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The publication is part of efforts to raise farmer awareness ahead of the expected introduction of a Statutory Producer Responsibility (PR) scheme. The main thrust of the scheme should see non-packaging plastic producers and importers given responsibility for funding collection of the waste, with every farm across the country given …
Mais »Hong Kong – supermarket chain reduces plastic bag use by 30 million
AHN reports that a large Hong Kong supermarket chain reduced its plastic bag use by 30 million bags. ParknShop opened its no-bag day Wednesday providing biodegradable plastic bags in lieu of regular plastic containers. The campaign to make shopping a more environment-friendly activity was further boosted by a proposal to …
Mais »India – Recycling Centre concept generates interest
India has evinced interest in the ‘‘Recycling Centre Concept‘‘ offered by The Netherlands-based World Wide Recycling that focusses on reusing waste fractions for new products and electricity generation. The Hindu newspaper reports that when fully developed, this waste management concept turns more than 80 per cent of existing waste streams …
Mais »UK – CAT gets biomass generator for heat and power
Engineers at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) are busy installing a new woodchip-powered generator, which will be more than 80% efficient when running at full power. The woodchip-powered combined heat and power plant (CHP) will generate up to 100kW of electricity, enough to meet the instantaneous power demands of …
Mais »UK – Garden food waste digesters help to reduce carbon footprint
Centralised treatment of food waste using methods such as in-vessel composting or anaerobic digestion can cause more greenhouse gases than household treatments using Food Waste Digesters (FWDs), says an environmental study. MRW reports that the study titled Comparison of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Centralised and Household Treatments of Food …
Mais »China – Shenzhen to end free plastic bags for retail shoppers
Shenzhen City in south China‘‘s Guangdong Province is considering to pass an ordinance to end free use of plastic shopping bags supplied by retailers. Xinhuanet reports that the city‘‘s legislative affairs office has been soliciting opinions on a revised draft of an environmental protection regulation that would end the three-decade-long …
Mais »Reciclagem verde gera bio-combustível a partir de restos de madeira
Pesquisadores da Universidade da Georgia, Estados Unidos, desenvolveram um novo biocombustível fabricado a partir de pedaços de madeira que poderá ser misturado ao biodiesel ou mesmo ao diesel comum para ser utilizado diretamente em motores a combustão. Reciclagem verde A produção de óleo a partir da madeira não é uma …
Mais »Finlândia e Islândia são os países mais ‘verdes‘ do mundo
Finlândia, Islândia e Noruega lideram a lista de países mais “verdes” do planeta, devido à preocupação com o meio ambiente e o bem-estar de sua população, segundo uma classificação de 141 nações publicada pela revista Reader Digest. O Brasil ocupa o 40º lugar, atrás de países como a Albânia e …
Mais »Coleta seletiva do lixo sem complicação
Você separa o seu lixo em casa? Em muitos casos, muitos respondem a essa pergunta dizendo que, além de não terem tempo para separar o lixo reciclável do lixo orgânico, não encontram os lugares para a coleta seletiva do material, o que inviabilizaria a separação. No entanto, cada vez mais …
Mais »Europe – Two-thirds of Europe‘s steel packaging gets recycled
significant contribution to reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint The latest figures from APEAL (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) show that 66 per cent of steel packaging is recycled in Europe with strong growth recorded across the continent. That amounts to over 2.5 million tonnes of …
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