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Loading ...Puerto Rico Proposes Amending Its Waste Reduction/Recycling Regulation
Monday, November 17th, 2008Puerto Rico’s Solid Waste Authority (Autoridad de Desperdicios Sólidos – ADS) has published for 30-day public comment its proposals to amend its Regulation for the Reduction, Re-use and Recycling of Solid Wastes in Puerto Rico. The Regulation implemented a 1992 law, Law 70, which among other things required all business entities to practice recycling and to […]
Getting a Handle on E-Waste Data in LAC: Argentina
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008The Data Problem One of the key challenges in formulating a reasonable and effective policy on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is figuring out how much there is, what type of WEEE it is (different WEEE pose different hazardous material/waste management challenges), and what is happening to […]