Recycling: it’s in the bag

How flies will recycle your food waste

Waste to energy plant - Würzburg

Where does e-waste end up?

WEEE Management Challenges in India (from indian e-waste guide)

WEEE Hazards (from indian e-waste guide)

WEEE Statistics (from indian e-waste guide)

What is e-waste? (from indian e-waste guide)

E-Waste: Dark Side of Digital Age

What Is E-Waste?

The trash vortex

Vox Pop: Converting clutter from trash to treasure

Plastric Bags Recycling - Did you know?

New technology can lower cost of converting landfill gas to energy

Compacting Recyclables

Foodwaste collection trials in UK

Glass recycling technology gets tough

Food Wastes: Vermicomposting and Food Digestors

Beginner‘s Composting Guide: 6 Steps to Great Compost!

Reusable bags can become breeding ground for bacteria, yeast and mold

Reusable grocery bags may pose public health risk

Plastic or Composite Lumber

Canadians Give New Life to Used Plastic Shopping Bags

What are the benefits of plastic shopping bags?

How do I prepare my plastic bags for store recycling?

Plastic Shopping Bags: Myth versus Reality

Impressionante e assustador

US - car companies look to generate power from waste heat

USA - making Zero Waste part of the plan

UK - WRAP advice on helping consumers reduce fruit and vegetable waste

Canada - study looks at compatibility of biodegradable and traditional plastic bags

Latvia - in with recycled plastic bricks, out with cement

USA - new study advances method to make energy from farm waste

Europe - such a waste, but more of it will be recycled by 2012

Lean mean trash machine

Steel maker says old cans are green inside

How to stop WEEE rules going to waste

Does WEEE mean I can‘t sell my equipment for scrap?

BUILDING COMPOSTING SUCCESS ON QUALITY ORGANICS

Calculating Capacity At Composting Sites

Measuring And Controlling Composting Emissions

Making “Mountains” Of Mulch And Compost

Zero Waste In Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Turning Field Residue Into Ethanol Feedstock

US - car companies look to generate power from waste heat

USA - world‘s largest landfill gas facility slated for San Francisco

UK - wasted food now costs UK homes £10 billion, new study reveals

Ireland - national review of pay-as-you-throw schemes

England - MSW statistics show slight reductions in arisings and landfilling

USA - new polymer product from soy oil, not petroleum

Scotland - Government action on carrier bags

UK - plastic bag policy ‘a diversion‘

Scotland - fry-drive: how waste cooking oil is fuelling move to a greener planet

USA - Pepsi redesigns bottles, cutting plastic by 20%

USA - CleanTech Biofuels says first phase of MSW to ethanol project is operational

Ireland - EPA research reviews organics in apartments

Italy: European Commission pursues legal action over waste management

USA - making Zero Waste part of the plan

UK - research on exposure to dust and endotoxin levels in commercial composting facilities

Inglaterra – gerenciamento sustentável de biolixo

Finlândia – cinco municípios mostrarão como conter mudança climática

USA - Evian plans wetlands preservation, adds recycled plastic to bottles

Wales -waste food power scheme expands

Canada - study looks at compatibility of biodegradable and traditional plastic bags

Dubai- study says hotels waste energy

Latvia - in with recycled plastic bricks, out with cement

Germany - Government exempts 75% bioplastic bottles from deposit

Australia - plastic bag ban divides ministers

USA - new study advances method to make energy from farm waste

Europe - such a waste, but more of it will be recycled by 2012

USA - want to reduce your food-related carbon footprint?

Australia - sensible examples of resource recovery

USA - researchers making "environmentally friendly" plastics

Scotland - Government funding for zero waste technology

UK - waste wood: the untapped resource for Biomass fuel

England - sustainable management of biowastes

Canada - Toronto tests use of single bin for recycling and garbage

UK - manufacturers join consumer electronics efficiency initiative

UK - household waste turned to car fuel

Scotland - advisers warn that Scotland may miss waste reduction target

Germany - Bremerhaven city to burn Naples rubbish as waste problem escalates

Canada - biodegradable packaging causes concern to Ontario plastics recyclers

USA - cell phone recycling is an easy call

USA - New York city council passes bill for recycling plastic bags

Italy - report from Naples on the waste mountain

ReCellular collects 6 million used mobiles in 2007

Japan - abandoned bicycles reused for free rental as ‘eco-bicycles‘

China - Plastic Bags set to be banned

Italy - army tackles Naples waste chaos

USA - plasma gasification converts waste to energy in Minnesota

Wales - Rocket composter for university waste

Canada - plastic bags banned in Quebec town

Italy - rubbish torched in Naples crisis

USA - EPA promotes recycling materials into fuel

UK - ‘nanohybrid‘ plastic may expand use of biodegradable plastic

US - Biodegradable plastics could cut fossil fuel use

USA - ‘Bioplastic‘ may become third option to paper or plastic

UK - 11 ways to turn your computer green

Japan - Pay-As-You-Throw programme reduces household waste in Kyoto

UK - Garden food waste digesters help to reduce carbon footprint

China - Shenzhen to end free plastic bags for retail shoppers

Hong Kong - supermarket chain reduces plastic bag use by 30 million

India - Recycling Centre concept generates interest

UK - CAT gets biomass generator for heat and power

UK - farmers‘ union backs good practice guide on farm plastic waste to reduce landfill

Europe - Two-thirds of Europe‘s steel packaging gets recycled

Italy - Chemicals from recycled cardboard may contaminate take-out food, researchers say

Finland - Combustion of waste plastics & textiles may reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Europe - paper industry launches major recovered paper identification system

UK - shamed into recycling by transparent bags

Japan - 60% of shoppers carry own shopping bags, 12% always decline free plastic bags

