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A waste product from rice has been used by Japanese scientists to produce surfacing materials that make for quieter, more resilient roads, reports Science Daily (citing the Chemistry & Industry Magazine in Japan). Roads made using this method absorb noise better, drain faster and are less susceptible to extremes of …

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to reduce the open burning of household waste, often referred to as backyard burning. In addition to being a fire hazard, backyard burning is a source of dangerous pollutants, including dioxins, particulate matter, lead, mercury, and hexachlorobenzene. Since stringent controls have …

The Association of Municipal Recycling Coordinators (AMRC) reports that thefinal report of Quick-Service Restaurant Recycling and Composting Study is now available from Clean Nova Scotia. The study was conducted on behalf of Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Labour and RRFB (Resource Recovery Fund Board) Nova Scotia, and features a …

Aluminium Brazilian association CEMPRE reports that 121,000 metric tonnes of aluminium cans recycled in 2002, by35 recyclers (among them producers of secondary aluminum). This sustains 152,000 direct and indirect jobs and sales of US$ 293 million. These are the results obtained in 2002 by the aluminium can recycling sector in …

A catação na China tem aumentado muito ultimamente, especialmente de garrafas de PET, cujo mercado naquele país é grande. O grande volume deste material exige soluçoes criativas

research team led by Tateo Usui, professor of chemical reaction engineering at Osaka University, announced on October 24, 2003, that it had developed simple dioxin-removal equipment in collaboration with Sumikin Kansai Industries Ltd. Japan for Sustainability reports that the team has succeeded in removing dioxins, contained in exhaust fumes generated …

Eight of Japan’s 12 automakers declared they have formed a joint organisation to recycle automobile shredder residue (ASR). The move is aimed at meeting a car-recycling law that will take effect in January 2005. The Japan Times reports that ASR is one of the products carmakers will be required to …

A programme of support measures for new and emerging waste management technologies is to be implemented this year by a new Defra (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) committee, set up specifically to fund R&D and demonstration projects in support of technology and processes to reduce and divert biological …

Britain’s only working salt mine is to be partly turned into a giant toxic waste tip to avert a predicted crisis later this year when most existing overground sites will be forced to close. The Guardian reports that the 170 metres (550ft) deep mine, near Winsford in Cheshire, currently used …

Os supermercados de Xangai, maior cidade da China, começarão a cobrar dos consumidores os saquinhos plásticos usados como embalagens, numa tentativa de reduzir o desperdício. Segundo o Serviço de Proteção Ambiental de Xangai, a idéia ajudará a preservar recursos e proteger o meio ambiente, mas o efeito prático depende da …