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Such a waste
News
16th March, 2007
One third of the contents of an average British fridge ends up in landfill, a new report from the government's waste and recycling body, Wrap (The Waste and Resources Action Programme), is expected to reveal. more...
Green Construction or Pyramids of Waste
news
28th February, 2007
36 of the UK's leading construction companies, including British Land, Land Lease, HBOS and Barratt Homes, have launched a UK Green Building Council that will aim for "zero carbon, zero water and zero waste", according to its chairman Peter Rogers.more...
Monsanto dumped waste in Welsh landfill
News
12th February, 2007
Chemical company Monsanto dumped thousands of tonnes of toxic waste in an un-lined Welsh landfill site, the Guardian has revealed. more...
Nuclear waste dumped in landfill
News
7th February, 2007
The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has been found guilty by a court in Scotland of dumping radioactive nuclear waste into a conventional landfill site and allowing radioactive particles to leak from its Dounreay reprocessing plant. more...
‘Cutting my teeth on cloth nappies’
Matilda Lee
1st February, 2006
Matilda Lee, Green Pages editor, was forced to practice what she preaches when faced with her newborn baby and a pile of cloth nappiesmore...
Debate: Sports Utility Vehicles (4x4s)
Michael Harvey and Paul Kingsnorth
21st May, 2005
Are SUVs a crime against civilisation, or paragons of efficiency? Are they ugly, arrogant and antisocial, or bright, beautiful and mobile? And do the polar passions they arouse pit the politics of envy against the Americanisation of British culture? Paul Kingsnorth and Michael Harvey discussmore...
Reusable nappies
Matilda Lee
1st February, 2005
Do you want the best for your baby, but don’t want to harm the environment? Then use reusable nappies. Contrary to popular belief, modern reusables are cheaper and more hygienic than disposables, and you won't have to spend hours cleaning them. more...Death & the Salesmen
Jeremy Smith
1st December, 2003
Expensive, polluting, unnatural and booming.Jeremy Smith investigates the ‘death-care industry’ more...
Global Worming
Janis Crawford
1st April, 2003
Why do we dispose of organic waste in landfill sites? Shouldn’t we – individuals, councils and businesses – all be using worms to compost it? By Janis Crawford. more...
Greening Cities
Dan Box
1st April, 2003
With human beings about to become a predominantly urban species, Dan Box asks whether cities can ever be sustainable. more...
Like Flowers Breaking through the Cement
Holly Wren
1st April, 2003
Many people dismiss environmentalism as a middle-class luxury that few can afford. But in Mexico City a group of impoverished street punks are pioneering radical social alternatives because their survival depends on it. Holly Wren reports. more...
Bottled Water
The Ecologist
1st February, 2003
Twice as expensive as petrol, three times the price of milk, and 10,000 times more expensive than tap water. Is it worth it, and what impact is it having on our environment? more...
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