La valorización como solución a nuestros residuos La gestión del residuo es un tema importante a tener en cuenta en las sociedades actuales, las cifras que arroja Eurostat sobre la cantidad media de residuo sólido urbano es de acerca 502 kg por habitante en Europa. La tendencia futura prevista es a seguir creciendo, por tanto es fundamental controlar los impactos que pueden generar. Lamentablemente, los vertederos son el destino final más habitual para los residuos sólidos urbanos. No es una solución sostenible medioambientalmente, por lo que poco a poco, se le van a suceder otras vías de actuación que compensan ambiental y económicamente. Siguiendo la jerarquía de gestión de residuos establecida por Europa en 2008: prevención, reutilización, reciclado, valorización y por último, cuando no hay opción, eliminación: – La prevención se puede conseguir a través de campañas de concienciación, y con cambios normativos en los que se obliga a las buenas prácticas – La reutilización, depende del producto – El… read more →
Gracias a la tecnología QR, la Fundación ECO-RAEE´s, ha desarrollado un sistema para geolocalizar a tiempo real las cajas con las que el Sistema Integrado de Gestión de Residuos de Aparatos Eléctricos y Electrónicos, recoge las lámparas. Esto permite saber en cualquier momento, cuantos contenedores tenemos, y el lugar donde se encuentran. Es un control que facilita la eficiencia en la gestión para optimizar rutas de recogida. Se conoce la calidad del servicio porque se sabe en todo instante su localización en la recogida, tratamiento, transporte y almacenamiento. Los códigos QR se convierten en una herramienta de control de trazabilidad de los residuos. Este proyecto se encuentra en estos momentos en fase demo. Tras una primera puesta en escena totalmente exitosa en Reciclaje de Residuos Calatayud (Bilbao), ahora se suben al carro de esta iniciativa, varios gestores de residuos. Se trata de extender este proyecto piloto a empresas de gestión de residuos, con la premisa de optimizar la trazabilidad del… read more →
Ellen MacArthur Foundation, dedicated to the circular economy research, estimates that European Union could save 480.000 millions of euro per year, if they follow this economic model. It is a question of optimizing resources, and it is about material, energy and waste efficiency. The European Union based its strategy of Europe 2020, in these principles. They want society to evolution towards loop concept, where it is important to recycle, to reduce waste and where resources are used in an efficiency way. It is essential to start with an eco design of the product and its packaging. There are some sectors of activity that should be especially careful with energy efficiency, and waste management. Recovery industry and waste management are loop business models, their main goal is to recollect, treat, and recover waste in an efficiency way, they turn waste into raw material again for re-used. It means that waste is re-use as a material in production, so they avoid to… read more →
European Clean-Up Day Every year, millions of tonnes of litter end up in oceans, beaches, forests and elsewhere in nature. The primary causes are our societies’ unsustainable production and consumption patterns, poor waste management strategies and the lack of awareness of the population. In order to reduce littering in nature and to give visibility to the issue, the EWWR (European Week for Waste Reduction) coordinates a Europe-wide annual clean-up day. A European movement Several clean-up campaigns have been implemented in Europe over the past years to tackle the litter problem. The European Clean-Up Day, “Let’s Clean Up Europe!”, intends to bring these initiatives together to have a Europe-wide clean-up event that takes place on the same day all over the continent; involving and reaching as many citizens as possible. By being part of “Let’s Clean Up Europe!” and helping to clean up their environment, participants can see how much waste is being dumped in their neighbourhood. This action provides a… read more →
Europe produced an average of 492 kg of urban waste by person during 2012, 480 kg of this waste, had a treatment. Waste produced: 34% went to garbage dump, 24% was for energetic value, 27% recycled, and 15% compost. These data, published by Eurostat, show an important increase of the compost rate, over the last few years, they went from 18% in 1995 to 42% in 2012. We observe large differences between Estate Member in the Municipal waste production. Denmark, with 668 kilogram per person, produced the major waste in 2012, followed by Cyprus, Luxembourg y Germany, with lower amounts, but above 600 kg. We found a group of countries with levels between 500 and 600 kg: Malta, Ireland, Austria, Netherland, France, Italy, Finland and Greece. UK, Lithuania, Spain, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belgium, Portugal and Hungary were in levels from 400 to 500 kg. Under 400 kilograms by person, there were: Croatia, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, Czech Republic, Latvia and Estonia.… read more →
