On 28 April 2010 the Government of India Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) in New Delhi issued a draft rule on the management and handling of waste electrical and electronic equipment.
Environmentalists have expressed concerns that Argentina’s ‘zero garbage’ waste law of 2006 – which aimed to eradicate landfills by 2020 – has not proved effective as the goal will not be reached.
A new report commissioned by Environmental services company Veolia has stated that the world market for waste, from collection to recycling, is worth around 300 billion Euros (US $410 billion).
The state of Western Australia has identified a need for increased public education regarding waste management, and for producers of goods to take more responsibility for waste arising from their own products.
The Commission for a Sustainable London 2012 has published a report on the approach taken to waste management and infrastructure, which shows that the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) are on course to achieve construction waste goals.
A leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services in North America, Clean Harbors, has announced that it is branching out into the removal and disposal of medical waste for hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Environmental groups are keen for the US EPA to move ahead with planned rulings that will reverse a controversial Bush administration regulation. The regulation allowed waste from mountaintop mining to be considered ‘fill material’, which meant it could be disposed of without strict EPA discharge permits.
The NVRD, Royal Dutch Solid Waste Association and the International Solid Waste Association are honored to invite you to the first ISWA Beacon Conference on 'Waste Minimization and Recycling'
The London Waste and Recycling Board has allocated £28 million (US $42.2 million) to developing waste infrastructure projects from a selected pool of ideas that it will identify over the next year.
The Ukraine government has passed amended its municipal waste law, which among other changes, has introduced a separate municipal waste collection system in the country.
