2023

05 dic. 2023

Sector backs PAC report calling for ‘clarity’ on waste reforms

Companies and organisations from across waste management sector have welcomed the report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) last week, which called on Defra to provide more clarity on its ...

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05 dic. 2023

ENCUENTRAN MICROPLÁSTICOS EN PLACENTAS DE MADRES HAWAIANAS

Los investigadores aún están estudiando si los microplásticos presentes en la placenta pueden atravesar el cordón umbilical y llegar al bebé, y en su caso cuáles serían sus efectos.Un nuevo estudio ...

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05 dic. 2023

COP28: will the loss and damage fund reach the $100 billion mark?

The fund designed to finance climate "loss and damage" in vulnerable countries was adopted on Thursday 30 November 2023, on the first day of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) ...

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04 dic. 2023

COP28 and waste management’s role in achieving net zero

Maxine Mayhew, chief operating officer for collections and specialist services at Biffa, explores how the UK waste sector can contribute to COP28 goals. OPINION: World leaders are currently tuned ...

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04 dic. 2023

INC-3 makes little progress toward Plastics Treaty

The third meeting (INC-3) of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to craft a legally binding treaty on ending plastic pollution, held for from November 13 – 19 in Nairobi, Kenya, resulted in a ...

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01 dic. 2023

Scrap plastics exports drop 5% during first three quarters

The U.S. continued to export less scrap plastic to the rest of the world, according to an analysis of trade data covering the first nine months of 2023. U.S. companies exported 699 million pounds of ...

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01 dic. 2023

Plastic bag drop-off guide is taken off-line

A long-running comprehensive guide to public drop-off sites accepting plastic film has been taken down, leaving a gap in consumer-facing recycling information for bags and other flexible packaging. ...

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30 nov. 2023

LA GENERACIÓN DE RESIDUOS EN ESPAÑA AUMENTA MÁS DE UN 9%, HASTA LOS 115,4 MILLONES DE TONELADAS

Las empresas de tratamiento final de residuos gestionaron casi cien millones de toneladas, de las que se reciclaron la mitad.La economía española generó 115,4 millones de toneladas de residuos en ...

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30 nov. 2023

ESPAÑA GENERA 22,7 MILLONES DE TONELADAS DE RESIDUOS URBANOS Y EL 75% SE RECOGEN MEZCLADOS

La generación de residuos urbanos en España volvió a ascender en 2021, aunque aún se mantiene por debajo de los datos prepandemia.Las empresas gestoras de residuos urbanos recogieron 22,7 millones de ...

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30 nov. 2023

Kunststoff-Recycling elementarer Baustein zur Einhaltung der planetaren Grenzen

Aufgrund der hochwertigen Eigenschaften beispielsweise zur Haltbarmachung von Lebensmitteln, im Bereich der medizinischen Hygiene, der Elektromobilität, der erneuerbaren Energien und der ...

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