Self-recycling mobile phone? The first mobile phone capable of recycling itself will shortly go on display at the Science Museum’s new contemporary science wing – the Wellcome Wing. The phone, which has been developed by engineers from Brunel University with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), …
Mais »Germans still bin their batteries
Germans still bin their batteries Germany is the only country – to the best of my knowledge – where it is actually illegal to throw a dead battery into the rubbish bin. This unenforceable law means that lots of householders in Germany must be criminals as many tons of toxic …
Mais »Irish EPA works to develop markets for recycled materials
Irish EPA works to develop markets for recycled materials The Irish Environmental Protection Agency is soon to publish a report entitled A Strategy for Developing Recycling Markets in Ireland prepared by the Clean Technology Centre, Cork Institute of Technology. The report was prepared as part of the Environmental Research, Technological …
Mais »Global survey shows slow progress on unsustainable consumption guidelines
Global survey shows slow progress on unsustainable consumption guidelines Three years after UN Assembly ratification, a global survey has found slow progress from governments on implementing the Sustainable Consumption Guidelines in the UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection. In a joint assessment by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Consumers …
Mais »England funding initiative to boost recycling
England funding initiative to boost recycling As previously mentioned, Local Authorities all over England will receive extra funding to help recycling. A couple of days ago the Government announced the results of which councils had been successful in applications for a slice of the cake. A total of £42m this …
Mais »Applying economics to natural resource management
Applying economics to natural resource management Those of you with an interest in environmental economics and market-based instruments will probably find this useful, even though the National Market-based Instruments Pilots Program does not relate explicitly to waste (and comes from Australia’s national action plan for salinity and water quality). The …
Mais »Self-recycling mobile phone?
Self-recycling mobile phone? The first mobile phone capable of recycling itself will shortly go on display at the Science Museum’s new contemporary science wing – the Wellcome Wing. The phone, which has been developed by engineers from Brunel University with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), …
Mais »Germans still bin their batteries
Germans still bin their batteries Germany is the only country – to the best of my knowledge – where it is actually illegal to throw a dead battery into the rubbish bin. This unenforceable law means that lots of householders in Germany must be criminals as many tons of toxic …
Mais »Irish EPA works to develop markets for recycled materials
Irish EPA works to develop markets for recycled materials The Irish Environmental Protection Agency is soon to publish a report entitled A Strategy for Developing Recycling Markets in Ireland prepared by the Clean Technology Centre, Cork Institute of Technology. The report was prepared as part of the Environmental Research, Technological …
Mais »Global survey shows slow progress on unsustainable consumption guidelines
Global survey shows slow progress on unsustainable consumption guidelines Three years after UN Assembly ratification, a global survey has found slow progress from governments on implementing the Sustainable Consumption Guidelines in the UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection. In a joint assessment by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Consumers …
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