USA - plastic bags illegal at major San Francisco grocery stores

UK - Prime Minister considers action on plastic bags

Malaysia - draft legislation to make households recycle

India - wastes can yield 2,500 MW energy, says study

England - framework for pay-as-you-throw begins to take shape

USA - Americans recycle a third of MSW

Greece - Athens bid to curtail plastic bags

China - hairbands made from recycling used condoms

Wales - could "sink in rubbish" in less than 10 years

Japan - Kitakyushu starts pilot production of ethanol from food waste

UK - new project to demonstrate manufacturing of wood plastic composites using recycled MDF

Scotland - householders encouraged to 'love food hate waste'

Japan - clothing take-back for recycling and reuse

Canada - turning dirty diapers into diesel

USA - IBM solar panels from silicon waste

UK - food waste is environmental sleeping giant says WRAP

USA - biodegradable bags for leaves to be mandatory in New York

UK - pay-as-you-throw "given go-ahead"

Australia - new report shows improved recycling can save 38 million tonnes CO2

Canada - Municipal Solid Waste - Gold in the garbage!

Europe - the road from landfilling to recycling: common destination, different routes

China - WEEE recycling "raises dioxin in mothers and babies"

UK - under-packaging is an order of magnitude worse than over-packaging

UK - food waste prevention can help combat climate change, says WRAP

USA - Schwarzenegger terminates some plastics bills, signs others

New Zealand - boffins extract antioxidants from grape seeds

UK - plastic bag tax plans illustrate complexity of recycling debate

UK - new research finds out whatâ?Ts in the waste left after reuse, recycling and composting

USA - is way to go pay to throw? Programmes adopted as recycling incentives

Tesco and the Carbon Trust partner to map carbon footprint of 30 products

Wales - positive results for recycling and waste

Ireland - recycling rate for waste electrical and electronic equipment continues to grow

Kenya - toxic waste dump killing children: UN report

Japan - Yokohama to reward neighbourhood groups for recycling activities

Australia - recycling offsets car emissions

Sweden - Gothenburg company is working on new ways of converting kitchen refuse into a viable energy source

Canada - Huntingdon may be first in Quebec to ban plastic bags

India - landfill mining could cut waste

Scotland - nation meets its landfill target

Netherlands - officials announce packaging tax

Italy - turning olive pits into energy

UK - Government announces phasing out of all high-energy bulbs

USA - bacteria transform by-product into biofuel

UK - Londoners canvassed on plastic bags

UK - new paper from straw technology wins invention of the year at Observer ethical awards

India - 80 percent hospital waste "being sold or recycled"

UK - McDonald‘s waste to power buildings

Canada - Quebec weighs tax on plastic bags

Finland - shortcomings found in recycling system for old cars

World - countries seek to crack down on gas ‘flaring‘ waste

UK - new analysis highlights mixed track record of waste processes ‘

World - Coca-Cola and Pepsi shake up recycling strategies

Uganda - traders get creative to beat ban on polythene bags

Japan - scallop shells recycled into eco-friendly road de-icing agent

Sweden - plastic bags hard to phase out

India - bio-waste run generator developed by Agra entrepreneur

World - waste reduction is top environmental concern for manufacturers globally

Everyone talks about recycling

Taiwan - EPA to require cooking oil waste checks in September

USA - oyster roast to rebuilt coast: Virginia recycles shells in Chesapeake Bay

USA - home deconstruction proves cost competitive and yields reusable materials

UK - public support for pay-as-you-throw

Japan - Fujitsu reveals biodegradable laptop

Taiwan - recycling should be even more innovative

Uganda: Kampala‘s garbage could solve household power shortage

Australia - confusing facts of the great nappy debate

Canada - Ontario seeks energy from landfills

Canada - British Columbia launches industry-led E-waste programme

UK - House of Lords to investigate waste reduction

World - the price of virtue, getting people to recycle more

UK - HSE advice on removing petrol from scrap vehicles

China - world‘s largest plastics recycling plant opens in Beijing

USA - paper or plastic? Annapolis council considers ban on bags

Canada - office composting system for green-conscious businesses

Kenya - plastic bags rule relaxed

Indonesia - battery recycling

UK - alternate weekly collection reports urges weekly food waste collection

Australia - prime minister announces carbon trading system by 2011

UK - Oxford recycling rate hits ‘magic‘ 40%

Jordan - new strategy warns of dangers plastics pose to environment

USA - Seattle Zero Waste plan "likely to get council OK" (garbage bills may rise)

UK - recycling regulations can mean wasted opportunities

Europe - Commission welcomes Parliament agreement to significantly reduce use of mercury

Italy - USA warns tourists of Naples waste

Japan - Kobe Steel‘s waste heat utilization system nearing practical stage

Australia - consumers may face recycling levy

New Zealand - Hautapu factory triumphs with waste

USA - plastic bags banned in Oakland, California

UK - Oxford recycling doubled in six months with fortnightly collection

India - plastic bags choke drains in Kolkata ‘

UK - today‘s waste, tomorrow‘s fuel

UK - supermarkets discover shoppers hate excess packaging as waste campaign gathers force

France - waste prevention campaign turns to the economic argument

UK - recycling electricals finds the public switched off

UK - recycling electricals finds the public switched off

Europe - battery recycling continues to grow

UK - new rules will improve ability to deal with illegal waste exports

UK - industry to tackle 2 million tonne electrical waste problem

Scotland - new responsibilities for distributors of electronic and electrical equipment

USA - Fujifilm taps into landfill gas power

UK - revolutionary autoclaving treatment planned for Bradford‘s domestic waste

USA - San Francisco mayor pledges to reduce litter by 50% over five years

USA - San Francisco mayor bans municipal purchase of plastic water bottles

Armenia - waste is not yet profitable

Canada - Toronto city council approves pay-as-you-throw system

New Zealand - plastics industry supports reuse and recycling of supermarket checkout bags

