreements, legislative requirements, information programmes and waste taxes
Mais »Case studies on waste minimisation practices in Europe
Ten successful case studies are presented in this report, which seeks to support and encourage waste minimisation in EEA countries. Focussing on waste prevention and recycling, the case studies cover five themes: producer responsibility, voluntary agreements, legislative requirements, information programmes and waste taxes
Mais »Case studies on waste minimisation practices in Europe
Ten successful case studies are presented in this report, which seeks to support and encourage waste minimisation in EEA countries. Focussing on waste prevention and recycling, the case studies cover five themes: producer responsibility, voluntary agreements, legislative requirements, information programmes and waste taxes
Mais »Case studies on waste minimisation practices in Europe
Ten successful case studies are presented in this report, which seeks to support and encourage waste minimisation in EEA countries. Focussing on waste prevention and recycling, the case studies cover five themes: producer responsibility, voluntary agreements, legislative requirements, information programmes and waste taxes
Mais »Pilas: Mitos y realidades
Ante la frecuente consulta a EcoWeb, y ante las numerosas campañas de recolección hemos solicitado a SIM la redacción de un informe básico para aclarar conceptos y despejar incógnitas. El riesgo de contaminación de las pilas es explicado en la nota que sigue
Mais »Guía para el diseño, construcción y operación de rellenos sanitarios manuales
Esta versión incorpora nuevos temas que ayudarán a las pequeñas po-blaciones de la Región a desarrollar una gestión integral de residuos, a admi-nistrar y controlar los rellenos y a efectuar análisis de costos para garantizar la sostenibilidad de estas acciones. El documento resultará, pues, de gran utilidad para mejorar las …
Mais »Guía para el diseño, construcción y operación de rellenos sanitarios manuales
Esta versión incorpora nuevos temas que ayudarán a las pequeñas po-blaciones de la Región a desarrollar una gestión integral de residuos, a admi-nistrar y controlar los rellenos y a efectuar análisis de costos para garantizar la sostenibilidad de estas acciones. El documento resultará, pues, de gran utilidad para mejorar las …
Mais »More than 10,000 people protest plastic bag ban
More people protested in Taipei over the planned Taiwanese plastic bag tax than took to the streets recently in many cities to object to a war in Iraq. The China Post reports that more than 10,000 protesters took to the streets of Taipei yesterday to demonstrate against a ban on …
Mais »Recycling – the secret of success in Daventry, UK?
Daventry District Council (DDC) is currently the UK’s leading recycling authority, diverting 43% of all household waste from landfill through doorstep collections of recyclables (paper, steel and aluminium cans, glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles and textiles) and organic wastes (garden and kitchen wastes). Consultants (and RRF members) Environmental Resources …
Mais »Leicester UK expects 70 per cent recycling by 2005
Here is some news from the UK newspaper the Leicester Mercury. It looks like a giant washing machine – but it’s the answer to Leicester’s waste problems. A team from Leicester has visited Germany to see the kind of technology that will revolutionise recycling in this city from 2005. Residents …
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