Tag Archives: Curiosidades

Sanitation officials in Naples are desperately opening temporary rubbish dumps this weekend as short-term relief from a refuse-collection crisis that has closed schools and sent angry Italian residents on to streets at night to set fire to hundreds of mounds of uncollected waste. The UK Observer reports that Neapolitans took …

In 2005 Rome residents produced an average of 693 kg of rubbish per person, according to national environment agency APAT (agenzia per la protezione dell‘‘ambiente e per i servizi tecnici). In the same year Italy as a whole generated 31.7 million tonnes of waste, 1.6 million more than in 2003. …

The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors have directed the Department of Public Works to look into the feasibility of banning containers made of polystyrene-commonly known by the Styrofoam brand name-from county facilities and stores and restaurants in unincorporated areas. Mercury News reports that the department was also asked to study …

In February 2007, the Government signalled its preference for the creation of a waste levy to fund projects to encourage recycling and recovery of waste. One product of this process is a recently-published report which sets out to provide the NZ Ministry for the Environment with an understanding of the …

A Canadian company has acquired the only plasma gasification technology commercially proven to vaporize old boots, beds and baby diapers and transform the household waste into energy such as electricity. Calgary‘‘s Alter Nrg, which started trading on the TSX Venture Exchange on April 17, 2007, has purchased Pittsburgh‘‘s Westinghouse Plasma …

Despite growth in overall recycling, North Carolina residents have showed no interest in improving their traditional recycling habits. Collection of traditional recyclables, such as cans or newspapers, was stagnant during the 2006 fiscal year, according to an analysis released Thursday from the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources. “There …

A project funded by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) scooped two awards at the 2007 Starpack Packaging Awards, held at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham. WRAP‘‘s project to develop recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE) milk bottles, delivered by core project team of Nextek, Nampak and Dairy Crest, won a …

The Guardian reports that a biodegradable car has made its British debut at the Science Museum in London, at an exhibition to celebrate 100 years of plastic-making. Incorporated into the body panels of the single-seater Toyota I-Unit are degradable fibres from kenaf, a type of Asian hemp. The driver controls …

Canon released an eco-friendly model of its office-use multi-functional color printer, “iR C3200N-R”. The model is largely composed of reused parts, accounting for 83 percent of its weight. Applying advanced recycling technologies to used components under strict quality controls, Canon has succeeded in maintaining comparable levels of reliability and performance …

TheAsahi Shimbun reports that in looking at alternative fuels, nothing goes to waste when Honda Motor Co. gets involved. The automaker is hard at work trying to produce bioethanol from rice straw and other inedible waste, a welcome development given that food prices are rising as demand grows for biofuel …