UK - ‘Big Belly‘ bins use solar energy to compact waste

Brazil - chemical company jumps into the bioplastics space with ethanol-based plastic

USA - Seattle mayor plans recycling boost to 70 per cent by 2025

Wales to ban plastic bags

Northern Ireland - new measures introduced to fight waste crime

Kenya - retailer Nakumatt to introduce re-usable carrier bags

Malaysia - pay-as-you-throw legisation expected

USA - California stemming tide of plastic bags

India - UK firm plans to set up integrated waste-to-energy plant in Punjab

Kenya - Government announces plan to ban thin plastics bags & tax heavier ones

USA - New Hampshire passes demolition debris ban law

UK recycling is not enough - we need to consume less

World - international youth survey reveals confidence future growth of the recycling industry

Canada - sustainability report for the 2010 Olympics

UK - Government to create London Waste and Recycling Board

India - making profit from mining of e-waste

Japan - companies team up for rare metal recycling technology

USA - new industry coalition launches Californian plastic bag recycling programme

Australia - charred farm waste could gobble up carbon

USA - Seattle publishes study charting route to zero waste

Australia - recycling fee plan for electro-scrap as Government assess advanced disposal fees

Japan - stores work to reduce plastic bag use in the face of packaging legislation

Canada - kerbside organic waste collection near 90 per cent in Nova Scotia

Belgium - supermarket chain ends free plastic bags

USA - biomass research agreement on reducing waste and invigorating industry

USA - physicists turn waste heat into electricity

UK - new research reveals continued growth in plastic bottle recycling rates

Canada - Government encourages use of "green" office furniture

UK - trials to identify best ways to collect household food waste

Burundi: urban waste becomes urban fuel

World - environmental impacts of tourists

USA - new bricks made from coal plant waste

Canada - Toronto executive committee backs ‘pay-as-you-throw‘

Italy - Rome householders urged to support separate collection

China environmental levy on plastic shopping bags proposed in Hong Kong

China - Hong Kong legislator hits out at `punitive‘ plastic bag tax

UK: the energy from waste explosion

Italy - Naples burns as residents protest at garbage crisis

USA - plastic bag industry pleads for recycling

China - researchers turn waste into cost-cutting resin

UK - biodegradable car debut

USA - LA County supervisors to study ban on plastic foam containers

Japan - new Canon printer: 83 per cent of components reused

USA - recovery examples of tyres, oils and batteries

New Zealand - Government considering use of waste levies

USA - traditional recycling stagnant in North Carolina, analysis shows

Japan - at Honda, "nothing goes to waste"

UK - Government backs remanufacturing and reuse of goods

UK - double award for world first recycled milk bottle packaging

UK - double award for world first recycled milk bottle packaging

Canada - company acquires the power to vaporise waste

USA - studies report on degradable and compostable plastics

Belgium: ecotax thrown out by Belgian Court

UK - surveys reveal mixed attitudes to work waste

Italy: ban on non-biodegradable plastic bags

Germany - waste managers say Germans are number one in recycling

Japan - Government approves bill to amend food recycling law

Japan - Mottainai‘ delivery service promotes community reuse effort

Europe - progress still slow on vehicle recycling, study shows

USA - biodegradable polymers created from poultry feathers

Australia - finds a new power source: beer

Pakistan - plastic bag ban yields 70 arrests

Taiwan - EPA to introduce recycling of food oil in September 2007

USA - new biobased biodegradable plastic hits market

Australia - free energy efficient light bulbs for millions of households thanks to new greenhouse friendlyT abatement provider

Europe - EU report on car recycling places UK among worst

Europe - Italian bio-plastics inventors wins "European Inventor of the Year 2007" award

Brazil - survey of solid urban waste recycling shows signs of optimism

UK - trial to establish waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) protocols

Japan - Chofu City success with door-to-door collection and charging

World - IBM‘s computer recycling efforts "significantly reducing e-waste worldwide"

UK - trial shows new extraction processes for additives will encourage WEEE plastics recycling

USA - another inconvenient truth: Going green creating waste

UK - new project launched to stimulate increased use of recycled content in UK magazine industry

Netherlands - elephant dung helps scientists develop new biofuel

Canada - retailer Loblaw plans to eliminate at least one billion plastic bags from landfills this year

USA - LA to study plastic bags and their alternatives

Vietnam - Prime Minister introduces waste management controls

Taiwan - vehicles required to add biodiesel from 2008

Canada - Ottawa‘s homegrown technology is a better bet than incineration

Canada - Ottawa‘s homegrown technology is a better bet than incineration

Japan - Tokyo citizens, businesses, government work to reduce waste by 25% in 5 years

World - controversial climate report paints dire future for poor

UK - packaging - unwrapped

UK - how trees might not be green in carbon offsetting debate

Belgium - approach to recycling could be a lesson for Britain

USA - beer waste may become ethanol

USA - San Francisco garbage & recycling trucks go green

USA - food waste getting new life at Chico State University

Canada - study confirms need to improve consumer battery recovery and recycling

Canada - Toronto to levy new tax on trash

Scotland - review of kerbside recycling schemes identify factors delivering high recyclate recovery

UK - planning permission gives go-ahead for UK‘s first car recycling and social project.

Israel - Government action on C&D waste

Italy - apple paper invention set to bring benefits

UK - industry agreement set to increase gypsum recycling

Finland - proposal for a national waste policy to 2016

China - Hong Kong shoppers set to get hit with tax on plastic bags

USA - Mercury in energy-saving bulbs worries scientists

Europe - Brussels clears German packaging-deposit scheme

USA - San Francisco becomes first US city to ban plastic bags

USA - San Francisco lawmakers vote to ban plastic bags

USA - Minneapolis school composting effort is for naught

USA - San Francisco to vote on plastic bag ban

Canada - kitchen waste starts in Peel: largest programme roll-out to date

South Africa - what‘s up with plastic bags?

