Categories: Waste & Recycling, Hazardous Waste

Bio-economics of Conservation Agriculture and Soil Carbon Sequestration in Developing Countries

By CostBenefit on Mar 3, 2010 | In Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Economic Development and Green Jobs, Waste & Recycling, Agriculture, Forestry and Food | Send feedback »

Abstract: Improvement in soil carbon through conservation agriculture in developing countries may generate some private benefits to farmers as well as sequester carbon emissions, which is a positive externality... more to society. Leaving crop residue on… more »

In Cairo's Trash City, School Teaches Reading, Recycling

By CostBenefit on Feb 22, 2010 | In Africa, Waste & Recycling, Newspaper/Mag/TV/Media Story, Costs and Benefits, Multimedia -- Audio and/or Video, Socio-Political-Cognitive-Economics | Send feedback »

Summary: For generations, the Zabaleen people have hauled away Cairo's refuse and lived on the fringes of society. But thanks to an enterprising recycling school, the poor and mostly illiterate inhabitants of "Trash City" are receiving education and job… more »

GE Healthcare Expands Portfolio of ecomagination Products - Newly approved ecomagination products help hospitals reduce costs and waste, delivering positive benefits to the environment

By CostBenefit on Feb 22, 2010 | In General, Health, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Waste & Recycling, Savings, Costs and Benefits, Press Release (May be biased) | Send feedback »

On February 02, 2010 GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced that it has expanded its portfolio of ecomagination products aimed at helping healthcare companies and hospitals reduce cost and waste while positively impacting… more »

A multi-criteria assessment of scenarios on thermal processing of infectious hospital wastes: A case study for Central Macedonia

By CostBenefit on Feb 21, 2010 | In Europe, Academic Study/Journal Article, Hazardous Waste, Waste & Recycling, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

Abstract: In Greece more than 14,000 tonnes of infectious hospital waste are produced yearly; a significant part of it is still mismanaged. Only one off-site licensed incineration facility for hospital wastes is in operation, with the remaining of the ma… more »

Evaluation of the economic feasibility for the recycling of construction and demolition waste in China—The case of Chongqing

By CostBenefit on Feb 18, 2010 | In Real Estate Construction Housing, Academic Study/Journal Article, Waste & Recycling, China, Regulatory Analysis, Contamination Cost, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

Abstract:In the recycling chain of construction and demolition waste, it is impossible to guarantee a certain quality of recycled products and to recycle a large amount of materials in recycling centers without mechanical sorting facilities. This [is t… more »
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