Tag Archives: Curiosidades

Wales – on course to meet recycling targets

Figures from the Welsh Assembly Government show a dramatic increase in recycling and composting in Wales, Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside Carwyn Jones. The proportion of municipal waste being recycled or composted has risen from 12.7 per cent in 2002-03 to 17.6 per cent in 2003-04, excluding abandoned vehicles. …

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Germany – new rules for drinks deposits

Amendments to Germany‘‘s Packing Ordinance agreed by the Bundesrat, Upper Parliamentary Chamber, would change the basis for deposits on single-use beverage containers. The existing regulation, linked to quotas, is set to be replaced by deposits on all drinks sold in ‘‘environmental damaging‘‘ containers. Colleagues in the Environment Team, British Embassy …

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UK – Government backs farms waste initiative

Farming bodies, suppliers, the waste management and recycling industries, the Environment Agency and Government joined forces last week to consider how to achieve the sustainable management of plastic waste from farms. In a conference organised by the Agricultural Waste Stakeholders‘‘ Forum at Regents College Conference Centre in London (14 October) …

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Europe – response indicators & waste prevention

The European Environment Agency‘‘s Topic Centre on Waste and Material Flows has provided a useful note on waste prevention which may interest you. The concept of response indicators may help us deal with the challenge of developing sound, valid and generally accepted indicators for waste prevention. Indicator has become a …

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A Comissão Européia busca estratégia de desenvolvimento sustentável

A Comissão Européia busca estratégia de desenvolvimento sustentável A Comissão Européia (CE) lançou uma pesquisa de opinião sobre um projeto para desenvolver uma estratégia de desenvolvimento sustentável. O documento identifica algumas tendências importantes que ameaçam o desenvolvimento sustentável na UE e apresenta um conjunto de diretrizes políticas para diminuir esses …

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