Guyana - no programme yet for plastic waste disposal

Everything Old Is New Again!

How Recycled Paper Is Made!

From kitchen waste to alternative source of gas

USA - waste definitions revisited

UK - manufacturers must pay towards the £67 million "nappy mountain"

USA - businesses scramble to squeeze ethanol from Florida citrus waste

Scotland - new plan targets business waste

Europe - recycling waste refrigeration equipment containing hydrocarbons: best practice defined

Japan - Kobe City, Co-op cooperate to reduce plastic bag use

Europe - bio-plastic bag boom ‘imminent‘

Ireland - a new approach to investigating household waste management behaviour

China - Hong Kong seeks more space for its "dynamic" waste

World - new alliance plans to tackle mountains of e-waste

USA - World Waste Technologies seeks MSW gasification patent

Yemen - waste management: a quiet revolution

England - speculation over pay-as-you-throw policy

UK - reuse initiative turns crisp packets into CD cases

UK - reuse initiative turns crisp packets into CD cases

UK - WEEE producer responsibility compliance service goes live

Australia - waste oil crisis as recycling stalls

USA - cranberry waste makes useful growing medium

Australia - to ban incandescent light bulbs

China - food leftovers account for a quarter of household waste

India - waste-to-energy plan lashed by experts

UK - retailers agree to cut environmental impact of carrier bags by 25% by the end of 2008

UK - waste plasterboard have viable recovery options

USA - fuel tank innovation means corncob waste could enable methane use in vehicles

Ireland - Government to raise levy on plastic bags

USA - IKEA to charge for plastic bags

USA - Americans waste 14% of food they purchase

UK - farmers urged to manage waste better

Israel - waste generation in 2004: 1.6 kg per capita per day

UK - recyclers‘ rubbish dumped abroad

Scotland - continental drift to recycling green glass

Denmark - study reports on potential flows of household paper and cardboard

India - 5,000 tonnes of plastic waste generated daily

Japan - eco-friendly button cell battery to be released

USA - young entrepreneur turns worm waste into profit

UK - US Army salutes recycled glass initiative

Ireland - WEEE recycling off to a flying start

Sweden - national climate change report indicates GHG emissions decoupled

Europe - biomass: the miracle solution?

UK - Branson plans to use plant waste to fuel aeroplanes

UK - waste oils incineration guidance issued

Morocco - first factory to recycle plastic waste in Morocco

Germany - steady rise in waste imports

England - householders must take responsibility for waste or risk fines

Germany - end of life apartments: new lease of life

England - classification & coding of mixed wastes at waste treatment facilities

USA - solid waste incinerator standards to reduce 1,900 tons pa air pollution

UK - organic food waste addressed

Europe - study demonstrates canned food is a sustainable top performer

Europe - Commission reviews ELV Directive targets: stakeholder group report

Recycled Plastic as a Wood Alternative

Recycled Plastic Products for Construction

Australia - wasted: dope smokers in sin bin over contaminated recycling

Australia - compost tipped to help fight disease

Australia - Aussies not recycling enough

Germany - taking stock of the eco-tax: benefits for climate & employment

UK - multi-million pound farm plastic recycling plant set to open

Malta - WasteServ launches waste minimisation and recycling message awareness project

India - mercury-laden bio-waste segregation a must

UK - agricultural waste plastics collection and recovery programme

Europe - European Court decision re-opens definition of waste debate

Europe promotes biodiesel use

Make Biodiesel

Biodiesel Emissions

Biodiesel Benefits

How Biodiesel Works

Garbage and its impact on climate change

USA - EPA declares one million pounds of household hazardous waste collected

China - waste management in China: issues and recommendations

Botswana - national waste management strategy put in place

UK - Boots and Coca-Cola Enterprises join trial to close the plastic packaging recycling loop

Sweden - research indicates potential for ecofriendly plastics to protect food

UK - results of health impacts from Sheffield landfill released

UK - Government consults on draft guidance document - safe management of healthcare waste

Europe - stakeholders disappointed that Commission backs down on biowaste legislation

Europe - EU has power to freeze climate change

UK - aerobic organics collection bin trial yields fine results

Australia - industrial residues: development of a national approach

UK - report highlights opportunity for biodiesel in London

UK - Britain should use biomass to generate heat, Biomass Task Force tells Government

Australia - attack on waste: recycling top of agenda

Europe - Parliament favours tougher controls on waste shipments

UK - largest ever construction waste measurement project

Japan - fee-based collection cuts combustible waste by 5,760 tons

Canada - Quebec‘s Bill 390 to ban plastic bags "a step backward for the environment"

England - Government consults on 2007/8 recycling targets

UK - report highlights opportunity for biodiesel in London

UK - recycled clothing on sale at Topshop, London

Australia - attack on waste: recycling top of agenda

Europe - Parliament favours tougher controls on waste shipments

Canada - recycling water bottles

UK - opportunities for recycled wood products continue to grow

UK - a sustainable future for fibre-reinforced plastics

Japan - revision to packaging recycling system being considered

Ireland - Competition Authority proposes reform of household waste collection services

France - tackles waste problems

UK - £1.5M study into composting practices reports findings

WRAP launches marketing guide for wood recyclers

UK - new environmental technology projects announced

Japan - used generator brushes recycled into mechanical pencil leads

Japan - interesting study on SWM from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Germany - dioxins from waste incineration consigned to history

Germany - cost analysis for the monitoring of NiCd batteries in municipal solid waste

Europe - steel packaging "essential for achievement of EU metal packaging recycling targets"

Canada - City of Vaughan presses for 60% landfill diversion

India - professor uses plastic waste to create road construction material

Japan - Aichi Prefecture to introduce a tax on industrial waste in 2006

Wales - Government inquiry into meeting landfill & recycling targets

UK - residents to be given incentives to recycle

Europe - waste from packaging still not under control

Europe - environment: thematic stategies stem from drive towards "better regulation"

USA - NAPCOR reports Increase in PET recycling rate and record volume of recycled PET containers

Japan - eco-friendly airport plan for Narita

Ireland - the nature and extent of unauthorised waste activity

USA - company launches high-tech RFID garbage bins following successful Philadelphia trials

Europe - thematic stategies stem from drive towards "better regulation"

How Can I Recycle?

