One of the biggest landfill sites in the US is in the process of becoming a nature reserve and a recreation ground. Is this just papering over the cracks, or can our rubbish heaps really turn into something beautiful?
… Can a landfill site ever return to nature? Nick … | 6th July 2010 News Waste And Recycling Landfill Rubbish Freshkills Natural World … freshkillsgasgauge.jpg One of the biggest landfill sites in the US is in the process of …
Calls to bring forward ban on recyclable material sent to landfill increase, as reports emerge of big increases in the quantity of textile waste being dumped
… 'Primark effect' still clogging up UK landfills The Ecologist | 19th January 2010 News Waste Food And Farming Recycling Landfill Renewable Waste And Recycling … A million tonnes of textile waste is sent to landfill every year Calls to bring forward ban …
For regions with adequate space and little recycling infrastructure, disposing of bottles in landfill generates a lower carbon footprint than recycling or incineration...
… Landfill could be greener than recycling when … September 2010 Comment PET Plastics Recycling Landfill Carbon Dioxide Incineration Eric … infrastructure, disposing of bottles in landfill generates a lower carbon footprint …
Golf club shaped urinal anyone? Digital fridge magnet? Nominate your contenders for Britain's most useless consumer product before 22nd February...
… The Landfill Prize Top Ten John Naish | 16th … February 2010 Activism Waste And Recycling Landfill Consumerism Enoughism John Naish Landfill Prize landfill-image.jpg Golf club …
UK Government decides to scrap plans for a tax on bins, saying it would have 'fuelled fly-tipping', and says reward schemes will be more effective
… | 8th June 2010 News Waste And Recycling Landfill seasonal-recycling.jpg Reward schemes … and reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill. Welsh officials also confirmed that … collection of household waste being sent to landfill. Reward scheme A loyalty card style …
Government urged to improve recycling facilities after review of waste options finds it has the smallest environmental footprint
… the impact on the environment of recycling, landfilling and incineration. It also … materials, and concluded: Paper and Cardboard Landfill least preferable. Recycling … office paper. Plastics Recycling best option. Landfill worst option. Energy recovery forms …
Current 'dump it or burn it' mindset can only be resolved by moving away from incineration and landfill and aiming for a zero waste policy, say campaigners
… Tom Levitt | 5th October 2010 News Landfill Waste And Recycling Incineration … resolved by moving away from incineration and landfill and aiming for a zero waste policy, … sending resources that could be recycled to landfill or incinerators - with textiles and …
Incineration is a dirty word amongst environmentalists, its reputation earned through the use of outdated technology. Could new techniques help bring green approval to energy-from-waste facilities?
… it takes waste that would otherwise go to landfill and turns it into green energy. The … London shouldn't be given the easy option of landfill or cheap incineration in the East of … up and running by 2014 or 2015, because our landfill space is filling up fast and the …
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
… giving off visible light. If disposed of in landfill, or incinerated, mercury may escape … there's nothing to stop it going into the landfill.' Waltham Forest 'If it’s just one … there's nothing to stop it going into the landfill.' With the prevalence of computers, …
How one group is restoring the lost lustre of England's fruit orchards, and why a landfill site turned out to be a blessing in disguise
… lustre of England's fruit orchards, and why a landfill site turned out to be a blessing in … also been able to tap into things like the Landfill Community Fund , which has allowed us … the Trust's - and the landscape's - favour. Landfill benefit There are other peculiar …
PHOTO GALLERY: In exclusive images from a brilliant new eco-design book we illustrate innovative ways designers around the world are creating sustainable food packaging, products and appliances...
