Badly thought out waste policy could land the UK with a £0.5 billion fine
… UK likely to miss landfill targets The Ecologist | 28th September 2009 News Waste Landfill Pollution Waste And Recycling landfill.jpg Badly thought out waste policy …
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.
… Ethical Living Composting Worms Gardening LandfillLandfills Community Recycling Green Living … Why do we dispose of organic waste in landfill sites? Shouldn’t we – individuals, …
A report from Friends of the Earth reveals the huge extent of the pollution and financial losses caused by our love of landfill and incineration
… 2009 News Waste And Recycling Incineration Landfill Resources truckbin.jpg A report from … and financial losses caused by our love of landfill and incineration By sending resources that could be recycled to landfill or incinerators, the UK is wasting …
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 Wood Recycling Salvage Waste Landfill Sustainability Green Living … and recycles tonnes of wood destined for landfills, doing much the same for those it … waste wood which, he found out, was going to landfill. As a Green Party member and becoming …
Less than three per cent of household batteries are currently recycled in Britain. Chie Elliott looks into why we're at the bottom of Europe's league tables
… Waste And Recycling Battery Recycling Landfill Mercury Lead Waste And Recycling … sends 21 portable batteries a year to landfill - a total of 600 million units - … has a theory regarding the high levels of landfilling in Britain as opposed to our …
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
… to: review a ban on aluminium and glass in landfill; focus on increasing the recycling … food and packaging waste from factories to landfill by 2015. ‘Recovery and recycling are … Half of all household waste that ends up in landfill originates as a purchase from …
Viewed in new light, waste is a resource – to be used again, recycled or resurrected for another use
… developed of disposing of it: either through landfill or through incineration. Thankfully, … at a discounted rate, thus saving them from landfill. The brainchild of Scottish … Freecycle Aiming to ‘keep good stuff out of landfill’, this grassroots movement allows …
Agency calls on courts to hand out stronger penalties for waste and pollution criminals
… and financial losses caused by our love of landfill and incineration COMMENT The more we … want to keep so quiet? NEWS UK likely to miss landfill targets Badly thought out waste …
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.
… Incineration Industrial Plastics Community Landfills International Development Education … per day. In a city that has only ever landfilled its rubbish, Chiwy is among a group …
Instead of dumping carbon deep underground we could be exploring ways to use it and reduce our overall emissions at the same time
… nuclear - has been to bury it underground in landfill sites. The same theory is being … , Carbon Capture and Storage would mean landfill on a ‘stupifying’ scale: ‘If the …
With human beings about to become a predominantly urban species, Dan Box asks whether cities can ever be sustainable.
… Population Carbon Dioxide Immigration Cars Landfills Energy Society Archive_91.jpg With … from tree waste that would otherwise go to landfill. In Copenhagen, a similar approach … The recycling programme costs no more than a landfill system, but the city is cleaner, …
Expensive, polluting, unnatural and booming.
Jeremy Smith investigates the ‘death-care industry’
… Smith | 1st December 2003 News Death Funerals Landfills Death-care Industry Companies … Of that, 71 per cent is now piling up in landfill, 20 per cent was incinerated and just … In truth, the 91 per cent that is either landfilled or incinerated has not vanished, …
Sylvia Rowley examines Rebecca Hosking's tips to rid your town of plastic bags
… is no ‘away’. Plastic bags are destined for landfill almost as soon as they are created, … and about the broader issues such as landfill and unsustainable lifestyles. Facts …
Sylvia Rowley examines Rebecca Hosking's tips to rid your town of plastic bags
… is no ‘away’. Plastic bags are destined for landfill almost as soon as they are created, … and about the broader issues such as landfill and unsustainable lifestyles. Facts …
The recycling network has seen its UK groups halve in number after members lost patience with its 'autocratic' US leadership
… The aim is to keep useful things out of landfill, and although there are no official … and financial losses caused by our love of landfill and incineration …
Biogas - a methane-rich fuel made from rotting food waste or sewage - has huge potential as a clean, green fuel for the UK. But a perverse web of subsidies, rules and contracts could mean UK councils are about to kiss goodbye to the real power of waste...
… and they are in a bind. Under the EU Landfill Directive, councils face strict … in 2010 and 2013 to divert organic waste from landfill to more sustainable means of …
It’s the greener way to go, but it seems bicycling can tackle everything from health issues to homelessness. Claire Baylis learns the meaning of true pedal power.
… yet numerous unwanted cycles wind up in landfill, wasting precious resources. … it’s about stopping bikes going into landfill. ‘A lot of abandoned bikes do; when …
Earlier this month, campaigner Shlomo Dowen won a landmark High Court case that forced Nottinghamshire council to reveal its financial arrangements with waste contractor Veolia Environmental Services. So what did Veolia want to keep so quiet?
… uncovered what appears to be £300,000 in ‘landfill tax’ (charged at £32 per tonne last … pay for the toxic ash to be sent to hazardous landfill sites. We all pay for the rising …
High-street fashion at bargain prices, charity shops are the ethical way to accentuate a wardrobe. All you need is a sense of adventure… By Laura Sevier
… binbags. Imagine 220 million binbags sent to landfill. According to Wastewatch, two million … items that might otherwise have gone to landfill. • Raising funds . Every year charity …
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?
… Supplies Water Sources Plastics Consumerism Landfills Recycling Bottled Water Companies …