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	Waste & Recycling E-Zine November 2008

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India: An emerging morgue for e-Products
India is a preferred destination for IT manufacturers all over the world. High percentage of literacy rate, improving lifestyle of the people and their economic standard are the attracting factors for the global IT players. The huge market for IT products is also luring manufacturers day by day. People’s passion for having the latest technologies is also equally attractive. Recycling and going for eco-friendly are most discussed subjects. While telling India is facing the death of recycling ...

Composting - Best bang for MSW management buck
For many years, life cycle analyses of end-of-life management practices have been available for all of the basic recyclables as well as organics. The life cycle data, usually derived by the US Environmental Protection Agency`s Waste Reduction Model (WARM), represents the net greenhouse gas impact of recycling, landfilling or incinerating a variety of material streams. The model calculates emissions in metric tons of carbon equivalent, metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent and energy units. Product ...

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Landfill gas to fleet fuel in Ohio
In mid-September, the Solid Waste Authority of Columbus, Ohio (SWACO) cut the ribbon on Phase I of its Green Energy Center that will convert landfill ...
GEEP’s guide to e-cycling success
The recent Electronics & Battery Recycling congress in Toronto featured a personal view on global e-cycling solutions from Alfred Hambsch of Ontario-based ...
China’s tyre recycling at a crossroads
China introduced a ban on imports of used and waste rubber from car tyres in April last year. But with the country suffering a severe shortage of rubber ...
New guidelines for characterization of municipal solid waste: the Portuguese case
This report proposes a new set of guidelines for the characterization of municipal solid waste. It is based on an analysis of reference methodologies, ...
Compost in the mix for storm water management
Bioretention areas, also known as rain gardens, are increasingly being used to capture and treat storm water runoff from impervious surfaces such as roofs, ...
Modelling waste generation by the telecom sector in Nigeria
Since the introduction of digital mobile technology into Nigeria in 2001, there has been a phenomenal improvement ...
Huge growth prospects for recycling in China
According to a report from US-based market research company BCC Research, recycling markets in China will continue to grow at a fast pace in the years ...
Mechanical biological treatment trends
Composting mixed municipal solid waste has a long tradition in Germany. In 1953, the first large-scale facilities in Baden-Baden and Blaubeuren started ...

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