Madeleine Cuff challenged herself to spend a week reducing her food and packaging waste. Did it work, and will other consumers and supermarkets take note?
… Love Food Hate Waste: could you live without throwing food … Madeleine Cuff | 30th March 2012 News Food Waste Love Food Hate Waste Consumers Supermarkets Packaging Food …
A decision looms on whether - and where - to build the UK's first deep disposal for nuclear waste. Two borough councils in Cumbria have 'volunteered' - but can the communities be convinced? Matilda Lee reports
… as Cumbrian residents square up over nuclear waste site Matilda Lee | 15th February 2012 … Climate Change Nuclear Radiation Decc Nuclear Waste Politics And Economics … the UK's first deep disposal for nuclear waste. Two borough councils in Cumbria have …
Growing crops to solve the planet’s energy needs doesn’t work. Recycling the energy in our waste just might have a significant part to play. By Jeremy Smith & Jon Hughes
… Less waste, more speed Jeremy Smith Jon Hughes | … doesn’t work. Recycling the energy in our waste just might have a significant part to … for space with food crops, they are using the waste products of their society – anything …
Each year, UK livestock produce some 60 million tonnes of collectable faeces. If left to run into water-courses or even spread on fields, this waste can lead to the same problems associated with excessive fertiliser use – algal blooms and aquatic life starved of oxygen.
… Power On - Energy from Waste Jon Hughes Mark Anslow | 1st November 2007 News Waste Energy Carbon Dioxide Biodigesters … water-courses or even spread on fields, this waste can lead to the same problems associated …
Grace Lee has just spent a month in Seoul, South Korea working as an intern for the Resource Recirculation Management Division under the Climate Change and Environment Bureau of Seoul City Hall. Here’s what she has to say to her fellow US citizens about their domestic waste…
… 2012 Comment Recycling Seoul USA South Korea Waste And Recycling Society Green Plastic Waste Rubbish grace lee.jpg Grace Lee has just … her fellow US citizens about their domestic waste… Do you ever wonder what happens to all …
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.
… Such a waste 16th March 2007 News Waste Wrap Landfills Recycling Incineration Composting Waste And Recycling News web pic 2_16.jpg One …
The Scottish Executive has firmly refused to have nuclear waste buried north of the border, when asked as part of a new government consultation exercise.
… Scotland says no to nuclear waste 27th June 2007 News Nuclear Waste Nuclear Power Radioactive Radioactivity … Scotland Scottish Executive Nuclear Waste Power Plants Energy Politics And …
MoD under fire after DECC report finds number of sites contaminated with radioactive waste is far higher than previously estimated
… Nuclear waste 'may be blighting 1,000 sites' in the UK … Edwards guardian | 2nd May 2012 News Nuclear Waste Radioactive News Focus MoD Energy … number of sites contaminated with radioactive waste is far higher than previously estimated …
The winner of the 2012 ICUN /Thomson Reuters Environmental Media Award is Diogo Verissimo - a conservation biologist from Portugal. The award, now in its 10th year, was hosted for the first time this year on Facebook where Diogo's essay - one of 162 submitted - polled a staggering 5,352 of the 26,274 votes cast. Here is his winning essay.
… | 2nd October 2012 Comment ICUN Medis Awards Waste The winner of the 2012 ICUN /Thomson … challenge to environmental sustainability: waste. The economic crisis afflicting most … pressing issue in sustainable development: waste. If you feel waste is not such a big …
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.
… Nuclear waste dumped in landfill 7th February 2007 News Nuclear Waste Landfill UKAEA Dounreay Scotland Nuclear Waste Landfills Industrial Energy Pollution …
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.
… Green Construction or Pyramids of Waste 28th February 2007 News Construction GBC Green Buildings Waste Insulation Homes Green Lifestyle … Dioxide Climate Change Landfills Pollution Waste And Recycling News web pic 2_203.jpg 36 …
The Environment Agency (EA) is within weeks of letting Monsanto escape its liability for dumping thousands of tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals – including all the ingredients of the DDT defoliant Agent Orange – in two quarries in Wales.
