The global e-waste monitor 2024
<p>The world's electronic waste generation is increasing five times faster than documented e-waste recycling, according to the United Nation's fourth Global E-waste Monitor (GEM) report.</p>
Waste Recycling
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Lessons for India in China's scrap recycling
Recycling is an effective way of creating treasure out of waste at a fraction of the energy used in producing primary metals from minerals. Now that both ferrous and non-ferrous metals are ruling at historically high prices, the outlook for scrap recovery and metal production through the secondary route of melting of scrap has never been this good. Steel scrap deals are made at rates of over $600 a tonne.
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UK plans bin tax' to recycle garbage
Britons may have to pay
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Irrigation management, 20 other courses from TNAU
The Directorate of Open and Distance Learning of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore, is currently offering twenty one certificate courses for the benefit of farmers, entrepreneurs and self-help groups. Course details
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Online
http://earth911.org/ CARING FOR REFUSE Technology has revolutionized our lifestyle through telephones, radios, TVs, computers and cell phones. But there is a flipside to technological
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20m recycling facility opens
Waste management company Greenstar has opened a new Euro 20m recycling facility in Bray, County Wicklow. The site will divert 135,000 tonnes from landfill every year and features an automated dry mix recyclables line to automatically separate aluminium and steel cans, paper, cardboard and plastics. Greenstar says the facility will be able to process 25,000 tonnes of commercial and household waste a year.
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Waste recycling workshop tomorrow
GreenGoa will organise a presentation and workshop on reusing and recycling waste on May 5, at Mineral Foundation, Velho building, Panjim, at 5:30pm. Tania Anselmo, a young environmentalist from Portugal who reuses waste creating useful items like jewellery, bags, purses etc in Lisbon will teach participants simple reulitization techniques of commonly found waste in Goa.
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New waste export regulations for Ireland
New regulations to control the export of waste from Ireland for recycling and recovery have been announced by the minister for the environment, heritage and local government. The Waste Management Regulations 2008 were unveiled by Environment Minister John Gormley. The regulations introduce a registration system for waste brokers and dealers which ministers hope will provide increased controls on companies who arrange shipments of waste. Mr Gormley said at present 83% of the waste in Ireland collected for recycling or recovery is "necessarily exported".
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Eco-hotels thin on the ground
There are plenty of hotels scattered around the world that are anxious to shout their green credentials. Alas, for the business traveller there are painfully few to choose from. When faced with business in Rotterdam or Beijing, green choices are extremely limited. The travel press bombards us with information on eco-friendly hotels and spas, but the chances of finding one in a business centre, rather than on the edge of a rain forest or in some exotic, palm-fringed resort, are almost nil.
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Japanese designer adds recycling, polyester to luxury in 'ecological fur'
Japanese designer adds recycling, polyester to luxury in 'ecological fur' TOKYO
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Recycling That Harms the Environment and People
Recycling That Harms the Environment and People Published: April 15, 2008 Recycling is supposed to be good for the environment. But if it's not carried out properly, certain kinds of recycling