Human’s illiterate activities put the Weija Lake’s water is under threat.

The city authorities has taken steps to remove structures from water ways to prevent flooding in Accra. More structures keep springing up along the Weija Lake, putting one of the main sources of portable water for residents of Accra in danger.

The lake’s water is under threat from pollution as several people made structures along the lake on the Mallam-Kasoa road for business purpose. The businessmen including car dealers, food sellers and hawkers who are amenable for destroying the vegetation in the buffer zone between the lake and the road to develop unauthorized structures for their businesses. Millions of garbage generated through activities of the encroachers, had gathered in the buffer zone, with some, mainly plastic waste blown by the wind into the lake which was seen during a visit to the area.

So for human’s illiterate activities the lake’s water is under threat.

Investigations have found that many of the car dealers who were ejected along the Tetteh Quarshie-Apenkwa road to pave a way for that road construction had relocated to the Weija area. More than 100 hawkers were also found around the toll booth area, generating litter that are blown by the wind into the buffer zone, and further into the lake.

The authority is trying to take necessary steps to stop these activities, but it seems like they have been unable to make the issue important to them. They are not paying heeds to the warning

European Union’s imposing laws to control environmental pollution

The European Union has imposed strict rules on air, water and soil pollution on 52,000 after industries a compromise on how much extra time electricity, oil and steel companies should get to comply.

The European Parliament voted to tighten the 1996 Integrated Pollution Prevention and imposed strict laws covering such discharges as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, dust particles, dioxins and heavy metals. These create a lot amount of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas regulated by Europe’s cap-and-trade program.

“This offers more clarity and a better chance of a level playing field across Europe on environmental requirements for industrial installations,” said Holger Krahmer, a German member who imposed the new rules through the 27-nation EU assembly in Strasbourg, France.

The national governments have already prepared and supported the draft law, making their final approval after two-and-a-half years of deliberations which is actually a formality .

The new laws may enhance the role of the most effective emissions-reduction technology, known as best available techniques, in the granting of permits for electricity plants, oil refineries and metals, minerals, chemicals and waste- incineration sites would be subject to the rules. Large pig and poultry farms are also expected to be affected by the law, which is due to be phased in starting around the end of 2012.

Smoke Testing Project by The City of Moline Water Pollution Control Division

The City of Moline Water Pollution Control Division will be conducting smoke testing along River Drive throughout July 2010.

The smoke testing consists of using of specialized equipment to blow dense smoke into the sanitary sewerage system and systematic observation of the surrounding area to find places from which the smoke may exit from the sewer system. The smoke testing is part of the city’s continuous efforts to identify and address deficiencies in the sewer collection system.

But people need not be alarmed with the nontoxic smoke that is created by the testing. However, the presence of smoke within a building during smoke testing is an identification of a potential sewer piping defect which should be investigated.

Residents of those buildings are asked to contact the city if smoke is observed within one’s premises during the testing.

Environmentalists warned people against Burning tires

According to a top environmentalist, ARSONISTS who torch tires on Bahrain's roads are exposing themselves and others to a potentially "deadly" cocktail of chemicals.

Bahrain gets through almost a million tires a year - with many of them burned in the streets. More than 800,000 tires a year are discarded in the country, just under one for every person living here, said Rehan Ahmed, a senior environment specialist at the Public Commission for the Protection of Marine Resources, Environment and Wildlife.

He is now suggesting a recycling plant should be set up to process used tires safely - and take them out of the hands of fire-lighting youngsters. "Open burning of tires on roads is becoming common and a part of life," said Mr. Ahmed

"Burning tires is used to protest as it creates smoke, which catches the attention of public authorities, disrupts traffic and social life.

"Tires are voluminous, cheap and easily available from workshops and can be incinerated so easily.

"The question of environmental pollution and health impact of such activities has been raised several times, but a change in our behavior and an understanding of the pollution and health impacts is needed to eliminate this deadly habit," he added.

Mr. Ahmed said the illegal dumping of used tires was a major environmental pollution., as well as a continuous source of materials for arsonists.

But , he said there was little incentive to collect discarded tires since they were worthless without a recycling facility.

He warned people against breathing in the visible smoke plume coming from burning tires. He wants the people to be conscious about it.

A great get together of recyling industries to expand business.

The 10th International Electronics Recycling Congress IERC 2011 will be held from January 19 – 21, 2011 in Salzburg, Austria. Approximately over 450 experts from industry, authorities and academia will discuss and present the latest information and challenges of the WEEE recycling business.


The preliminary program includes the activities:

* Contributions for sustainability
* The way to stop climate change
* Cradle to cradle
* stopping illegal export
* The War of raw materials
*Most available technologies for dismantling, sorting and recycling
* Worldwide reports of recycling business
* Quality standards –to check & monitor
* Recycling standards – chance or pain
* Harmonization of recycling standards
*Parallel Session: Reports on regulation & markets in Asia
* Workshop: Flat screen, lighting and solar panel recycling

A large exhibition area has been integrated into the conference facilities, where inventors meet their clients. Cocktail receptions and a networking dinner create an exclusive atmosphere to get in touch with business partners, friends and competitors.

Recycling goods have been very much important for the present world. This conference would be hopefully successful to establish and improve recycling industry.

Researchers warn to stop using poly bags to reduce public health danger

The United Kingdom may have to remake a new policy on recycling shopping bags. A study by experts at the University of Arizona showed that reusable shopping bags may pose a danger to public health because of high levels of bacteria on the bags.

The researchers experimented on the reusable bags of 84 consumers in Tucson, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Tests showed 50 percent of the bags have traces of E. coli, a toxin which could be harmful to people.

The researchers also found that consumers do not regularly wash their reusable bags, which contain bacteria from raw meat packaging where as the bags must be washed at high temperatures. Study leader Professor Charles Gerba launched an educational campaign among shoppers to wash their reusable bags regularly. But alarmingly, another study showed that 97 percent of recyclable bag users do not wash or bleach their bags.

The U.K. has not officially banned single-use shopping bags, but the government has set a target of cutting plastic bag use by 50 percent. About 45 percent of Britons claim they have purchased a recyclable bag, although only 12 percent use these bags regularly. The only way to save people is to band shopping bags and instead of that the shops can order their bags, made of cotton and jute. So stop using poly bags to reduce public health danger.

You can easily take part in saving the environment by recycling your old mobile phone

Mobile phone Recycling is the easiest and simplest way to reduce environmental pollution and to save our environment. As well as now it is also one of the best ways to earn some extra money.

One can do mobile phone recycling through several online portals. As the technology is rising day by day, we can easily say that mobile phones have become our basic need. Now one doesn’t need to be at home for using Internet, one can simply enjoy it on his/her mobile phone.

It seems like we are getting all the high technologies in small size in a form of mobile phones. A mobile phone has many elements like Cadmium, Rhodium, Palladium, Beryllium, Lead, Nickel, Manganese, Mercury, Lithium, Zinc, Arsenic and Copper which are quite harmful for the human body as well as for the environment also. So recycling your old mobile phone will surely help in saving environment.

At present, Mobile phone recycling is a very common and known process for everyone. One can recycle his/ her mobile phone easily through an online portal. Which is the easiest way for people to recycle their phones.

We just have to log in to the site and we will be provided with the registration form online. One just have to fill that form and have to state the condition of his/ her mobile phone . After that we just have to pack your mobile phone in an envelope and post your mobile phone to the mobile phone recycling center. Their they will check your mobile phones and according to that they will send you money for your mobile phone.

So mobile phone recycling is the best option to earn some money and with that you will also help in saving the environment. Isn’t it great?