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 News web …
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 … of an average British fridge ends up in landfill, a new report from the government's … tonnes of food each year. Most ends up in landfill sites, where its decomposition …
In an open letter to the Ecologist, Douglas Gowan has detailed a two-year smear campaign waged against him in the Seventies by Monsanto, details of which were known to the Agency and were only revealed when Gowan submitted a Freedom of Information request. Who was it protecting?
… at Brofiscin. There are also some 14 other UK landfill or manufacturing sites that were … Monsanto or their primary waste hauler and landfill operator, Purle Brothers. By 1973 … between the original dumping and the current landfill discharges to a receptor, and thus …
In an open letter to the Ecologist, Douglas Gowan has detailed a two-year smear campaign waged against him in the Seventies by Monsanto, details of which were known to the Agency and were only revealed when Gowan submitted a Freedom of Information request. Who was it protecting?
… at Brofiscin. There are also some 14 other UK landfill or manufacturing sites that were … Monsanto or their primary waste hauler and landfill operator, Purle Brothers. By 1973 … between the original dumping and the current landfill discharges to a receptor, and thus …
What is waste? In the natural world, the answer is nothing. In human society, the answer is whatever happens to be classified as waste.
… Gypsum Steel Slag Ash Building Materials Landfills Recycling Society Waste And … some £150 million every year simply to landfill the materials listed above. By doing … reduce the amount of waste disposed in landfills every year as well as helping to …
The local council in San Francisco, California, has set a precedent by becoming the first US city to vote to ban large supermarkets from handing out plastic bags, Reuters has reported.
… Bags Carrier Bags US San Francisco Waste Landfill Supermarket Supermarkets Plastics … every year, and save 1,400 tons of additional landfill waste. The law will permit the use of … not effectively biodegrade when buried in a landfill site. This article first appeared in …
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.
… Thomas | 22nd March 2007 News Monsanto Health Landfill DDT Agent Orange Agribusiness Farming … Campaigns Monsanto Risk Industrial Pesticides Landfills Agribusiness Cancer Health Politics … were being hauled daily to a nearby limestone landfill site operated by Purle Brothers. The …
Environment Secretary David Miliband's proposed reforms to the British waste collection system have caused no end of bitter debate. But would the public be more welcoming if the Secretary of State took a leaf out of Ireland's book?
… Irish Ireland Miliband Bins Rubbish Recycling Landfills Politics And Economics Waste And … this month that money gained from taxing landfill sites and plastic bags (all Irish …
Just over one week ago, the Ecologist posted a story on its website detailing the Environment Agency's failure to sue Monsanto for dumping tonnes of highly toxic chemicals in a Welsh landfill site.
… Monsanto Risk UK Industrial Pesticides Landfills Fresh Water Health Politics And … tonnes of highly toxic chemicals in a Welsh landfill site. …
Despite the best efforts of the industry to rebrand and clean up incineration, the fact remains that today's incinerators still permit pollution.
… Trash Garbage Risk Incineration Incineration Landfills Recycling Energy Health … material left over, and is disposed of in landfill sites. A further five per cent of … and disposed of as hazardous waste in special landfill sites that are licensed to accept …
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...
… in 1967, two years after it had become a landfill site primarily taking chemical wastes … quarries at Brofiscin and Maendy had become landfill sites in 1965 and 1966 respectively. … permission to continue using Brofiscin as a landfill site. It is understood by Gowan that …
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...
… in 1967, two years after it had become a landfill site primarily taking chemical wastes … quarries at Brofiscin and Maendy had become landfill sites in 1965 and 1966 respectively. … permission to continue using Brofiscin as a landfill site. It is understood by Gowan that …
Following last month's Ecologist story, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues.
… PCB wastes also took place in at least 10 landfill sites across Wales and England. … was internally advising its management that landfill was an unacceptable way of disposing … or mainland Europe. Secondly, it confuses the landfill sites Gowan was investigating, making …
Following last month's exclusive Ecologist investigation, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues...
… PCB wastes also took place in at least 10 landfill sites across Wales and England. … was internally advising its management that landfill was an unacceptable way of disposing … or mainland Europe. Secondly, it confuses the landfill sites Gowan was investigating, making …
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.
… the 5.5 millions tonnes of food waste sent to landfill each year could generate between 477 … produce. The gas given off by the UK’s landfill and sewage processing sites is …
From synthetic fibres to lethal dioxins, some sanitary products are a lot less innocent
than those glossy television ads would have women believe. Pat Thomas reports
… Reusable Pads Cervical Cups Sponges Children Landfills Green Living TAMPONS_NOV07_MAIN.jpg … of every day contribute to over-clogged landfills and blockage problems at some …
It’s last orders at the bar in a certain vegan pub in a certain British city, and my friend Daisy checks casually, ‘Do you need to get any food in? We could do with a bit of veg…’
… into a compressor before being transported to landfill, with no chance for the mitts of your … various layers of plastic to then be sent to landfill I am truly devastated. And although …
Last Friday, former waste minister Ben Bradshaw announced the end of the £30 million 'Real Nappy Campaign', claiming that "there was no significant difference between any of the environmental impacts of the disposable, home-use reusable and commercial laundry systems that were assessed".
… 5th July 2007 News Nappies Ben Bradshaw WEN Landfills Green Lifestyle Green Living Society …
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.
… leading to some badly mixed paper waste being landfilled. Hildeman also worries that …
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.
A ruling in the US courts at a meeting which the Environment Agency claims never took place has dashed all hopes of making Monsanto pay up for polluting Brofiscin quarry in Wales. Is the Agency guilty of obstructing the course of justice? Jon Hughes investigates
… Groesfaen, South Wales – one of at least 12 landfill sites in the UK where Monsanto dumped …