Asbestos: A verdict with worldwide consequences!
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Towards a plastic bottled world?
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The multidimensional plastic matrix is continuously expanding into the world’s most remote places I just tried to put in a...
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New materials –> New Waste: The case of coffee capsules
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We all know that recently coffee capsules (known also as K-Cups) became a fashion, with the support of some...
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The future of waste management as seen from Mars: the context
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Well, sometimes I wish to travel with NASA’s Curiosity, this magnificent spacecraft that has already provided us with many...
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Dimensions of a Wasteless Future
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This article has been written by Michael Rada, President and Project Father at IBCSD LAB s.r.o. – INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTER...
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Public Private Partnerships in Waste Management: the first Greek Experience
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First the facts: the first application for Public – Private Partnership (PPP) in the field of Waste Management (WM)...
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Redesigning the future: the Pringles’ factor
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“What idiot designed this in terms of recyclability?” Simon Ellin wondered when interviewed by The Guardian in a recent...
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Circular Economy & Recycling: it’s not as it seems
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What will be the benefits if we recycle 100% of the recyclables inside the waste streams? What Recycling means...
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Waste management in global cities
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This is the first post of two that address the issue of waste management in global cities and megacities.I...
Here is a comment by George Sbokos, a lawyer specialized in environmentla issues:
"It must have been the third year of me practicing law. In front of the doctor's praxis, I was trying to recall how that art of cancer was called. Something like mesotheliom, which actually sounded very greek to me. That was one of the first meetings I made in solving a similar case of a former greek "gastarbeiter" in Germany's heavy indusrty.
Pleural Mesotheliom, commonly lung cancer caused by asbestos, actually by inhaling small particles of that stuff is well known in Germany because of the hundreds of compensation cases.
In the meetings followed, it became clear, that Europe?s developed North, automatically considers Pleural Mesotheliom as a "working decease" (to be distinguished from "working accident"). No court decision is needed. The patient after being diagnosed receives a lump sum of compensation immediately and a pension for the rest of his unfortunately short life. The pension continues for the living spouse.
The recognition of the decease has to be an achievement of a trade union movement like IG METAL or similar, known for its effectiveness in Germany.
In memory of Mr. Emmanuel, a proud gastarbeiter …