UK - research highlights rapid growth in wood recycling

Taiwan - EPA to enforce waste oil recycling

Japan - mandatory car battery collection, recycling being considered

China - Shanghai government blocks construction of electronics recycling plant

Europe - Waste Framework Directive

Australia - making fuel from waste

UK - £9 million glass bottles just wasted

England - household recycling doubles in four years

UK - launch of text service to make recycling easier in London

UK - why we waste £9bn on gadgets we never use

Sweden - landfill ban in Sweden sends fly ash for recycling in Norway

Sweden - guidelines on the classification of incineration residues

Europe - Commission issues report on extended impact assessment on waste & recycling thematic strategy

USA - nation‘s first statewide plastic bag recycling programme

USA - Municipal Solid Waste - 2003 Facts and Figures

USA - Municipal Solid Waste - 2003 Facts and Figures

Australia - waste plastics into low sulphur diesel fuel

Philippines - guidelines on hospital waste management issued

USA - survey reveals barriers to kerbside recycling participation among urban residents

Latvia - Ministry of Environment proclaims draft law on Natural Resources Tax

Scotland - Executive issues extended impact assessment on proposed plastic bags levy

UK - manure waste studied for energy potential

UK - town and gown allies in war on waste

UK - ‘Canny consumers‘ lead the green way as oil and water prices soar

Germany - Environment minister marks an end to the above-ground storage of biodegradable waste

Canada - Ontario Government invests in forest waste to bio-oil project

Canada - Peel Region to consider piloting compostable carry out bags

Sweden - producer responsibility pushes recycling ahead for many materials

Ireland - electro-waste directive ‘will cost EUR40m pa‘

Scotland - Government consuls on the sustainable management of waste from business and public sector

Germany - dioxin emissions report; incineration no longer a significant source

Germany - waste management: a significant contribution to sustainable development

Germany - billions in investment and thousands of new jobs thanks to waste legislation

USA - Philadelphia - recycling programme falls short

USA - food waste costing economy US$100 billion, study finds

Japan - Fujitsu develops world‘s first bioplastic computer cases

Japan - all domestic Sanyo Epson production plants achieve 100% recycling target

UK - opportunities for woodchip recycling

UK - eco-friendly bottle for ethical water

UK - WEEE: producer responsibility kick in delayed to mid-2006

Denmark - swings made from old tyres are not dangerous

Denmark - new tool for regulating disposable packaging for beer and soft drinks

UK - new waste management guidance

Mars - trip to Mars needs waste management system

UK - Devon County Council opens innovative composting plant

Japan - International Green Purchasing Network established

Canada - battery recycling increases in the first six months of 2005

Europe - food processing waste project

USA - Wasteless in Seattle

Spain - recycling end-of-life electricity meters

Singapore - Semakau landfill opens tourist attraction

Ireland - new regulations clear way for producer-funded recycling of WEEE

UK - demonstrating the growing potential of recycled glass

Finland - LCA on waste management options for discarded newspaper in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

UK - planning system "the major barrier to effective waste management"

UK - a new era in managing hazardous waste

Europe - PET bottle recycling continues its upward trend

The growing e-waste problem

WHY COLLECT ALL PLASTIC BOTTLES?

Norway - world record collections of waste electrical & electronic equipment (WEEE)

UK - London Mayor reveals aim for London nappy recycling plant

USA - EPA targets paper recycling

Sri Lanka - recycled rubble will make new homes and roads

Philippines - waste management law to be implemented in Cebueon July 1

UK - WRAP funds project to investigate innovative front of store recycling technologies

Malta - new waste regulations to be introduced

Europe - no packaging waste mountain in view for EU12

New Zealand - why councils are collaborating for waste reduction

UK - distinguishing between recycling and religion

Australia - stand-off looms over waste levies

UK - composting potential for growth

Australia - new heights in newspaper recycling

Australia - new heights in newspaper recycling

UK - plastic bottles recycling doubles

Europe - identifying products with the greatest potential for environmental improvement

USA - aluminium beverage can recycling rate rising; first time since 1997

Sweden - concrete proposal for tax on incineration of waste

Remanufacturing: the benefits

What is remanufacturing?

Germany - nanotechnology makes packaging intelligent, smart & safe

Brazil - world's first carton packaging recycling plant using plasma technology

Japan - Fujitsu computer cases world‘s first to use plant-based plastic

Europe - environment: EU Eco-label extended to campsites

Europe - environment friendly lubricants promoted by EU Eco-label

Canada - Toronto taking aim at high-rise garbage

UK - residents in Gateshead enjoy benefits of recycling

UK - recycling target doubled for Glastonbury 2005

Spain - new plastics recycling plant puts a stop to tipping

UK - recycled glass sand good for golfers

UK - industry and municipalities "should avoid mixed glass collection"

UK - nappies LCA indicates environmental parity between disposables and reusables

China fired up over recycling

Italy - decree includes compost in green procurement targets

Ireland - recycling to double under proposed Dublin waste plan

UK - farm plastics recycling scheme starts up in Yorkshire

Europe - thinking twice about the garbage

UK - the Chew Magna zero waste project

Denmark - social cost-benefit analysis of waste as fuel in of cement production

UK - organics model contract drafted by WRAP

UK - trade waste recycling best practice guide

England - Environment Agency guidance on sampling and testing of wastes to meet landfill waste acceptance procedures

Japan - government to aid Pacific Islands in waste management

USA - California waste board sponsors tyre recycling technology competition

Japan - shared bus-taxi powered by used cooking oil encourages community interaction

Italy - recycling PVC materials for light cement

Italy - recycling PVC materials for light cement

UK - energy from waste must not be overlooked say industry experts

USA - steel recycling hits 25-year high

Scotland - launch of world‘s first waste-efficient design guide

Europe - Commission welcomes adoption of the directive for environmentally friendly design of energy-using products

Greece - waste management: Commission pursues legal action against Greece over further violations of EU waste law in Crete

Spain: Commission pursues legal action over breaches of EU environmental law

Norway - SINTEF develops cost effective recycling system

Japan - Nagoya and three neighbouring prefectures conduct green purchasing campaign

Biodegradable Plastics

What is Litter?

