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?
… Love Food Hate Waste: could you live without throwing food … Madeleine Cuff | 30th March 2012 News Food Waste Love Food Hate Waste Consumers Supermarkets Packaging Food …
Greenpeace’s report Trashed says UK plastic has been found dumped and burned across southern Turkey.
… Plastic waste crisis in Turkey Catherine Wylie | 17th May 2021 | News Plastic Waste 2.59814268.jpg Greenpeace’s report … dumped and burned across southern Turkey. Waste plastic from the UK is still being …
A decision looms on whether - and where - to build the UK's first deep disposal for nuclear waste. Two borough councils in Cumbria have 'volunteered' - but can the communities be convinced? Matilda Lee reports
… as Cumbrian residents square up over nuclear waste site Matilda Lee | 15th February 2012 … Climate Change Nuclear Radiation Decc Nuclear Waste Politics And Economics … the UK's first deep disposal for nuclear waste. Two borough councils in Cumbria have …
Grace Lee has just spent a month in Seoul, South Korea working as an intern for the Resource Recirculation Management Division under the Climate Change and Environment Bureau of Seoul City Hall. Here’s what she has to say to her fellow US citizens about their domestic waste…
… 2012 Comment Recycling Seoul USA South Korea Waste And Recycling Society Green Plastic Waste Rubbish grace lee.jpg Grace Lee has just … her fellow US citizens about their domestic waste… Do you ever wonder what happens to all …
MoD under fire after DECC report finds number of sites contaminated with radioactive waste is far higher than previously estimated
… Nuclear waste 'may be blighting 1,000 sites' in the UK … Edwards guardian | 2nd May 2012 News Nuclear Waste Radioactive News Focus MoD Energy … number of sites contaminated with radioactive waste is far higher than previously estimated …
The winner of the 2012 ICUN /Thomson Reuters Environmental Media Award is Diogo Verissimo - a conservation biologist from Portugal. The award, now in its 10th year, was hosted for the first time this year on Facebook where Diogo's essay - one of 162 submitted - polled a staggering 5,352 of the 26,274 votes cast. Here is his winning essay.
… | 2nd October 2012 Comment ICUN Medis Awards Waste The winner of the 2012 ICUN /Thomson … challenge to environmental sustainability: waste. The economic crisis afflicting most … pressing issue in sustainable development: waste. If you feel waste is not such a big …
Welcome to April's newsletter, featuring all our investigations published during March. These include an exclusive look at the rise of so-called 'nutraceuticals', and a follow up to last year's disturbing probe into the human victims of antibiotic 'poisoning', otherwise known as adverse reactions. This month we reveal which prescription drugs are most likely to harm or kill you... according to official UK data. To access your PDF log in and scroll down to the bottom of the page
… bottom of the page Editorial: greening our waste Dr Susanne Charlesworth A lack of practical uses for garden and kitchen waste collected from homes means that a … Around three million tonnes of green waste is sorted by households for recycling …
From turning old clothes into bags to making plastic cups into fabulous pencils, spring-cleaning just got lucrative
… Living Home Recycling Upcycling Green Plastic Waste Rubbish Cd Cases Pencils Bags Fashion … more than tripled, with 9.4 million tonnes of waste sent for recycling in 2009-10, according … Ltd. , a company dedicated to turning UK waste into usable products. ‘The idea behind …
The UK exports plastic its waste around the world - causing environmental and social injustices. But what is the solution?
… carrier bags The UK exports plastic its waste around the world - causing environmental … Consumers in the UK generate more plastic waste per person than residents of any other … also bombarding other countries with our waste too, causing serious harm to their …
Chefs aim to prevent good food going to waste by serving up offal and other rare meat cuts during the 'nose to tail' fortnight organised by Sustain
… Chefs aim to prevent good food going to waste by serving up offal and other rare meat … as part of a campaign to encourage less waste and more thoughtfulness when it comes to … event. We are very tuned in to keeping food waste to a minimum, and already cook dishes …
India’s tanning industry has started tackling environmental issues but its progress on worker safety is woeful. As Peter Bengtsen found out, illness and deaths linked to toxic tanning chemicals appear worryingly common
… of rice and lentils, he left to clean waste tanks at some of the hundreds of … ’We removed sludge from an underground waste tank. Each of us took turns going down … because of the toxic chemical gas in the waste tank. The incident triggered a protest …
We must create an economic ethos that places mutual collaboration above profit.
