The Environmental Investigation Agency and BBC Panorama use GPS to prove British electronic waste is being exported to poor African nations where it threatens the environment and human health. Andrew Wasley reports
… UK company implicated in toxic e-waste trail from London to West Africa Andrew Wasley | 14th May 2011 News E-waste Environmental Investigation Agency Pollution Health Waste And Recycling ghana-244-1.jpg Boys …
Attempts to recycle E-waste and donations of old electronic devices are harming poor people's health and devastating the environment, writes Nele Goutier. Agbogbloshie, once an idyllic landscape of wetlands and small farms, is now the most toxic place in the world ...
… E-waste in Ghana: where death is the price of … day Nele Goutier | 7th August 2014 News Waste Trade EU USA Africa Toxics Health Ghana agbog-fire.jpg Attempts to recycle E-waste and donations of old electronic devices …
Food aid charities argue supermarket food waste could help prevent hunger in vulnerable people. Yet supermarkets' anaerobic digestion plans may eclipse food redistribution says Matilda Lee
… Supermarket food waste to power renewable energy instead of … Farming Politics And Economics Health Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion Food Cycle Tristram … Food aid charities argue supermarket food waste could help prevent hunger in vulnerable …
Mel Poluck visits a flagship environmental project that rescues, reuses and recycles tonnes of wood destined for landfills, doing much the same for those it employs
… CASE STUDY: recycling waste wood Mel Poluck | 9th June 2009 Activism Waste And Recycling Case Study Wood Recycling Salvage Waste Landfill Sustainability Green Living …
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.
… Landfills Community Recycling Green Living Waste And Recycling Archive_78.jpg Why do we dispose of organic waste in landfill sites? Shouldn’t we – … to compost it? By Janis Crawford. Organic waste and landfill Contrary to instinct, …
Mercury is the second most toxic metal in the world, and yet it's still being used to make fillings. Nick Kettles wonders if the dental establishment is away with the tooth fairies.
… Amalgam fillings classified as 'hazardous waste' Nick Kettles | 1st May 2008 News Mercury Hazardous Waste Amalgam Denistry DEFRA DoH Risk Health … It’s official: it’s safe to put hazardous waste in your mouth – and not just any …
Biodegradeable Waste (BDW), ‘plants and animals’, comprises an amazing 59 per cent of your household waste. Do you simply throw yours in the bin? If so you...
… 2006 Ethical Living Compost Composting Waste BDW Worms Vermicompost Vermicomposting … Green Lifestyle Composting Green Living Waste And Recycling Green_Living_MAIN_1.jpg Biodegradeable Waste (BDW), ‘plants and animals’, comprises …
Sylvia is riled when her distinctly un-environmentally-friendly office receives a recycling award from a dubious source...
… Sylvia Sunshine | 9th June 2010 Comment Waste And Recycling Green Living Work … a dubious source... In our office we recycle waste. Not much, but some. If I were to … more than a measly pillowcase-sized sack of waste. I am not really sure if this …
An Ecologist investigation reveals that three quarters of London Boroughs are advising their residents to simply throw compact fluorescent lightbulbs in their general waste, despite the hazard posed by their mercury content
… lightbulbs Ian Randall | 9th March 2010 News Waste And Recycling Energy Saving Lightbulbs … fluorescent lightbulbs in their general waste, despite the hazard posed by their … & Dagenham 'You can put it in your domestic waste. Just wrap it in a bag, and put it in …
Food production has a huge carbon footprint made worse by the enormous quantities thrown away. There's no need to become a fregan, but isn’t it time you started making the most of leftovers? Celebrity chef Richard Fox shows us how it's done
… Love Food Hate Waste: how to eat sustainably The Ecologist | … Ethical Living Richard Fox Love Food Hate Waste Sustainability Food And Drink Food And … Every year, 8.3 million tonnes of food is wasted in the UK at a cost of nearly £12 …
The latest film from the 'Story of Stuff' team focuses on consumer electronics and the problems of waste, recycling and toxic components
… on consumer electronics and the problems of waste, recycling and toxic components Sales of … Although Europe and the US have set up e-waste recycling systems, much of the e-waste ends up being illegally exported to less …
Plastic waste, often burning, is a constant companion in Gambia, a poor country where few enjoy formal rubbish collection, writes Louise Hunt. Now a pioneering project to upcycle waste plastic is beginning to tackle the problem - and in the process enhancing women's social and economic status.