New report shows recycling targets can drive costs up

France - waste incineration may lead to waste prevention

Finland - supervision may lead to waste reduction

The Netherlands - study of separation techniques for construction and demolition waste

UK - new series of sustainable consumption and production indicators

Europe - re-thinking the waste hierarchy

Malaysia - organic waste composting system advanced

Sweden - stabilisation of landfills with fly ash

Germany - test burning of auto shredder residue (ASR) at Bremen‘s incineration plant

How is hazardous waste managed?

How does hazardous waste affect the environment?

What happens to hazardous waste?

What is hazardous waste?

England - landfill allowance trading scheme goes live

UK - waste problem needs many solutions

Wales - better leadership is needed from politicians to reduce Wales‘ impact on the world

World - experts warn ecosystem changes will continue to worsen

England - local authorities invited to trial household incentive schemes for reducing and recycling

UK - Parliamentary select committee criticises waste management strategy implementation in Northern Ireland

UK - new funding for waste management announced

UK - worries over the spy in the bin

China - Hong Kong source separation of domestic waste - territory wide roll-out

Australia - wasteful consumption costs more than A$10 billion pa

Australia - radical plan to reduce rubbish in Melbourne

Australia - Australians recycle more than 50% of waste

UK - ambitious communications campaign to change what people do with rubbish

UK - hazwaste regulations intended to improve tracking

UK - changes to waste licensing to benefit environment and industry

Denmark - study assesses tradable quotas for waste for incineration & landfilling

Australia - road map towards zero plastic bag use by 2008

Japan - new car recycling facility in Japan‘s Seto Inland sea area

Colombia - eco-friendly palms for church services

Switzerland - cars set to run on farm waste

US - automakers receive near failing grades on the use of environmentally safe plastics in cars

UK - first domestic battery recycling plant opens

China - tyre recycling plant planned

China - Government plans to address resources and recycling

Ireland - Government seeks negotiated agreements to tackle chewing gum, atm receipts and fast food litter

China - Hong Kong launches domestic waste separation at source

USA - wireless recycling initiatives announced at CTIA Wireless 2005 show in New Orleans

UK - steering group members sought for RAY

UK - confusion and lack of funding may hamper proper disposal of dangerous waste, say MPs

UK - London ecological footprint study

Canada - Stewardship Ontario C$2 million grant will improve Blue Box glass recycling in Ontario

USA - survey: rechargeable battery recycling programme "low on juice"

USA - New York Mayor full circle on recycling

UK - London‘s regional Furniture Reuse Network launched

UK - London‘s university halls of residence recycling project

UK - Environment Agency reminds operators burning waste of need for new permits

Taiwan - plasma system commisioned

Australia - great effort on clean up Australia Day: calls for more recycling

IBM Japan, Okamura tie up to reuse discarded PC plastics

UK - England beats its recycling and composting target (17 per cent by 2003/4)

UK - project to use wetland system for composting leachate treatment

New Zealand - new glass recycling options will be developed

UK - local food ‘greener than organic‘

Japan - Coca-Cola using energy derived from coffee and tea residues

Denmark - new information campaign on recycling batteries takes off in Copenhagen

Canada - blue box diversion in Ontario: a cost/benefit analysis of recycling targets

UK - Environment Agency issues guidelines on landfill restoration

Ireland - government urges large organisations to manage their waste better

World - traders gather for conference on the world‘s newest trading commodity: pollution

Israel - fixing a critical problem: used oil filters

UK - illegal dumping (fly-tipping): the true picture

World - action on heavy metals among key UNEP Governing Council decisions

UK - study reveals the economic benefits of including metal packaging in kerbside collection

Europe - sustainable management of product life cycles: EU project

STARTING A BATTERY WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Europe - mobile phones LCA report

Japan - ongoing efforts to target household food waste

Australia looks towards sustainable packaging

Canada - rechargeable battery recycling on the rise, organisation reports

Australia - WMAA launches compost supply chain roadmap

Europe environmentally friendly plastic: Commission welcomes voluntary industry commitment

10 facts about plastics everyone should know.

Italy - study shows wood recycling saved 2.5 Mt C02

New Zealand - company develops waste-reducing recyclable labels

China replacing USA as world‘s leading consumer

UN starts first recycling project in Banda Aceh

UK - zero waste & zero carbon housing project

USA - think-tank rejects notion of electro-scrap crisis

New Zealand - local authority bylaw boost for ‘zero waste‘ goal

Canada - Nova Scotians asked about proposed electronic waste regulations

Norway - waste incineration doubled in ten years

New Zealand - vehicle disposal plan proposed

USA - computer recycling plan in Congress

UK - new practical guide to recycling window waste launched

USA - Seattle lays down the law on recycling, gently

UK - London Heathrow terminal is recycled

Poland - statement by the Ministry of the Environment on recycling of the end-of-life-vehicles

UK - tyre companies urged to counter tyre dumping

UK - Government sets limits on the landfilling of waste

Canada - electronics recycling fee begins in Alberta

Scotland - household waste recycling lags behind England and Wales

Europe - Commission proposes strategy to deal with mercury pollution including a ban on exports

Europe - environmental policy plans for 2005

Japan maintains world‘s best PET bottle collection rate at 61%

Japan - research group generates hydrogen from bread waste

Japan - bank funds 2.5 billion yen for construction waste recycling

USA - San Francisco ponders ecology tax for grocery bags

US - EPA deal would limit fines on waste

UK - WRAP starts recycled plastic packaging trials

UK - London recycling "can be met" says London Remade

What Are Hazardous Waste Generators and Transporters?