… fact seeks to curtail excess production and waste, ensuring that more equitable forms of … which already seek to minimise food waste and restore mutual reciprocity to the … The plan, which entailed moving “beyond zero waste systems to an economy based on …
Nuclear energy is no solution to climate breakdown say 300 organisations internationally ahead of COP26.
… From nuclear weapons tests to radioactive waste facilities the nuclear industry has a … risk from the nuclear industry as mining and waste storage primarily affects their lands … carbon neutral and poses unique security and waste management risks. We do not have the …
Earlier this week, the Trussel Trust reported the number of UK families using food banks has tripled in the last year and increased a staggering FIVE FOLD since the coalition came to power. Paul Creeney asks the big question ...
… | 29th August 2012 News Food Banks Food Waste Soup Kitchens Food Resuce Service … Harvest Open Door Ministry Food And Farming Waste And Recycling Society Food Waste Charity foodbank2.jpg Why isn't unwanted …
We need to abandon Petropolis to prevent climate breakdown - and start building the ecomegacities of the future.
… of the land, only to deposit huge amounts of waste into landfill, into our seas and - in … London alone creates seven tonnes of waste every year. Just half of this is … The capacity of landfills accepting London’s waste is expected to run out by 2026 and …
With 15 billion farm animals killed each year for food in the UK, eating the whole animal is the ethical choice. The Ecologist follows Fergus Henderson's lead and tries a week of eating offal
… meat eaters. A recent study into UK food waste by WRAP found that we throw away 8.3 … Pork is the worst offender for avoidable waste levels: we throw away 93,000 tonnes a … comparatively minimal 8,000 tonnes avoidably wasted, and widely regarded as being …
In an extract from her new book What to Eat, investigative journalist Joanna Blythman offers top tips on how to make your food pound go further without scrimping on what you believe in
… eat well - by employing these strategies: Waste nothing - use every last bit of food you buy Cut out waste by shopping as frequently as possible, … are than some of what you pick up will be wasted because it was more than you really …
Social inequalities are a driver for climate breakdown. These problems - and the potential solutions - are much in evidence in Kenya.
… support the needs of the urban populations. E-waste A consequence of this is the dumping of untreated waste products in landfills, rivers, and other … gas emanating from poorly managed municipal waste. And yet, these garbage dumps, which …
The Eco Technology Show –Build, Design, Energy, Waste and Transport solutions all under one roof
… Eco Technology Show –Build, Design, Energy, Waste and Transport solutions all under one … has the additional benefits of minimising waste, saving energy, reducing environmental … the latest construction methods minimising on waste and providing a fitting venue for the …
Less waste and fewer food miles make homemade Easter eggs the greener alternative to supermarket chocolate. Time to get creative
… Homemade Food Miles Carbon Footprint Waste holding.jpg Less waste and fewer food miles make homemade … tonnes of cardboard and 160 tonnes of foil waste sent to landfill in the wake of the …
Efficient resource consumption can save 22.8 billion tonnes of carbon and help avoid climate breakdown.
… and cooling, and it generates huge amounts of waste. With circular strategies, 9.5Gt of construction and demolition waste could be diverted from landfill and … without delay. For that, we need to eliminate waste and create products that last, can be …
What makes Plymouth – a popular British University city – so unique? Not what you might think says student photographer Aaron Hindes whose time in and around the city led him to the discovery that it is the only place in the world with nuclear ‘activities’ right on the doorstep of local schools and homes.
… at Plymouth, and then store the nuclear waste in land in the dockyard. Not only that, … problem Devonport Dockyard has with nuclear waste is that it has nowhere to go. Radioactive waste has been accumulating in Plymouth since …
A unique winery in Western Maharashtra is utilising water recycling, solar power and waste reduction in an effort to avoid the environmental damage linked to wine production in California
… is utilising water recycling, solar power and waste reduction in an effort to avoid the … for our bottles and also ensuring that our waste does not cause unnecessary environmental … recycling is to 'put back as much of the waste that comes with the production so it is …