The Reality of Waste-Derived Fuels: Up in the Air
- Chemical recycling -
In light of recent promotional statements from technology providers, governments, and academic and research institutions, this report looks at the proposed application of converting municipal waste into fuel, namely for gas turbine aircraft engines.
Jet Fuels Made from Municipal Waste
- Chemical recycling -
In a world where climate and waste crises are worsening at a staggering rate, the idea of turning waste into fuels might sound like a great solution. Companies like Fulcrum Bioenergy and Velocys have been catching media attention by claiming that they have developed a technology that can produce jet fuels from waste.
Rethinking the EU Landfill Target
Europe - Incineration and cement kilns -
This report presents a comprehensive analysis and arguments on the need to improve the Landfill Directive and the Waste Framework Directive, highlighting residual waste reduction as a crucial tool to ensure alignment with the overarching principles of the EU Circular Economy Agenda.
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The Story of reWine
Europe - Zero waste -
In the wine industry, single-use glass is heavily used for packaging. On the one hand, glass has the greatest environmental impacts compared to other packaging materials (i.e. PET, aluminium, and beverage carton). On the other hand, glass is 100% reusable and 100% recyclable at the end of its life cycle, and is an inert material, which makes it more suitable as a food contact material.
The reWINE project proves that a circular and more sustainable way of consuming wine is possible.
Let’s start the tasting tour!
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Zero Waste Europe’s feedback on the food waste reduction target roadmap
Europe - Organics -
Zero Waste Europe welcomes the initiative of the European Commission to start the process to set-up binding food waste reduction targets across the EU. Food waste is a multifold problem that not only causes environmental and climate damage but is also morally unacceptable.
Therefore, it is essential to properly address this issue by adopting efficient and ambitious targets for the coming years.
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Estudio de caso: Estrategia Basura Cero en Santa Juana
Latin America & the Caribbean - Basura cero -
En el año 2005, la Asociación de Municipalidades para el Desarrollo Económico Local (AMDEL), de la que Santa Juana forma parte, trata la problemática de los residuos sólidos urbanos (RSU), concluyendo que cada comuna presenta una realidad distinta, surgiendo la necesidad de conseguir recursos para el estudio de la situación comunal.
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A Tale of 5 Cities: Plastic Barriers to Zero Waste
United States & Canada - Zero waste -
For decades, U.S. cities have collected mixed plastic in recycling programs in an unsuccessful attempt to solve the plastic waste crisis. Analyzing the municipal solid waste (MSW) streams of five U.S. cities, this new report sheds light on the different ways legitimate recycling efforts are undermined, and how the simplest and most ethical solution to our plastic problem is to remove all non-recyclable plastic from the system.
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San Andrés, Colombia: 10 años de un incinerador sin estrenar y una isla que se desborda en residuos
Latin America & the Caribbean - Basura cero -
San Andrés es una isla colombiana con una economía se encuentra dominada por el comercio y el turismo. Como ocurre en otras islas, tiene problemas de sobrepoblación y de espacio para la disposición adecuada de los residuos generados por los residentes y visitantes. En los años 2000 nace la propuesta de una solución mágica: quemar los residuos y producir energía. Pero durante una década la costosa instalación de incineración no funcionó y los residuos continuaron acumulándose en el vertedero que ya estaba al límite.
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U.S. Zero Waste Masterplan
United States & Canada - Zero waste -
Zero waste is a crucial component of a regenerative economy with the potential to safeguard public health, create good jobs, support local economies, and mitigate climate change.
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The Zero Waste Masterplan. Companion Guide for Organizers
United States & Canada - Zero waste -
This guide is intended to help organizers mobilize around the Zero Waste Masterplan to advance zero waste campaigns in their communities. (2020)
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Buenos Aires: Inclusión de Recicladores de Base en los Programas de Baura Cero
Latin America & the Caribbean - Recicladores -
“Reciclaje sin recicladores es basura”. La frase, que resuena entre las organizaciones de recicladores de base – o “recicladores informales” – de América Latina y el Caribe, se vuelve indispensable a la hora de planificar cualquier política de manejo de residuos en una región donde se calcula que 4 millones de personas trabajan de la recoleción y procesamiento de materiales reciclables. En esta publicación se muestran ejemplos y brindan herramientas para quienes busquen diseñar políticas de basura cero en contextos donde existan recicladores informales.
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United We Progress, Divided We Fall. A Waste Picker’s Guide to Organizing
Africa - Waste workers and waste pickers -
This booklet is a guide that is aimed at all waste pickers who face challenges where they work, focusing particularly on those working on landfill sites, although street pickers are mentioned briefly throughout. It is a brief look at what organizing of waste pickers is and the benefits organizing may provide people working in this sector of the South African economy. It can be used by any waste picker who is interested in solving problems that they and the waste pickers they work with may have where they work.