Nearly a year ago at the height of the UK floods, tragedy struck an ordinary family in Surrey as toxic gas from a nearby landfill site killed a 7-year old boy, Zane. Now the authorities appear determined to exculpate the source of the poison - an old landfill site - even as they prepare for a massive increase in hazardous waste from fracking.
… Toxic landfills, fracking and the lethal threat of … Health Fracking Corporations Politics UK landfill-cut.jpg Nearly a year ago at the … family in Surrey as toxic gas from a nearby landfill site killed a 7-year old boy, Zane. …
The European Commission has confirmed that it will drop its 'circular economy' package, writes James Crisp, in the face of protest by MEPs and environment ministers. The EC's insistence that a future version would be 'improved' - but in in unspecified ways - only raised suspicions of a deregulatory coup by Europe's dirtiest businesses.
… levels and tighten rules on incineration and landfill. It consists of six bills on waste, packaging, landfill, end of life vehicles, batteries and … infrastructure and facilities to discourage landfill. Legislation could encourage the use …
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… 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 …
Personal care products contribute some of the largest amounts of waste that end up in landfills.
… the largest amounts of waste that end up in landfills. You’re already familiar with the … as one-third of the refuse that ends up in landfills. Once it’s there, some of that … as one-third of the refuse that ends up in landfills. Once it’s there, some of that …
Convenient, flimsy, costly, cynical, manipulative, wasteful, deadly...we'll never forget the plastic bag
… before the first of these has degraded in its landfill site. Since then, several trillion … at all because of the lack of oxygen in most landfill sites. The UK plastics industry parrots that only one per cent of landfill is due to plastic bags, but this …
Interface's sustainability model shows how large industrial companies can slash their carbon emissions and other environmental impacts without compromising profitability, reports Sophie Morlin-Yron. The key is to aim high!
… processes and has attained zero waste to landfill in its European facilities in … 1996, and byt eh same measure, waste sent to landfill is down 91%. Commenting on …
Consumers are exasperated with manufacturers that do not make any effort to reduce their packaging.
… are sent for recycling actually end up in a landfill or shipped abroad. Following on from … people worry that a lot of it is heading to landfills or being shipped abroad. "Consumers …
Madeleine Cuff challenged herself to spend a week reducing her food and packaging waste. Did it work, and will other consumers and supermarkets take note?
… a black bin bag every month and sending it to landfill. Makes you think before casually … tonnes of good food in the UK ends up in landfill every year because it has 'gone off.' …
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 …
An anti-environment plot by Junckers' Commission would abandon agreed 'green' laws for clean air, waste reduction and recycling. But the leak of key documents to EurActiv has stimulated fierce opposition by Green MEPs and environment groups, while eleven EU countries have called on Junckers to hold to the green laws and speed up their implementation.
… metal and plastic by 2030; and a ban on landfilling of all recyclable and … are not legally enforceable: a phase out of landfilling of all recoverable waste by 2030; …
The UK will soon complete a record year for solar installations, almost doubling the nation's solar capacity. But drastic and overtly discriminatory changes to support for renewables may see solar installations collapse to 1% of current levels.
… - a category that includes onshore wind, landfill gas, hydro and solar - to compete …
Perplexed by today's sharp cuts in solar power and other attacks on renewable energy in the UK? Don't be, writes Oliver Tickell. Really, it all makes perfect sense. You just have to understand their real purpose: to keep your energy bills high, along with power company profits. And never mind the 'green crap'!
… includes solar and other technologies such as landfill gas, not just wind. "The subsidy cost …
Britain's favourite tipple faces big challenges over coming decades, writes Ann-Marie Brouder. A new report sets out the challenges and proposes sustainable solutions to keep the 'cup that cheers' on the nation's tables.
… millions of tea bags are still thrown into landfill. Making tea a 'hero crop' These …
According to classical economics Adam Smith's 'invisible' hand' of free markets produces the greatest good for us all, writes JP Sottile. But what happens when rip-roaring 'external costs' are left out of the equations? Wars, repression, pollution, resource destruction and climate change. And because that invisible hand is connected to Mother Nature, it's coming back to strike us.
… megatons of discarded consumer goods clogging landfills , the $650 billion global plastic …
They're becoming more and more common - wrapped around everything from milk to chickpeas. But just how environmentally friendly are composite cartons compared to the good, old-fashioned tin or jar?
… and recycles tonnes of wood destined for landfills, doing much the same for those it …