Last week the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro (MRJ) (population 6 million) became the first major Brazilian city to adopt an e-waste law.  The law is rather short and simple.  It requires manufacturers and suppliers of computers to receive in their...
Topics: benefícios fiscais, Brasil, Brazil, computadores, computer waste, computers, CPU, e-lixo, e-waste, Electronic/Electrical Equipment, environment, fabricantes, fines, fiscal benefits, fornecedores, impressoras, keyboards, Lei Orgânica, manufacturers, meio ambiente, monitor, multas, PCUs, periféricos, peripherals, printer, RAEE, reaproveitamento, reciclagem, recycling, Rio de Janeiro, sanções administrativas, teclados, WEEE

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An interesting ad from Panama, featuring Margarita Henriquez Vuela, the 2008 Latin American Idol winner (this is the Latin American version of the hit US television contest, American Idol) from Panama.  Paper packaging manufacturers and Tetra-Pak, the...
Topics: ads, envase, environment, Eye on Ads, Margarita Henriquez Vuela, meio ambiente, packaging, Panama, papel, paper, reciclaje, recycling, residuos de envase, waste

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Yesterday the governor of the northeastern Brazilian state of Ceará (CE) signed a law that would require the take-back of fluorescent lamps, batteries and piles.The very brief and simple law requires vendors of such products in the state to provide...
Topics: baterias, batteries, Brasil, Brazil, Ceará, Consumer Code, Electronic/Electrical Equipment, environment, lamps, meio ambiente, piles, pilhas, residuos, waste

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From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):Guatemala strengthens protections for sensitive areas through investments in land registrationA $22 million IDB loan will finance the implementation of a physical cadastral registry for protected...
Topics: BID, biodiversidad, Biodiversity, conservación, Conservation, environment, Guatemala, IDB, land registration, medio ambiente, Petén, RIC, SIGAP

{"title":"$22 Mil. Loan to Help Guatemala\u2019s Protected Areas \/ Prestamo de US$22 milliones para fortalecer las \u00e1reas protegidas de Guatemala","post_url":"http:\/\/www.temasactuales.com\/temasblog\/environmental-protection\/conservation\/22-mil-loan-to-help-guatemalas-protected-areas-prestamo-de-us22-milliones-para-fortalecer-las-areas-protegidas-de-guatemala\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.temasactuales.com\/temasblog\/?feed=rss2","author":"ioman01","date":"2009-06-19 06:16:19","summary":"From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB):Guatemala strengthens protections for sensitive areas through investments in land registrationA $22 million IDB loan will finance the implementation of a physical cadastral registry for protected..."}

Just read an interesting article in IPS News about the latest development in community efforts in Trinidad to stop plans for two aluminum smelters on the island.  Trinidad’s High Court quashed the Environmental Management Authority’s (EMA)...
Topics: aluminum, Alutrint, CCJ, CMEC, EMA, environment, environmental clearance, Environmental Justice, High Court, National Energy Corporation, National Gas Company, NEC, NGC, Privy Council, smelters, spent pot lining, SPL, Sural Group, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela

{"title":"Still Possible to Challenge Projects on Environmental Grounds in Trinidad","post_url":"http:\/\/www.temasactuales.com\/temasblog\/environmental-protection\/environmental-justice\/still-possible-to-challenge-projects-on-environmental-grounds-in-trinidad\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.temasactuales.com\/temasblog\/?feed=rss2","author":"ioman01","date":"2009-06-17 19:33:52","summary":"Just read an interesting article in IPS News about the latest development in community efforts in Trinidad to stop plans for two aluminum smelters on the island.\u00a0 Trinidad’s High Court quashed the Environmental Management Authority’s (EMA)..."}