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Italy – USA warns tourists of Naples waste

Resident pushes stroller past pile of rubbish in Naples. The city‘‘s landfill sites are full and rubbish is overflowing in the streets The US embassy in Rome has warned American tourists that they may face health risks if they travel to Naples, because of the city‘‘s rubbish crisis. The streets …

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Australia – consumers may face recycling levy

Australian federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has revived plans to slug consumers with charges to cover the cost of recycling computers, government officials have revealed. recycling levy An advance disposal fee would be among a range of measures Australian IT reports that the Department of Environment and Water has confirmed …

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New Zealand – Hautapu factory triumphs with waste

Waikato Times reports that cutting rubbish dumping by 60 per cent was a factor behind a hat trick of industry awards for Fonterra‘‘s Hautapu factory. At the annual Dairy Industry Quality Performance Awards in Wellington on June 20. Fonterra Hautapu collected the Ecolab Eco-Efficiency Award for its environmental and waste …

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Australia – prime minister announces carbon trading system by 2011

Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced some details of a planned carbon-trading trading scheme for Australia, but avoided setting targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. ENN reports that businesses and conservationists say setting such targets are vital to making any trading system work, but Howard warned that rushing …

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Jordan – new strategy warns of dangers plastics pose to environment

Jordan Times reports that the Ministry of Environment has signed an agreement with the Jordan Environment Society (JES) to implement a comprehensive awareness programme aimed at reducing the use of plastics and encouraging the segregation of waste materials. Meanwhile, the ministry‘‘s spokesperson, Isa Shboul, underlined the negative impact of plastics …

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UK – Oxford recycling rate hits ‘magic‘ 40%

With the help of fortnightly collection of residual waste Oxford has gone from pariah to pioneer in hitting the magic target of recycling 40 per cent of all household waste, according to the Oxford Mail. The city achieved the target in June, just seven months after the revamped recycling scheme …

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Japan – Kobe Steel‘s waste heat utilization system nearing practical stage

Together with Kobe Steel Ltd., Kobelco Eco-Solutions Co. in Japan has developed a high-efficiency thermal storage and transport system called “ThermoWay”. Japan for Sustainability reports that successful middle-distance transport experiments were recently conducted on public roads, and the system has entered the final demonstration phase before moving toward commercial scale …

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Reciclagem de entulho e preservação ambiental

O Centro de Tecnologia Mineral (Cetem), unidade de pesquisa do Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia, desenvolveu um projeto de criação de normas técnicas para implantação de usinas de reciclagem de resíduos da construção civil e demolição que irão permitir a obtenção de produtos de melhor qualidade e baratear os custos …

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