Deconstruction for recycling
The EDA – or European Demolition Association – founded in 1978 is Europe’s largest platform and meeting place for demolition contractors and suppliers. Two of its main goals are, “To set and to promote...
View ArticleSlovenia: Old paper for new hope
On Monday 17, March 2014 a big recycling project will launch in Slovenia. Zealous ecologists gained support from commercial enterprises for their undertaking to activate the entire country and collect...
View ArticleHow to recycle the unacceptable
So you participate in recycling. What does that mean? For most people it means separating their trash into two containers, one intended for recycling. Each municipality has its own rules for what...
View ArticleGrowing up Green: How to teach your kids to be eco-friendly
While the general awareness regarding the environmental costs of our civilized lives is by no means deficient, we still need to adjust our lifestyles to fit the new paradigm. In order to ensure the...
View ArticleMore and more pharmaceutical waste is collected selectively in Hungary
Since 2005 more than 1,000 tons of pharmaceutical waste have been collected selectively by Hungarians — at more than 4,000 waste collection points. This number is expected to grow in the coming years....
View ArticleProject ‘Zero Food Waste Slovenia’
Ecologists Without Borders (EBM in Slovenian) have a new exciting Green project: Zero Food Waste Slovenia. Through it they aim to reduce wasted food across the nation. Hopefully, one day zero food will...
View ArticleWaste management through the seasons
We’re merely guests on Earth. What remains are the beautiful natural resources of the world and it’s the next generation’s turn to wisely use what the planet has to offer. Waste Management is one of...
View ArticleParis restaurants join together to collect food waste
Huge amounts of organic waste are going to be collected selectively by Parisian catereres. Vegetable peelings, leftovers and coffee grains will be used to produce biomethane once the new system is...
View ArticleAre Greek elections harmful to the environment?
The fever of Greek municipal & prefectural elections is heating up. Four years have passed since the last elections. This year, Greek people are called upon to choose their new representatives in...
View ArticleMontenegro: Recycling instead of fines
Recycling by definition is to use discarded and unwanted products to create new products. With recycling we have the dual benefit of saving scarce landfill space and also limiting the use of natural...
View ArticleRecycling through education in Montenegro
In my last article dedicated to recycling in Montenegro, I finished by saying that “…a project of selective waste disposal without education is a waste of money.” Environmental education involves...
View ArticleGreece: Environmental plans scrapped again
Rubbish has been placed in the world spotlight. People are increasingly aware of environmental pollution and are making some effort to help in recycling. More and more valuable scrap is recycled yearly...
View ArticleBelgium: Great achievements in battery recycling
Belgium is collecting its batteries and flashlights in a more and more efficient way, according to the press release of the non-profit organization Bebat. The group specialises in giving a second life...
View ArticleHungary: Record number of volunteers in litter clean up event
This year was the fourth time that Hungary organized its yearly litter clean up event, You Pick It! (“TeSzedd!”). A high number of 200,000 volunteers participated in event, which lasted three days....
View ArticleZero waste supermarket to open in Belgium
A store without plastic packaging is planned to open in Antwerp on June 29th, according to DeMorgen.be. Although there are only a few similar stores so far in Europe, the number of zero waste...
View ArticleMetal dragons and plastic ballerinas: A look at some unique eco art
Ask anyone you know if they like art and it’s highly unlikely you’ll get a “no” as a response. We use it to express the things we can’t say. We use it to tell stories. We use it as a form of...
View ArticleDog poop to light up cities
It’s a nice thing to uphold the etiquette for urban dog keeping. Few sights are more distressing for urban citizens than dog poop in city parks. Unfortunately, while collecting dog poop in plastic bags...
View ArticleSecond hand graves – an emerging market?
A supernatural graveyard thumb epitaph might read something like this: Here lied a fella who could afford this fancy tomb in his lifetime, but since his descendants did not renew the grave concession...
View ArticlePlastic bag charge: A way to reduce waste?
Consume and forget — that is the unspoken motto of our throwaway society. Disposable carrier bags are icons for human impact on the planet. Our everyday consumer behaviour is reshaping the landscape...
View ArticleClean water from manure: Livestock water recycling
We can hear a lot about industrial waste as an environmental hazard, but modern agriculture has its own byproducts that cause equally serious problems. Factory farms put a huge strain on the...
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