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“The continued and unfettered growth in waste across all sectors in our society is no longer sustainable and must be reversed in the longer term to better protect our environment for the generations to come!” announced Mr. Batt O‘‘Keeffe, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage …

Between 2002 and 2003 the mass of natural resources and products used by the UK economy fell by 1 per cent. This primarily comprises domestic extraction supplemented by net imports. Resource use has fallen by 2 per cent since 2000 and by 13 per cent since 1990. The Environmental Accounts …

Germany has increased the R&D budget for renewable bio-materials. The German government will almost double its budget for research and development in naturally re-occurring materials next year, said the ministry for consumer protection, nutrition and agriculture. Plastics & Rubber Weekly reports that the ministry‘‘s parliamentary secretary of state Matthias Berninger …

HER inquisitive nature and never-up spirit have propelled Yeo Kim Luang to achieve success in the recycling and oil palm biomass by-products processing business. The Malaysia Times reports that in 1996, Yeo was excited about her invention from oil palm waste, Ecomat after about four years of research. Unfortunately, the …

The European Union is becoming increasingly strict in its rules governing recycling in the automobile branch, but there seems to be little or no theoretical foundation for these rules. Antoinette van Schaik concludes this in her PhD thesis on car recycling, which she will defend on 8 December at TU …

Researchers of the Nara Institute of Science and Technology have succeeded in developing an organotin-free substance for ship paint that does not leach out any organometallic compounds into the surrounding seawater. Japan for Sustainability (FfS) reports that the research team, led by Professor Michiya Fujiki and represented by Assistant Professor …

Koudera Town, in Japan‘‘s Hyogo Prefecture, started using toilet paper recycled from discarded confidential documents, including the town‘‘s, for its town hall restrooms in late May 2004. Japan for Sustainability reports that the toilet paper is manufactured by Nishinihon Eizai Co., a Japanese paper manufacturer that has similar contracts with …

Recycling of used oil increased by more than 40 per cent during the last three years – from about 160 million litres a year, to over 230 million litres last year, the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, Senator Ian Campbell said today. “Australians have become very good at recycling …

A frase acima, que não é nova, foi dita pelo ecologista Ro-berto Almeida, coordenador municipal do Meio Ambiente, ao falar sobre a indústria da reciclagem do lixo. Enquanto não se chega a um acordo sobre o aterro sanitário, Almeida prega a ins-talação de um centro de triagem no Lixão. No …

Researchers at the University of Warwick‘‘s Warwick Manufacturing Group, in conjunction with PVAXX Research & Development Ltd, have devised a novel way to recycle discarded mobile telephones – bury them and watch them transform into the flower of your choice. Mobile telephones are one of the most quickly discarded items …