VATIS update : waste management. Vol. 5, No. 125, Apr-Jun 2016

• Main Authors: UN.ESCAP, Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: UN.ESCAP. Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology 2016
• Subjects: WASTE MANAGEMENT; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12870/2230

Highlights : Indonesia to generate energy from waste -- Recyclable plastic stronger than ABS -- Precious metals from e-waste -- Microbots to remove lead from wastewater -- Enzymes to clean up the environment -- Clean technology to limit styrene emissions IN THE NEWS . 4 -- Global e-scrap market -- Indonesia to generate energy from waste -- Fiji’s waste management strategy -- Viet Nam launches POPs project -- China plans to tackle soil pollution -- India set rules for hazardous waste disposal -- India generates 18.5 lakh tonnes e-waste -- Bio-medical waste management rules in India -- Sri Lanka to tackle marine pollution -- Project launched to make Pakistan pollution-free PLASTIC WASTES . 7 -- Recyclable plastic stronger than ABS -- Plastic-eating bacteria -- Bacterium that degrades and assimilates PET -- Energy efficient method to recycle tyres -- Tire recycling yields steel, diesel, carbon -- Recyclable, sugar-derived foam ELECTRONIC WASTE . 9 -- Extraction of gold, copper from e-waste -- Precious metals from e-waste -- Bacteria to recover metals -- Recycling of smartphone lithium ion batteries -- Car battery recycling INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER . 11 -- Microbots to remove lead from wastewater -- Method for selective metal remediation -- Phytoremediation of textile industry effluent -- Adsorption of chromiumion -- Wastewater treatment by adding algae -- New technology of oil spill recovery BIOREMEDIATION . 13 -- Removing heavy metals from pharmaceutical effluent -- Enzymes to clean up the environment -- Keeping Antarctica clean -- Bioremediation of hexavalent chromium pollution -- Moringa oleifera seeds for bioremediation of soil AIR POLLUTION CONTROL . 15 -- Clean technology to limit styrene emissions -- Carbon dioxide turned into concrete-- Special material to capture carbon dioxide -- Copper nanocrystals to improve CO2 salvaging -- Hybrid system to cut coal-plant emissions -- Low-cost alloy to reduce CO2 emissions -- Technology for carbon capture -- Diesel engine concept cuts emissions -- New way to capture CO2 ...