Currently 22 40 per cent of waste aluminium, 27 51 per cent of waste paper and 10 53 per cent of glass are recovered through recycling and reuse in these countries.

The United States does not restrict the proper export of waste paper for recycling in fact, the United States supports environmentally sound paper recycling programmes that reduce the demand for new raw materials from forests.

8) waste and waste water collection and purification services

Furthermore, the wastes are not desinfected before being put into pulpers or while inside the pulpers, which causes a further contamination problem since the recycled paper is subsequently used in, among other things, toilet rolls and paper serviettes, and even in food wrappings.

Procurement of recycled paper ( 1.2 million)

Waste water treatment, recycling and reuse

Are you from the scrap iron recycling program?

I'll burn them.

So they were paid to collect it from the restaurants.

(1) Development of National Used Oil Recovery and Disposal Systems

The cities in many developing countries, particularly in Asia, have developed extensive waste economies, structured through itinerant waste buyers, waste pickers, small waste shops, second hand markets, dealers, transporters, and a range of recycling industries.

Gas recovery from landfills and sewage treatment plants

Apparently, the so called waste paper bales exported for recycling from the United States and some European countries to Argentina are basically toxic waste which poses health and safety risks for the workers who have to handle the bales, both through skin contact and through inhalation.

(ii) To recover value from more of the waste that is produced and

As it turns out, there actually wasn't any waste paper in this village.

And the idea was that you could take waste paper you could compress it and make briquettes that could be used for fuel.

6. Exports of waste paper to Argentina (para. 71).

When adjusting emissions from solid waste disposal sites or waste water treatment, the recovery of the methane needs to be considered.

When adjusting emissions from solid waste disposal sites or waste water treatment, the recovery of the methane needs to be considered.

Reportedly, people throughout Java are practising this method of recycling wastes.

Frank, look what I found in her wastepaper basket.

(b) Promote minimization of wastes, recycling and reuse

Its goal is to produce handicrafts using waste products recycled from the sea.

It was difficult to define what was considered as hazardous waste and to specify the nature of the recycling processes.

But what about a recycled paper towel that comes in those little half sheets?

I was given this piece of paper.

Now the really clever bit is what they did with the cardboard waste.

He noted that the fishing industry was being encouraged to bring back to port, and dispose of, their material free of charge.

I got your note.

These puppets are made out of recycled World Bank reports.

Currently, the Philippine Recyclers, Inc. (PRI) is the only legal importer of scrap batteries in the country.

American laws and regulations allow the proper export of certain battery scrap for recycling operations.

Waste reception facilities

Yeah, I know. You're the junkman.

Report in.

I'll empty the wastebasket. You could start padding the posters.

There are specific Philippine regulations intended to screen out scrap batteries that can no longer be safely recycled.

That parameter recovery and destruction efficiency indicated the portion of remaining blowing agent in the related item that was recovered in the overall end of life management activities.

Furthermore, the Commission was not provided with evidence which suggested that any Government would be prepared to take back the waste.

and making money off that too.

Nothing. The radio's busted.

Public pressure pushed the Government to ban the import of toxic wastes, a ban that apparently did not include materials imported for recycling, which is what Thor Chemicals claimed to do.

According to some sources, 95 per cent of the dangerous wastes forming the subject of transboundary movements between OECD and other countries are intended for recovery operations.

Several options were explored landfill, recycling, alternative technologies, or return the waste to the senders.

Philippines 1. With respect to the import and recycling of scrap batteries (paras. 41, 56), the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources started regulating the importation of scrap batteries in July 1994.