… NEWS 'Primark effect' still clogging up UK landfills Calls to bring forward ban on recyclable material sent to landfill increase, as reports emerge of big … being dumped HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE The Landfill Prize Top Ten Golf club shaped urinal …
The Watford Scrapstore is a treasure trove for children, teachers and eco-conscious artists on a budget. Here, scrap materials are transformed into community art
… children selecting materials that escaped the landfills, soon to become art in their hands. … everybody helps to reduce the ever-growing landfills. But like most of the scrapstores, … and recycles tonnes of wood destined for landfills, doing much the same for those it …
One of London's most prestigious hotels has had a green makeover as part of a £220 million refit. Ahead of the official reopening, Matilda Lee gets an exclusive preview of the capital's most environmentally responsible luxury hotel
… 90 per cent of waste will be diverted from landfill, food waste turned into electricity, … to charity rather than leaving it to go to landfill. We didn't have a budget and it was … new system of diverting kitchen waste from landfill ‘is a Godsend', says Debra, and will …
In the last budget before the general election, Alistair Darling announced a series of measures that could have a positive environmental impact, including a £2 billion green investment bank
… (those emitting between 1 - 75g CO2 per km) Landfill tax To increase by £8 per tonne from …
From plastic bag-free towns to refashioned clothes and bus fleets run on chip fat, here's a guide to what you can do to tackle waste in your community
… With the aim of keeping reusable items out of landfill, Freecycle enables users to pass on … READ MORE... HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE The Landfill Prize Top Ten Golf club shaped urinal …
Retired mechanic Jose Alano invented a simple, cheap, energy saving rooftop solar water heater which is benefiting thousands of people. Here's how it's done...
… carton and other recyclable waste into the landfill, José Alano soon realised he had a … bottles and cartons finding their way to landfill. Since Alano's invention, Tubarão has …
Workers are dying in Bangladesh’s shipyards because the west's shipping industry - including UK companies - is not taking responsibility for the disposal of ageing vessels
… mountains HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE The Landfill Prize Top Ten Golf club shaped urinal … NEWS 'Primark effect' still clogging up UK landfills Calls to bring forward ban on recyclable material sent to landfill increase, as reports emerge of big …
Plastic Pollution Coalition is a new campaign calling for an outright ban on single-use plastic products. Will you support them?
… is 'recycled' or carted out of site to landfills at home or abroad. At the same time … research READ MORE... INVESTIGATION Landfill-on-sea Plastic rubbish gets tossed … its impact on the world's largest floating landfill. HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE 10 campaign …
How do the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour and the Green Party measure up on their environmental manifesto pledges? Here's the definitive list...
… scientific Waste and recycling Libs: Ban on landfill Cons: Scrap Labour plans for bin tax … recyclable and biodegradable materials from landfill Greens: Increase landfill tax Spend extra £3 billion every year …
Cosmetics company Lush is a zero-packaging pioneer on the high street. In the first of our new 'Green business' series, founder Mark Constantine discusses gourmet consumerism, dream factories and why his ethical creation is a work in progress
… meaning petroleum, more energy, byproducts, landfill. We’re using only minimal amounts of … it. With the nation’s bathroom cabinets – and landfill sites – clogged up with 2-for-1 and …
Kicking off a new series of 'how to...' we show you the most satisfying way to 'green up' your lovemaking between the sheets. Now relax, lie back and think of the Ecologist…
… which is either a lot of plastic going to landfill or a population explosion of … equivalent weight of 110 jumbo jets’ worth to landfill every year, containing harmful heavy …
This month's newsletter looks at putting communities back in charge of their forests, the effects of petrol prices on environmental behaviour, the depletion of oxygen levels in the ocean, the restoration of one of the world's biggest landfill sites and the huge opportunities of decentralised, open source manufacturing. To download the newsletter, log in and scroll to the bottom of the page...
… the restoration of one of the world's biggest landfill sites and the huge opportunities of …
Argentinean academic and activist Raul Montenegro on why indigenous people hold the keys to survival, why GM technologies only profit big business and how nuclear power ignores the rights of future generations
… community in closing the second largest landfill of municipal waste in Argentina. KM: …
Forty years ago after Lawrence Hills wrote ‘Fertility or Pollution’ the use and disposal of sewage is still a problem but things are starting to look up
… destination for sewage was dumping at sea, landfill or incineration. At the time, the …