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Beijing vows to treat excess waste by 2008 Olympics BEIJING - To clean up the Chinese capital before the 2008 Olympics, Beijing city officials on Wednesday released a white paper that promises new facilities and massive public outreach to handle an annual 1 million tons of untreated waste. 2003-12-24 Activities: [2008 Olympics Host Bidding] NYC Plans to Resume Some Recycling NEW YORK - In an effort to resume recycling programs cut last year due to budget constraints, city officials announced that a small New Jersey-based recycling company has agreed to pay the city $5.15 per ton for removing plastic and metal garbage. 2003-01-14 China plans $5 billion to clean Yangtze BEIJING - China will spend nearly $5 billion by 2009 to clean up waste from public toilets, tombs, slaughter houses and other sites flooded by the Yangtze River for the Three Gorges hydropower dam, the China Daily said on Monday. 2002-11-18 Activities: [China Three Gorge Dam Project] Mayors Oppose Dump in Nevada MADISON, Wis. - A committee of mayors voted Saturday to oppose transporting high-level nuclear waste to a national repository unless federal officials can guarantee the safety of all cities along proposed routes. 2002-06-16 Japan plans to build recycling network for E. Asia TOKYO - Japan is planning to create a resources recycling network in East Asia by establishing an international port to serve as a base for exporting recyclable material, such as scrap iron, from Japan to the region, government officials said Sunday. With the introduction last year of a law requiring consumers to recycle four types of large electrical appliances, as well as other measures to encourage recycling, the Japanese government foresees a surplus of reusable material accumulating in Japan, the officials said. China, on the other hand, and some Southeast Asian nations have the opposite problem, as they suffer from a lack of useful, recyclable materials, Kyodo News reported. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is therefore planning to establish an international recycling network to ship excess recyclable materials from Japan to other Asian countries, the officials said. The ministry is aiming to include this measure as a key element of its long-term plan for the nation's ports, which will take effect in the next fiscal year from April 2003, they said. A ministry official said the ministry ''hopes to foster an adequate recycling industry.'' The envisioned network is expected to make recyclable material, including metals and paper, internationally competitive. The ministry plans to secure space for collection and handling of scrap materials at the chosen port, which will become the international base port for the planned recycling route, the officials said. The ministry plans to use cargo boats of about 30,000-40,000 tons to move large volumes of material efficiently, thereby keeping costs down and enabling Japan to be competitive on the international market, they said. According to the ministry, Japan has in the past imported iron scrap that was reused in such things as building construction, but since around 1995, iron scrap exports have surpassed imports. China, which is preparing to host the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, reportedly suffers annual shortfalls of about 12 million tons of iron scrap, and the ministry said it is hopeful that iron scrap exports to China will increase dramatically. 2002-05-05 Headlines Beijing vows to treat excess waste by 2008 Olympics 2003-12-24 NYC Plans to Resume Some Recycling 2003-01-14 China plans $5 billion to clean Yangtze 2002-11-18 Mayors Oppose Dump in Nevada 2002-06-16 Japan plans to build recycling network for E. Asia 2002-05-05 HK, Guangdong to clean up bad air 2002-04-29 Most-viewed NYC Plans to Resume Some Recycling 2003-01-14

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