… nearby Newport, where significant amounts of waste were being hauled daily to a nearby … for dumping thousands of tonnes of chemical wastes into the River Severn and public … and sewerage system, was now dumping its wastes in Brofiscin Quarry, and Maendy Quarry, …
Welcome to April's newsletter, featuring all our investigations published during March. These include an exclusive look at the rise of so-called 'nutraceuticals', and a follow up to last year's disturbing probe into the human victims of antibiotic 'poisoning', otherwise known as adverse reactions. This month we reveal which prescription drugs are most likely to harm or kill you... according to official UK data. To access your PDF log in and scroll down to the bottom of the page
… bottom of the page Editorial: greening our waste Dr Susanne Charlesworth A lack of practical uses for garden and kitchen waste collected from homes means that a … Around three million tonnes of green waste is sorted by households for recycling …
Following last month's Ecologist story, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues.
… cause back to the dumping of uncontained PCB wastes by the Monsanto chemical plant in … Gowan’s assiduous work led Monsanto and its waste contractors Purle to accept the … it is clear that the dumping of Monsanto PCB wastes also took place in at least 10 landfill …
Following last month's exclusive Ecologist investigation, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues...
… cause back to the dumping of uncontained PCB wastes by the Monsanto chemical plant in … Gowan’s assiduous work led Monsanto and its waste contractors Purle to accept the … it is clear that the dumping of Monsanto PCB wastes also took place in at least 10 landfill …
From turning old clothes into bags to making plastic cups into fabulous pencils, spring-cleaning just got lucrative
… Living Home Recycling Upcycling Green Plastic Waste Rubbish Cd Cases Pencils Bags Fashion … more than tripled, with 9.4 million tonnes of waste sent for recycling in 2009-10, according … Ltd. , a company dedicated to turning UK waste into usable products. ‘The idea behind …
Using the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria for long-term nuclear waste disposal could be illegal, a leading academic has said.
… Using Sellafield to bury nuclear waste could be 'illegal' 2nd November 2007 News Sellafield Nuclear Waste Burial Disposal Nuclear Energy Pollution … nuclear site in Cumbria for long-term nuclear waste disposal could be illegal, a leading …
Throwing all your recycling in one box may seem like a good idea, but it is threatening the future of European-based paper recycling, according to a leading industry source.
… News Paper Recycling Pulping INGEDED Recycle Waste Recycling Waste And Recycling News web pic 2_213.jpg … online site LetsRecycle.com that 'commingled' waste collections, where all recyclable waste …
What does Douglas Gowan know that everyone else wants to keep hidden? For 40 years the story of Brofiscin Quarry – now the most polluted place in the UK – has been suppressed...
… Farming Health Politics And Economics Waste And Recycling Investigates_21.jpg What … dumping thousands of tonnes of highly toxic wastes when they knew that this material posed … a landfill site primarily taking chemical wastes from the nearby Monsanto chemical plant …
What does Douglas Gowan know that everyone else wants to keep hidden? For 40 years the story of Brofiscin Quarry – now the most polluted place in the UK – has been suppressed...
… Farming Health Politics And Economics Waste And Recycling may cover 2007 … dumping thousands of tonnes of highly toxic wastes when they knew that this material posed … a landfill site primarily taking chemical wastes from the nearby Monsanto chemical plant …
Chemical company Monsanto dumped thousands of tonnes of toxic waste in an un-lined Welsh landfill site, the Guardian has revealed.
… Monsanto dumped waste in Welsh landfill 12th February 2007 … Monsanto dumped thousands of tonnes of toxic waste in an un-lined Welsh landfill site, the … says he was not told that it contained toxic waste when he bought the land. “It’s leaking, …
Chefs aim to prevent good food going to waste by serving up offal and other rare meat cuts during the 'nose to tail' fortnight organised by Sustain
… Chefs aim to prevent good food going to waste by serving up offal and other rare meat … as part of a campaign to encourage less waste and more thoughtfulness when it comes to … event. We are very tuned in to keeping food waste to a minimum, and already cook dishes …
Despite the best efforts of the industry to rebrand and clean up incineration, the fact remains that today's incinerators still permit pollution.
… fire Pat Thomas | 6th September 2007 News Waste Incineration Incinerators Energy From Waste Rubbish Trash Garbage Risk Incineration … Roughly 2 1/2 million tonnes of municipal waste are incinerated in the UK each year. …