Climate Change & Waste

Ireland - Government calls for more C&D waste recycling

England is recycling more household waste than ever before (17%)

Japan - Mos Food Services recycles food waste into methane gas

England set to launch the world‘s first allowance trading scheme for municipal waste

Japan - school lunch milk cartons recycled in Masuda City

UK - "three sizes too big" environmental footprint to be measured up

UK - waste oil charges to soar in face of Incineration Directive

European Court decision rules against German packaging legislation

What are "covered electronic wastes"?

Why should waste electronics be recycled?

What is e-waste?

Nigeria - used oil management plan takes shape

USA - draft report shows vinyl building products have comparable impacts to products made of competing materials

USA - Study highlights architects‘ widely diverging views on vinyl as a sustainable material

USA - study shows reusable pallets & containers (RPCs) reduce environmental burdens

Japan - NEC to use reinforced bioplastic for PC parts

US - recycling is up in Oregon, but so is waste generation

Incinerate the trash

Europe - EUCAR vehicle weight reduction and recycling study is critical of EU ELV Directive

Canada - recycling cash mystery deposited with minister

UK - Government drafts laws on clean neighbourhoods

Germany - bio-based packaging ready to go

Australia - guide on healthcare wastes management issued

Switzerland - clean image tarnished by growing litter problem

Germany - from the fridge to the bin: Berliners throw away 20% of uneaten food

Australia - used oil recycling - the future

Japan - confidential documents recycling: flushed with success

UK - Government endorses new supermarket scheme for packaging takeback - Tesco: Winchester

Malaysia - oil palm recycling project pays off

South Africa - plastic bottles transformed into boardwalk

Switzerland - nationwide camera recycling initiative launched

Europe - recycling policy "too simplistic"

UK - use of natural resources and products down one per cent in 2003

Ireland - Government encourages Cork developers to increase recycling of construction and demolition waste

USA - proposed waste incinerator regulations would cut 2,800 tons of air pollution annually

Ireland - Dublin City Council to introduce Pay by Use/Volume System for household waste

Germay - doubts on bioplastics remain despite government support

Japan - eco-friendly ship bottom paint developed

UK - recycling and waste research: review of the environmental and health effects of waste management

Singapore - new plastics bottles buy-back & recycling programme launched

Austria - Vienna at European forefront of reuse and repair of old appliances

Germany: waste disposal decreased by 3.5% in 2002

Italy - Government declares recycling is improving and throws support behind EfW

UK - phones of the future use flower power to promote recycling

UK - bad habits & hard choices: ‘The public want eco-taxes‘ says new report

UK - plans to shift more than a million tonnes of waste pa by rail & canals get the green light

India - Delhi plans to use waste plastics in road construction

Ireland - Government to focus on recycling electrical goods

Germany - everything in one bin?

Biodiesel: Present and Future

Biodiesel Around the World

Disadvantages of Biodiesel

Benefits of Biodiesel

What is biodiesel?

Austrians collect more waste paper than ever

USA - Penn State researchers receive grant for turning waste plastics into fuel

China bans electro-scrap import

Germany - windows & façades: renovation market helps to speed up recycling

Austria - new plastic bottles recycling schemes in Vienna & Salzburg

Hong Kong - waste disposal regulations to be tabled

UK - West London Composting moves ahead with kerbside kitchen & garden waste

Wales - on course to meet recycling targets

China - Government considers waste law

Ireland - major cross-border waste smuggler targeted by EPA

Canada - Ontario has mixed environmental record, reports Environmental Commissioner One billion aluminium cans not being recycled

Germany - new rules for drinks deposits

UK - Government backs farms waste initiative

US - New York City Mayor‘s trash plan would shift waste from trucks to barges

Europe - response indicators & waste prevention

Europe - new study compiles existing knowledge of recycling rates for eight materials

UK - new composting plant opens

Visible waste management and new approach underway

India - Delhi turns to environmental-friendly roads

UK ‘to be hit by plague of flies‘ - composting could help

Germany - computer recycling project gives PCs new lease of life

UK - Compost use set to grow in organic farming sector

UK - new Defra strategy for waste-related research - to inform policy on sustainable waste management

UK - Government urges people to recycle

Singapore - new recycling programme rewards schools with points for gifts

UK - consultation on landfill aftercare controls

Germany - electronic "waste sheriffs‘ inspect organic waste bins

Ireland - Government publishes study and consultation on chewing gum, fast-food packaging and ATM receipt litter

UK - Government consults on changes to recycling credits scheme

UK - new PVC recycling scheme for Thames Valley, near London

UK - reducing biodegradable waste: Government announces bidders for £30m research programme

Europe - world‘s largest PET LCA rehabilitates one-way bottles

UK - consultation on landfill aftercare controls

Australia - Garbage to gold study indicates value of waste treatment

UK - report investigates health in safety in the waste management industry

United Arab Emirates (UAE) - Sharjah to boost recycling

Australia - smell of success in disposable nappy recycling

Japan - Kamikatsu the town with 34 categories of waste and without a garbage truck!

Italy - proposal to use waste to fuel eco-friendly ships

Australia - landfilling costs millions

Why Is Plastics Recycling Important For The Environment?

Why Is Plastics Recycling Important For The Economy?

