http://www.recyclingportal.eu Nachrichten auf www.recyclingportal.eu de MSV Mediaservice und Verlag GmbH msvgmbh@t-online.de (Oliver Kürth) WebCms by www.Confido.de, München msvgmbh@t-online.de (Oliver Kürth) 60 The UK has to bring in domestic legislation giving effect to the revised EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD) by 12 December 2010. Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government are consulting on draft Regulations to bring the revised WFD into effect in England and Wales. The consultation will run from 8 July to 16 September 2010. The aim of the revised WFD is to promote waste prevention, increase recycling, and ensure better use of resources, while protecting human health and the environment. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24987.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24987.shtml Recht Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:17:51 +0200 Wales has reduced the amount of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) sent to landfill by 39 percent over the last five full years of the Landfill Allowances Scheme. All 22 Local Authorities in Wales achieved their 2009/10 allowance obligations. Overall, Welsh Local Authorities sent 523,035 tonnes of BMW to landfill compared to the 2009-10 Wales allowance of 710,000 tonnes, this is 26 percent less than the allowance. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24986.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24986.shtml Abfall Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:54:09 +0200 Millions of pounds of council taxpayers’ money is being wasted dealing with litter lout motorists because of a loophole in the law, council leaders are warning. Town halls across the UK want to be able to take action against the registered keeper of a vehicle from which rubbish is thrown, in a system similar to speeding and flytipping. Currently if a council officer reports littering bycar a fine can be posted to the keeper, but if they deny the offence and no one else comes forward the authority must prove in court who littered. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24984.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24984.shtml Recht Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:52:28 +0200 SRI Consulting has released a study stating that “disposing of bottles in landfill generates a lower carbon footprint than recycling or incineration”. The reports also states that waste “shipping distances are not footprint critical”. According to EuPR the SRI report named “PET’s Carbon Footprint: To Recycle or Not to Recycle” is inconsistent with the move towards a recycling society. This publication is unwise and dangerous, says EuPR vice-president. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24978.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24978.shtml Abfall Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:36:23 +0200 Tackling waste in construction will become easier for building firms as the BRE SMARTWaste tool and WRAP Waste to Landfill Reporting Portal become compatible. Users of SMARTWaste,the BRE web-based tool used to prepare and implement Site Waste Management Plans, can now transfer their waste data directly to the WRAP Waste to Landfill Reporting Portal. Users will benefit by being able to monitor their individual progress against targets, run reports and benchmark themselves. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24977.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24977.shtml Kreislaufwirtschaft Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:09:01 +0200 A major new study identifies 39 additional coal ash dump sites in 21 US states that are contaminating drinking water or surface water with arsenic and other heavy metals. The report by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), Earthjustice and the Sierra Club documents the fact that state governments are not adequately monitoring the coal combustion waste disposal sites and that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency needs to enact strong new regulations to protect the public. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24975.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24975.shtml Abfall Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:55:02 +0200 Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr. John Gormley, has marked the fifth anniversary of the implementation of the WEEE Directive in Ireland. “There has been a magnificent response to the scheme and in just five years, nearly forty two million units of household WEEE equating to over one hundred and eighty thousand tonnes of old electrical and electronic equipment have been safely taken out of circulation and been recycled”, Minister Gormley pointed out. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24934.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24934.shtml Kreislaufwirtschaft Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:12:48 +0200 The Managing Authority of OP Environment opens a direct grant award procedure for 36 municipalities related to the preparation and implementation of investment projects on the construction of wastewater treatment plants and sewage networks within agglomerations with over 10.000 population equivalent aimed at achieving the requirements of the European legislation on urban waste water treatment and reduction of the disparities with regards to the share of the population connected to sewage system. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24925.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24925.shtml Märkte Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:45:56 +0200 World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 115 million metric tons in July. This is 9.6 percent higher than July 2009. China’s crude steel production for July 2010 was 51.7 mmt, an increase of 2.2 percent compared to July 2009. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan produced 9.2 mmt of crude steel in July 2010, up 20.4 percent compared to the same month last year. In the EU, Germany’s crude steel production for July 2010 was 3.5 mmt, an increase of 29.7 percent on July 2009. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24919.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24919.shtml Märkte Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:28:34 +0200 Several municipalities have difficulties in processing applications for exemption from a new fee for recycling sites. Before the summer break, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency has issued a guidance to assist municipalities to get to the bottom of the applications. As a result of a parliament agreement, all businesses pay a fee to their municipality to dispose of waste at recycling sites. Some companies will have the right to be exempted from the fee. