Realização: ABES – Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental
Mais »Green taxes work when properly targeted
Green taxation needs well-designed policy packages, concluded a conference exploring the successes and failures of recent environmental taxation. European ministers are calling for a rethink in how taxes are structured to ensure maximum environmental impact with minimum costs for those with low salaries. News service Edie reports that the meeting’s …
Mais »Italy plans to incinerate more waste
The share of Italian waste being incinerated is too low and must be quadrupled for the country to comply with existing legislation, according to experts from industry, local authorities and the environment agency meeting in Milan recently. ENS reports that despite making good progress in recycling and re-use, Italy is …
Mais »Biodegradable plastics – a green solution?
It is hard to decide which way the argument over biodegradable plastics is going. Many people like the idea of plastics which break down, but the lifecycle impacts are not proven one way or another. Some people prefer the notion of using non-biodegradable plastics for fuel or as a CO2 …
Mais »Officials: Pay-as-you-throw dumping is more equitable
You may find this piece from the US publication the New Hampshire News (Thursday, September 26) of interest. The average house in Portland, Maine, had three trash bags at the kerb each week before the city started charging residents for each bag hauled away. “Now, most people put out one …
Mais »UK mobile phone takeback scheme scheme launched
The annual mountain of 15 million mobile phones scrapped because their users upgrade to newer models is being tackled with a new recycling scheme. Customers will be encouraged by retailers and service providers to return their old phones under a programme called Fonebak, launched on September 24. The BBC reports …
Mais »Ilha das Flores – vídeo
Documentário | De Jorge Furtado | 1989 | 13 min Com Ciça Reckziegel Um ácido e divertido retrato da mecânica da sociedade de consumo Veja o vídeo clicando aqui!
Mais »Green taxes work when properly targeted
Green taxation needs well-designed policy packages, concluded a conference exploring the successes and failures of recent environmental taxation. European ministers are calling for a rethink in how taxes are structured to ensure maximum environmental impact with minimum costs for those with low salaries. News service Edie reports that the meeting’s …
Mais »Italy plans to incinerate more waste
The share of Italian waste being incinerated is too low and must be quadrupled for the country to comply with existing legislation, according to experts from industry, local authorities and the environment agency meeting in Milan recently. ENS reports that despite making good progress in recycling and re-use, Italy is …
Mais »Biodegradable plastics – a green solution?
It is hard to decide which way the argument over biodegradable plastics is going. Many people like the idea of plastics which break down, but the lifecycle impacts are not proven one way or another. Some people prefer the notion of using non-biodegradable plastics for fuel or as a CO2 …
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