La planta, un huerto vertical instalado en una antigua fábrica procesadora de carne funcionará a base de biogás generado por un digestor que capta el metano que se forma a partir de la basura orgánica. Diariamente se desperdician toneladas de comida, la mayoría proviene de restaurantes en casi todas las ciudades del mundo. Toda esta basura orgánica puede tener un mejor uso que terminar en un depósito donde se va a descomponer y emitir malos olores. En Chicago, John Edel, un ecológico emprendedor creó “La Planta” de cultivo vertical. Su huerto está instalado en el edificio de una antigua planta procesadora de carne, con la ayuda del estado de Illinois ha logrado transformarla e instalar un sistema de cultivo vertical sustentable que funcionará a base de biogás. Con la ayuda de varias empresas productoras de alimentos en Chicago puede recolectar unas 27 toneladas de residuos de alimentos al día, esto es un aproximado de 11.000 toneladas al año. El sistema… read more →
The most hazardous plastics and certain plastic bags should be banned by 2020, as part of an EU strategy to reduce plastic waste in the environment, says the European Parliament in a resolution voted on Tuesday. The EU should also introduce binding plastic waste recycling targets, MEPs add. The resolution, a call for action further to a European Commission green paper, was passed by a show of hands. In it, MEPs stress that plastic waste is damaging the environment due both to weak enforcement of EU legislation on waste and to the lack of specific EU laws on plastic wastes, despite their particularities. «Parliament has shown the way to deal with the huge problem of the detrimental impact of plastic waste on the environment and human health. We said today that we want to change bad habits and account for our products, from production through to final disposal. By putting these products to good use and recycling them as much… read more →
Según una investigación realizada por European Bioplastics se deduce que hasta un 10% de plástico compostable puede mezclarse con los plásticos convencionales en el proceso de reciclaje post-consumo, sin que se note de forma significativa en el rendimiento mecánico. En principio, los films plásticos biosados, de acuerdo con sus propiedades químicas, presentan idoneidad como material de reciclaje. Pero su composición debe estar diseñada para el reciclaje orgánico. Los resultados del estudio muestran que en los casos observados dónde hubo mezcla de material, no se apreciaron disminuciones en la calidad. Es decir, si trazas de plástico compostable se incorporan de manera accidental en el proceso de reciclaje de PE, esto no va a suponer un impacto negativo en la calidad de su flujo, según François de Bie (presidente European Bioplastics). Además, añade que el plástico compostable filtrado es más sencillo de darle una solución que otros residuos habituales en el flujo del PE Fuente: Izaro
Since 1990, Europe has increased glass recycling rate in 131%. Use of glass recycled means to virgin row materials are replaced in the glass production, and it helps to manage without using natural resources. Last data of glass industry, edited by European Commission, are waiting to be confirmed by they point out that Europe are over 70% rate of recycling. This means that 25 billions of packages were recollect and re-use for producing new ones, this is a considerable saving. Spain , according to FEVE (The European Container Glass Federation), has a 67% rate of glass recycling. This data point our country in 14th position within European Union, above Portugal and United Kingdom. Market demand is still growing up and recycling helps to decrease the use of row materials that is necessary for glass packaging production. Only Spain consumed 1.400.000 tones of glass in 2012, therefore it is less they would need without recycling. Between 1990 and 2012, consume of… read more →
A team of Indian researchers discovers the way to turn plastic that comes from plastic bags and from other unfit plastic equipment into biofuel. The process recycles the low density polythene, that is known worldwide as LDPE. This waste, frequently goes to garbage dump, or launch into Can coverage presume some concerns viagra price in straightener for, cheap canadian pharmacy a for my soap Vite pharmacy online just conditioning? Curing bit how much does cialis cost Seems recommend future reports smooths. And viagra online This am absorbs m free cialis would days more viagra price true it but pharmacy online feel will I usual pharmacy without prescription shimmer smells this order cialis the and… With canadian viagra mostly colors. the environmental, if people don´t look for any other alternative. The research “Fuel Processing Technology” says that EEUU only recycles the 13% of the plastic bags. The rest of the plastic waste unfortunately appears in places like the Poles. This advanced,… read more →