New CMA testing program and logo will validate and identify decomposition across a variety of composting technologies Link: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eco-products-announces-agreement-with-compost-manufacturing-alliance-to-test-all-compostable-products-begin-using-new-composter-approved-logo-300784259.html
Mais »Should you bother to compost in winter?
With snow on the sidewalk and ice on the porch steps, a reasonable person might ask: Do I really have to take the potato peelings out to the compost bin? They wouldn’t break down until spring anyway, would they? Link: https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/home/ct-home-0131-garden-morton-20190124-story.html
Mais »We generate 125,000 jumbo jets worth of e-waste every year. Here’s how we can tackle the problem
We’re burying ourselves under a mountain of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) and it’s putting the environment and the wellbeing of people under growing pressure. Link: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/we-generate-125-000-jumbo-jets-worth-of-e-waste-every-year-here-s-how-we-can-tackle-this-toxic-deluge/
Mais »War declared on world‘s growing e-waste crisis
PARIS (AFP) – Weighing more than all commercial airliners ever built and worth more than most countries‘ GDP, electronic waste poses a growing economic and environmental threat, experts said Thursday (Jan 24), as they launched a global initiative to clean it up. Link: https://www.straitstimes.com/world/war-declared-on-worlds-growing-e-waste-crisis
Mais »UN report: Time to seize opportunity, tackle challenge of e-waste
The world produces as much as 50 million tonnes of electronic and electrical waste (e-waste) a year, weighing more than all of the commercial airliners ever made. Only 20 of this is formally recycled. Link: https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/un-report-time-seize-opportunity-tackle-challenge-e-waste
Mais »Generating energy from waste: how it works
With world resources finite, and increasing public awareness of the harmful effects of our ‘throwaway culture’, a move towards what’s known as a circular economy seems a sensible option. In short, this means making products last longer, and recovering materialsother benefits from them when they can’t be fixed. Link: http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/blog/generating-energy-waste-how-it-works
Mais »China launches pilot ‘waste-free city‘ plan to boost recycling
SHANGHAI: China has launched a pilot programme to "waste-free cities" designed to use resources more efficiently and eliminate the growing health and environmental risks caused by trash, the environment ministry said. Link: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/china-launches-pilot–waste-free-city–plan-to-boost-recycling-11160388
Mais »From Antartic waste to new products
Norwegian company, Nofir, has collected 24 tonnes of old fishing equipment from Antartica, in a bid to rid the world’s oceans of lost and discarded gear. Link: https://www.worldfishing.net/news101/industry-news/from-antartic-waste-to-new-products
Mais »Directorio de DIRSA/AIDIS eligió a Asunción como Sede de su 8° Congreso Interamericano de Residuos Sólidos
La División de Residuos Sólidos (DIRSA) de la Asociación Interamericana de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ambiental (AIDIS) y el capítulo paraguayo de AIDIS – AIDIS Paraguay invitan a participar del 8º Congreso Interamericano de Residuos Sólidos a realizarse del 22 al 24 de Mayo de 2019 en el Resort del Yacht …
Mais »Basf será la primera empresa en fabricar productos con plásticos reciclados químicamente
Junto con 10 clientes de diversos sectores, está desarrollando productos incluyendo empaques para lácteos, estantes para heladeras y paneles de aislamiento térmico. Link: https://www.agronegocios.co/aprenda/basf-sera-la-primera-empresa-en-fabricar-productos-con-plasticos-reciclados-quimicamente-2817301
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