AmbienDura

New initiative against illegal transboundary movements of hazardous waste

nancy — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:17:51 +0000

From 7 to 11 April, the 8th conference of the INECE network was held in Cape Town, South Africa. More than 200 participants from 60 developing and developed countries gathered to discuss compliance and enforcement matters concerning environmental provisions. Laws and agreements developed to protect the environment and human health have no effect, when they are not properly implemented and enforced. (more…)

Press release: How 2 Portuguese Companies are Forming “A Green Council” to Promote a Greener Algarve

nancy — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:22:57 +0000

Algarve, Portugal — Feb 25, 2008 – Ambiendura an independent environmental consultancy, is looking to capitalize on the momentum of its first workshop by creating a “Green Council” as a think tank for promoting and initiating projects in Algarve, Portugal. Chama Inc. an innovative marketing and web solution’s company in the region will be one of the first organizations to join Ambiendura as part of the council. (more…)

Environment Workshop “Algarve Connected” successful

nancy — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:49:22 +0000

On the 8th of February 2008, Ambiendura facilitated a workshop about the regional environment in the Algarve. Twenty-two representatives from NGO’s, the environmental police GNR/SEPNA, enterprises and citizens, attended the meeting. (more…)

Nigeria to curb imports of “toxic” old computers

nancy — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:05:19 +0000

Nigeria plans to slap duties on old computers imported for spare parts because much of the excess material is later dumped and causes toxic waste, Information Minister John Odey said on Wednesday. (more…)

European Enforcement Network IMPEL signs cooperation agreement with the Basel Convention

nancy — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:49:40 +0000

To strengthen the cooperation, IMPEL and the Basel Convention signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the 6th of February in Geneva. (more…)

Regional Environment Workshop in the Algarve

nancy — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:03:46 +0000

On the 8th of February a workshop will be held at the natural park ‘Ria Formosa’ in Olhão - Portugal. The main aim of the workshop is to support the development of the Algarve region as a ‘Green Zone’. (more…)

AmbienDura checks out latest developments AmbiUrbe Fair

nancy — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:23:22 +0000

On 7 November, Ambiendura went to one of the biggest environment fairs in Lisbon: AmbiUrbe. Originally this event is organised biannually, but due to expected investments and increasing interest for the environment, it was organised already this year instead of 2008. About 150 different enterprises and organisations showed their environmental services. (more…)

Dutch Organic Waste Managers visit Portugal

nancy — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:29:55 +0000

On 11th October 2007 the Dutch organic waste managers section of the Dutch Waste Management Association (DWMA) Vereniging Afvalbedrijven visited the LIPOR organic waste management centre just outside Porto (the `capital´ of the north of Portugal and the country’s second biggest city). AmbienDura was invited (more…)

Commission support for ‘greener’ small and medium-sized enterprises

nancy — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:04:41 +0000

The European Commission has developed a programme for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s) to become greener (more…)

Worms taking care of Portuguese municipal waste

nancy — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:44:21 +0000

In Portugal a pilot project on municipal waste is running in which worms are the key to success. On 27 September AmbienDura visited this pilot. By using worms to take care of the organic fraction, (more…)