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Hong Kong‘‘s Housing Department is committed to launching a “Domestic Waste Separation at Source Scheme” in 30 public rental housing (PRH) estates this year to encourage tenants to separate recyclables at source, Deputy Director of Housing, Lau Kai-hung, said recently (Xinhua News Agency). Lau said the scheme would facilitate the …

London‘‘s Ecological Footprint is more than twice the size of Great Britain, which is a huge drain on the natural environment. If everyone lived as Londoner‘‘s do, it would require more than three planet Earths to support them. This disturbing statistic is highlighted in London Remade‘‘s new report Making London …

Expenses only – but a useful and interesting role RAY is a new £2m recycling market development programme for Yorkshire and the Humber. Funded through Yorkshire Forward and part-financed by the European Union; RAY will stimulate economic activity within the recycling supply chain. This in turn will lead to a …

Recycling has come full cycle under Mayor Michael Bloomberg – a programme whose multiple changes have confused many citizens in recent years. Newsday reports that in the end, the mayoral term will close as it opened — with residents required to keep paper, metal, plastic and glass separate for kerbside …

London CRN has launched the London Furniture Reuse Network (London FRN). The project aims to boost the number of beds, wardrobes, settees, kitchen appliances and other bulky items diverted from landfill in the capital. London FRN will achieve this by linking the activities of 18 furniture recycling organisations across London …

The London‘‘s University Halls of Residence Recycling Project aims to improve waste management and increase recycling facilities in halls of residence in London Universities and to raise awareness on waste reduction and reuse within the student population. The project will cover all 39 London Universities, 164 Halls of Residence, 33 …

The recycling efforts of the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) are falling well short of the mark, according to a new survey by INFORM, Inc., a national environmental research organization. The report, Problems in Cell Phone and Battery Collection: RBRC Recycling Initiatives, evaluates the RBRC‘‘s recycling operations in five cities …

Para muitas pessoas, a idéia de construir de forma integrada ao meio ambiente pode remeter a casebres rústicos no meio do mato, com total renúncia aos confortos da vida moderna. Nada que se aproxime de inovações tecnológicas em reciclagem de materiais, reutilização de água, sistemas combinados de eficiência energética e …

Os avanços tecnológicos, que obrigam os mais fanáticos a conseguir o último modelo de celular, computador ou agenda eletrônica, criaram um problema de enormes dimensões: o que fazer com o lixo gerado pelo setor? Na recente conferência MacWorld, na cidade de São Francisco na Califórnia, um dos eventos mais celebrados …