Seven Plants In Three Countries Newly Designated As Zero Waste Emissions Plants

TRIMMING THE FAT - POSITIVE ECONOMICS OF FOOD RESIDUALS RECYCLING

CITY POWER COMPANY ISSUES RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECT REQUESTS

Energy Independence

Germany - draft legislation to implement EU WEEE and RoHS Directives

UK - steel can recycling continues to grow

Japan - Association created to promote forest-friendly paper beverage container

Japan - home appliance recycling taking root

UK - Companies make money from cutting waste

UK - biodegradable polymers study indicates their environmental credentials

Latin America - phone recycling programme

Japan - largest methane fermentation plant to recycle food waste

Japan - Kokuyo develops industry‘s first carpet tile recycling system

Northern Ireland - single waste management plan is urged in critical strategy report

UK - waste plastics: screening the future opportunities for film recycling

France launches radical green tax on bigger cars

India - plastic roads to "become a reality" in the Capital.

USA - Chicago city recycling programme battles for participation and yield

The Contributions of Plastics in Human´s Health

Plastics in Your Life

Plastics: Nature‘s material of choice

Hong Kong - MSW recycling at 41 per cent, landfilling rates stabilised

UK - The State of the Nation 2004: urgent action needed to prevent rubbish mountain: over 2000 new facilities required to cope with waste crisis

UK - construction partnership tackles building site waste

Canada - plastics in appliances "help reduce greenhouse gas emissions"

Canada - gasification of waste plastics as source of clean, alternative energy

UK - Recycling at home more popular than at work

Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City approves solid waste management plan

UK - intermodal transport for waste and recyclables in England and Wales

Benefitis of Using Compost

Waste in England: An Introduction

GROWING THE COMPOSTING AND ORGANICS RECYCLING INDUSTRY

RECYCLING: All Bottled Up

Bags, Bins, Carts & Containers: Curbside Organics Recovery

Turning Sludge into "Sold"

Computer Crash - Different strategies and funding models to recycle or reuse old computer equipment

Can Composting BMPS Reduce Air Emissions?

Waste Treatment

Economic Analysis of Options for Managing Biodegradable Municipal Waste

Deep in the Dumps? How municipalities can avert a waste disposal crisis

Canada - Ontario plans for 60 per cent diversion

Biodegradable waste strategy drafted Actions leading to "real achievements on waste" EUR25m for recycling among new measures announced

Japan adopts five eco-community projects towards building a recycling-based society

Japan - recycling law spurs sales of used PCs

NSW, Australia - producing and consuming efficiently to conserve resources

Japan turns construction waste into car biofuel

USA - New Yorks returns to recycling

UK - New waste technologies - a magic bullet?: new report published

Ghana - plastic waste management task force inaugurated

Canada - Toronto responds to Michigans new solid waste legislation

UNEP - throw-away society new threat to island paradises

UK - NHS "undermines Defras nappy waste minimisation strategy"

FAO - new on-farm composting guide published

How Woody Residuals are Recycled in the United States

Good Wood Gone Bad - The effects of arsenic leaching from CCA-treated wood are creating very real concerns for the waste industry.

Compost!...For The Love of The Earth!

Recycling Plastic Tubs

A look at Canadian Waste Services landfill near Chatham, Ontario

LFG to Liquid Methane with CO2 WashT Process

Analyzing the Potential of Biomass Recovery

Composting Key to Meeting Landfill Organics Ban

Landfill Gas Utilization

Composting At Home

PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS USES COMPOST FOR TREES

BIOMASS ENERGY RESOURCES INVENTORIED FOR EASTERN WASHINGTON

GOVERNOR'S OFFICE CITES RECYCLING RECORDS: FOUR MILLION TONS, 81,000 JOBS

CITY RECYCLING CENTER INCLUDES CENTER FOR HARD TO RECYCLE MATERIALS

WINE GRAPE GROWERS USE CLEAN WASTE PRACTICES TO REDUCE RUNOFF AND EROSION

UK - £30 million funding programme for new and emerging waste management technologies

Race Against Business Waste - Cullen launches "Small Change" Programme

UK - action on fly-tipping: government sets out new proposals

UK - the state of Englands streets

Japan - Fuji Xerox develops digital copier using 70% recycled parts

USA - consumer mobile phone recycling programme

Australia - protecting oil recyclers and the environment

INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT OPERATES

FEDERAL PROCUREMENT OF BIOBASED PRODUCTS

PRACTICALITIES OF COMPOST MARKETING AND SALES

THE STATE OF GARBAGE IN AMERICA

Food Waste in Japan - Some interesting reflections on biowaste from Japan for Sustainability.

Glass makers cut greenhouse gas emissions

Japan - rice waste can make quieter, tougher road surfaces

Japan - Fuji Xerox to set up recycling network in Asia

Site Closure Strategies: Reducing Remediation Liabilities & Costs

Australia - organic waste finds use as local power source

Brazil - aluminium & steel recycling reaches record levels

Canada - quick-service restaurant recycling and composting study clean Nova Scotia

USA - new EPA website and brochures on backyard burning

Japan - rice waste can make quieter, tougher road surfaces

Japan - eight carmakers in recycling scheme

Japan - low-cost equipment uses water to remove dioxins from incinerator exhaust

UK - Defra Committee takes the lead in encouraging innovation in waste management

UK - salt mine to become huge dump for toxic waste

15 Ways to Keep Your Leachate Pumping

Spain - ex-monk single-handedly building church from waste

USA - new litter problem: human waste on freeways

UK - Scientists turn waste paper into building materials

Switzerland - electronic waste stores up trouble for the future

Malta - Waste management website launched

First environment policy review by the European Commission

On-farming burning condemned by UK waste management trade association - could double dioxins emissions

UK - local authorities to receive funds to engage the public on recycling and minimisation