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Government Policies and Procedures on Waste
Government procedures and policies regarding the various types of waste.Links categorised by region...
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This section of the Logan City Council website focuses on sustainable waste management in Australia and provides examples of waste management in countries like Japan, Sweden and India.
http://www.logan.qld.gov.au/LCC/residents/wastecollection/
education/community/sustainable_waste_management.htm
This section of the Australian Greenhouse Office website focuses on the Government’s GGAP whose projects, amongst others, are based on using heat from waste to generate power. Further links on relevant waste-to-energy projects are available on this web page.
http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/ggap/index.html
This section of the Victorian Environmental Protection Agency provides information and links on the Agency’s strategies to managing waste – landfills, waste asbestos, prescribed industrial waste, long term containment of solid industrial waste and WasteCert transport certificates.
http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/waste/
This section of the website provides information on the Danish government’s policies and procedures towards waste management in that country.
http://glwww.mst.dk/homepage/default.asp?Sub=http://glwww.
mst.dk/waste/01040000.htm
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E-waste problem at 'crisis point'
Results from a study by the Total Environment Centre highlighting the problem of large amounts of electronic waste (e-waste) items building up in Australian landfills.
(ABC News, 12/12/08)
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Results from a study by the Total Environment Centre highlighting the problem of large amounts of electronic waste (e-waste) items building up in Australian landfills.
(ABC News, 12/12/08)
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Great Barrier Reef will die by carbon, scientists say
Environmentalists and scientists stress that the Australian Government’s low emissions target has condemned the Great Barrier Reef to destruction And will impact the reef’s tourist industry. This is due to rising temperatures and ocean acidification causing wide-spread coral bleaching and coral disease.
(ABC News, 15/12/08)
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Environmentalists and scientists stress that the Australian Government’s low emissions target has condemned the Great Barrier Reef to destruction And will impact the reef’s tourist industry. This is due to rising temperatures and ocean acidification causing wide-spread coral bleaching and coral disease.
(ABC News, 15/12/08)
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