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24916.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24916.shtml Politik Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:10:06 +0200 The environmental authorities in Norway have banned several brominated flame retardants because the substances have health and environmental damage. Now Climate and Pollution Control Directorate (Klif) leads international efforts for a global ban on the brominated flame retardant HBCDD. The environmental authorities in Norway believe that HBCDD (hexabromocyclododecane) is a heavily degradable environmental toxin that spreads over long distances. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24915.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24915.shtml Recht Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:47:28 +0200 Waste resource management consultancy specialist Wardell Armstrong LLP was commissioned by Viridor Laing Ltd to secure 25 environmental permits needed for Europe’s largest ever PFI recycling and waste project in Greater Manchester – an unprecedented achievement on a Private Finance Initiative project of this size, and for some of the largest waste treatment facilities consented so far in the UK. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24901.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24901.shtml Kreislaufwirtschaft Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:14:12 +0200 Few days ago, the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia published a new report on "The sustainable development indicators for Slovenia". Concerning natural resources, the paper offeres some information on municipal and food waste generation. In 2008, over 900,000 tonnes of municipal waste (or 453 kg per capita) were generated, which was over 4 percent more than in the previous year. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24899.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24899.shtml Abfall Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:44:07 +0200 The Government wants to work with businesses to help them reduce their waste and increase recycling through voluntary responsibility deals, Environment Minister Lord Henley said. Working with businesses to put in place voluntary responsibility deals on waste will remove the need for further regulation and will lead to less waste and more recycling with the added benefits of businesses saving money and helping to protect the environment. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24897.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24897.shtml Politik Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:07:28 +0200 Waste in Poland aims currently at implementation of its subsequent phase for a long-term strategic action under new 2014 National Waste Management Plan and its 2015-2022 Outlook that has been just passed on for the public consultations. According to the 2009 data provided by the Central Statistical Office, more than 86 percent of municipal waste collected in Poland is deposited on waste landfills, i.e. almost twice as much as the corresponding Community mean (47 percent, on average). http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24894.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24894.shtml Politik Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:59:06 +0200 Computer Aid International has released the first of a series of Special Reports on the theme of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the Environment. The report titled "why reuse is better than recycling", explains that while recycling is often the default management option of choice for unwanted ICTs, it is not necessarily the best one. Many still-functional ICTs enter the waste stream, and for these, reuse is by far the environmentally superior recovery option. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24890.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24890.shtml Kreislaufwirtschaft Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:20:26 +0200 Garbage is used by a robot to harness energy for its own operation. For the last few years, the team of EU-funded scientists behind the EcoBot series (I, II, III) of robots has generated energy by feeding the machine food waste and raw materials. They have now set their sights on converting energy from urine for the same outcome. The EcoBot-III project received Euro 320.000 in funding under the EU's Sixth Framework Programme. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24881.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24881.shtml Forschung Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:26:36 +0200 Minister Nona Karadjova invited Burgas Municipality and Vidin Municipality to submit project proposals on the construction of waste management infrastructure on the territory of the two regions. The invitations were sent in the framework of direct award procedures under Operation Progamm (OP) Environment in order to find a sound waste management solution through the construction of regional systems of waste treatment facilities. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24879.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24879.shtml Kreislaufwirtschaft Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:18:29 +0200 Few days ago, the US Congress has released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report titled "Electronic Waste: Considerations for Promoting Environmentally Sound Reuse and Recycling". The paper seeks to address the management and trade of hazardous electronic wastes. However, the report misses first prohibiting the export of hazardous wastes such as electronic waste to developing countries, Basel Action Network critizises. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24878.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24878.shtml Politik Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:58:07 +0200 Analyst Research and Markets has announced the publication of the "France Power Report 2010" report. The study provides with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on France's power industry. The new France Power Report from the analysts forecasts that the country will account for 7.77 percent of power generation in developed markets by 2014, and to remain a net exporter of electricity to neighbouring states. http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24864.shtml http://www.recyclingportal.eu/Artikel/24864.shtml Energie Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:08:13 +0200