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 …
Even among green campaigners, nuclear energy is quietly gaining ground as a potential solution to the impending energy crisis. However several issues – particularly those of raw materials, cost and waste – remain unaddressed within the mainstream of opinion.
… particularly those of raw materials, cost and waste – remain unaddressed within the … taxpayer’s money to deal with legacy nuclear waste, and has financially guaranteed the … assistance will be available to deal with waste that will last for hundreds of thousands …
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has upheld a complaint by Friends of the Earth against Shell over the oil company's claims that it uses its waste CO2 to grow flowers.
… the oil company's claims that it uses its waste CO2 to grow flowers. Earlier this year … in this way. The adverts also claimed that waste sulphur was used as a concrete …
The world fervour for biofuels continues to grow at an alarming pace. In this comprehensive special report, the Ecologist examines the facts, fictions and fabrications behind this ballooning industry. The results are worrying...
… Revolution? Jeremy Smith & Jon Hughes: Less Waste, More Speed This article first appeared …
The second stage of the EU's much-criticised Emissions Trading System (ETS) will fail to deliver any significant cuts in Europe's carbon dioxide emissions, campaign group WWF said yesterday.
… is an urgent priority, and we can't afford to waste another five years before we get …
China boasts the fastest growing economy in the world. But how to calculate this development’s impact on natural resources, on public health and the environment? Pan Yue sets out the case for green GDP accounting
… runoff from surrounding farmlands and waste from nearby chemical plants. Add …
Christian Aid this week released a report showing that, if account is taken of the UK's overseas investments, the country is responsible for as much as 15 per cent of global emissions of CO2. We asked Andrew Pendleton, the lead author of the research, where we go now.
… that pervades in rich countries, which is wasteful and inefficient as well as far less …