… Louise Hunt | 13th August 2014 News Waste Africa Gambia Green Economy Pollution … Health gambia-senegal-teram-cut.jpg Plastic waste, often burning, is a constant companion … Hunt. Now a pioneering project to upcycle waste plastic is beginning to tackle the …
If you don't want an incinerator near you, you are either going to have to move to a rich neighbourhood or bin your bin...
… your bin Jon Hughes | 1st July 2006 News Bin Waste Incinerator Incineration Incineration … a billion pound contract with Onyx to manage waste disposal in the county for the next 25 … a year, which accounts for half of all the waste currently produced in East Sussex by a …
After over a decade of fracking, oversight of the industry's radioactive waste is still lacking, reports Sharon Kelly. Over half of the 280 billion gallons a year of radioactive waste water from fracking ends up in rivers and streams.
… Fracking's radwaste - supervision remains inadequate Sharon … oversight of the industry's radioactive waste is still lacking, reports Sharon Kelly. … the 280 billion gallons a year of radioactive waste water from fracking ends up in rivers …
Agency calls on courts to hand out stronger penalties for waste and pollution criminals
… The Ecologist | 6th November 2009 News Waste And Recycling Pollution Health … on courts to hand out stronger penalties for waste and pollution criminals Higher fines are … has temporarily banned Red Industries Ltd, a waste management company, from dumping any …
The tale of the homemade wormery in a second-floor-flat continues... The worms are thriving, multiplying in numbers. Just don't ask about the flies...
… Wormery Vermicompost Dendrobaenas Food Waste Recycling worms.jpg The worms are happy … months now since I started up my own kitchen waste recycling service with the help of a few … happy and multiplying, the organic kitchen waste (not too much citrus or onion, and no …
The Gates Foundation has just announced a $42 million project over several years to develop a toilet that doesn't need water, mains power or sewerage and that will cost next to nothing
… Miles | 11th August 2011 News Toilet Health Waste And Recycling Compost toilet.jpg There … to nothing Imagine a toilet that takes human waste and converts it into minerals for … toilets that treat larger volumes of waste, perhaps off-site. The eight teams – …
Campaign groups say UK officials are underestimating the costs of disposing of nuclear waste and that the taxpayer will end up footing the bill
… 2010 News Nuclear Renewable Radioactive Waste Health nuclearpowerstation.jpg No … the costs of disposing of nuclear waste and that the taxpayer will end up … aside to pay for eventual decommissioning and waste disposal costs. This includes the …
I know that I should avoid compost containing peat, but what is the most environmentally friendly alternative that I can buy?
R Townsend, by email
… collect from our doorstep as "green garden waste" (once treated, this can usually be … exactly what is in it. For example, green waste collected by councils could contain high …
When it comes to reusable packaging and the environment, consumers are keen to do the right thing, but it seems sparking a refill revolution in Great Britain means getting the price right first
… News Green Living Food And Drink Take Action Waste Recycling Denmark Finland Netherlands … Lofthouse Loughborough Refillables Reusable Waste Packing Technology And Science Household Waste Sustainability …
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, …
Whether it’s plastic bottles or old magazines, Valentina Jovanovski has a creative way to turn it into something entirely new
… Cans Food Bottles Home Society Green Living Waste And Recycling 4159676141_ce7c756d58.jpg … revealed that a shocking 44 million tonnes of waste is sent to landfill in the UK every year and only 40 per cent of household waste is recycled. In the Review of Waste …