Our thirst for the latest gadgets has created a vast empire of electronic waste, writes Ian Williams. The EU alone produces some 9 million tonnes of it a year, of which some 70% is still working when disposed of, and over a third is disposed of illegally. With increasingly affordable electronic devices available to ever more people, it's high time for effective global regulation.
… From latest gizmo to toxic waste: the dark side of the worldwide … of Southampton | 11th February 2016 Comment Waste Pollution Regulation EU Africa China … has created a vast empire of electronic waste, writes Ian Williams. The EU alone …
Attempts to recycle E-waste and donations of old electronic devices are harming poor people's health and devastating the environment, writes Nele Goutier. Agbogbloshie, once an idyllic landscape of wetlands and small farms, is now the most toxic place in the world ...
… E-waste in Ghana: where death is the price of … day Nele Goutier | 7th August 2014 News Waste Trade EU USA Africa Toxics Health Ghana agbog-fire.jpg Attempts to recycle E-waste and donations of old electronic devices …
The recent closure of five US power stations is forcing the industry to confront big questions about radioactive waste, writes Paul Brown. Who is to pay the mounting costs of managing the wastes and keeping them secure? And precisely where will be their final resting place?
… Nuclear waste - the unanswered questions that won't go … 20th July 2014 News USA UK EU Nuclear Energy Waste san-onofre-cut.jpg Now it's just a big pile of nuclear waste - San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, …
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.
… Europe's 'circular economy' waste laws binned despite MEPs' fury James Crisp EurActiv | 26th January 2015 News Waste EU Politics Corporations dump-cut.jpg … to ditch the Circular Economy package of waste, recycling and incineration laws, was …
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.
… Leaked: EU Commission plot to ditch waste and air pollution laws EurActiv | 12th … December 2014 News EU Politics Corporations Waste Pollution Health … abandon agreed 'green' laws for clean air, waste reduction and recycling. But the leak of …
A Greenpeace investigation has exposed the massive efforts of global food and drink giant Coca Cola to defeat popular proposals to require deposits on single-use plastic bottles, writes Maeve McClenaghan. In fact, deposit schemes are working fine in many countries in which the company operates - it's a simple case of corporate profit before environment, oceans and wildlife.
… big 'fight back' against tackling plastic waste Maeve McClenaghan Greenpeace Energydesk | 2nd February 2017 News Waste Pollution Corporations Politics UK EU … scheme in Scotland designed to reduce plastic waste, according to an Energydesk …
As Japan's Fukushima disaster unfolds, the EU is financing a controversial nuclear expansion programme in Ukraine to increase exports to energy-hungry consumers in western Europe. Tom Levitt reports
… costly and delayed disposal of radioactive waste and a cost-saving measure to extend the … plan for the disposal of radioactive waste, according to campaign groups who say safely disposing the waste will cost more money than the Ukrainian …
Reform is expected for the fishing quotas system which requires fishermen to throw away large amounts of their catch
… EU ministers to ban wasteful practice of discarding fish at sea … back each year into the North Sea alone. The waste of edible fish was highlighted in an … is unacceptable – discards are both a waste of resources and a barrier to long-term …
Official statistics suggest Europe is making progress on Sustainable Development Goals: the truth is we are falling seriously behind.
… to its credit: cleaner rivers and better waste management, reduced chemical pollution, … supply chains, as well as overconsumption and waste, is not sustainable. Participatory It … measure of absolute CO2 emissions. Waste While the emission levels of new car …
This week the UK government announced a consultation on introducing a tax on single-use plastics, as part of its pledge to reduce plastic waste. But earlier this month ministers stepped back from plans to introduce a charge for non-recyclable coffee cups - putting the government’s war on plastic and promise of a Green Brexit under scrutiny. JOSEPH DUTTON investigates
… as part of its pledge to reduce plastic waste. But earlier this month ministers … just 1 in 400 recycled. The scale of this waste prompted the Environmental Audit … by the BBC’s 2016 documentary ‘War on Waste’, with subsequent programmes lifting the …
The European Commission has dropped measures to improve air quality and reduce waste from its work plan for 2015 - instead 'cutting red tape' and prioritizing 'jobs, growth, investment' at all costs.
… Tickell | 16th December 2014 News Pollution Waste EU Law Politics rubbish-havering-cut.jpg … measures to improve air quality and reduce waste from its work plan for 2015 - instead … 'Circular Economy Package' which would reduce waste by encouraging better design, re-use and …
Almost all UK laws that regulate fracking's impact on the environment emanate from EU directives and regulations, writes Zachary Davies Boren. Once out of the EU, the UK would be free to amend them, scrap them or simply ignore them. And given the UK's record of support for fracking and lobbying in Brussels for deregulation, that may be exactly what the Brexiteers have planned.
… EU UK Fossil Fuels Pollution pillaga-waste-water-cut.jpg Almost all UK laws that … used in the fracking process; the Mining Waste Directive covers the handling and …
Possible pitfalls of the EU carbon market for road transport and buildings and how to avoid them.
… baled clothes, treated wood and other waste in households has already been … contributor to climate change, as household waste burning emits up to 40 per cent more … about the harmful effects of burning wood and waste. There also most be relatively cheap …
The UK Government is seeking to 'Justify' the Hitachi ABWR reactor type for new nuclear build at Wylfa and Oldbury. But as Mark Hackett reveals, the design is a dismal failure in Japan, costs more than alternatives, and brings serious health hazards.
… to build at Hinkley Point. ABWR = Awfully Big Waste of Resources Instead they are backing …
There is huge untapped potential in the green economy to create millions of decent jobs, writes Jean Lambert - but only if lessons are learned from the Government's flawed, now scrapped, Green Deal. Lesson one: we desperately need a well-funded, ambitious replacement.
… its commitment to make a new proposal on EU waste legislation by the end of 2015. … intensive sectors should be a priority. Wasted potential of lose-lose politics With … from the UK. Unrealised potential is waste. If the EU wants to grasp the …
Article 6 of the Euratom Treaty provides for nuclear industry practices to be rejustified in the light of new scientific evidence of harm to health, writes Chris Busby. We now have that evidence, in particular that radiation exposure even at very low levels causes severe and heritable genetic damage to people and entire families. Now, we must use the law to protect our health from radiation!
… Activism Nuclear Science Health Energy WMD Waste Regulation UK EU wylfa-cut.jpg Article 6 … in submarines, the disposal of nuclear waste. The list is long. Nuclear practices …
The world is in the grip of a 'fracking frenzy that threatens us for centuries to come with polluted aquifers, runaway climate change, destruction of biodiversity and worthless 'sub-prime' investments. Just as the world must make the transition to a sustainable future, our 'leaders' are determined to make this last losing throw of the fossil fuel dice.
… Fossil Fuels EU Climate Change Pollution Waste USA fracking-sign-karoo-cut.jpg The …
By working together across parties and borders, we can bring together cutting edge ideas and expertise to deliver a truly Green New Deal.
… products with whatever they want. Climate Our waste reduction targets, too, are set by the … we could end up dumping or burning all of our waste rather than recycling it. Animal welfare …
The UK's inability to import radio-isotopes for cancer therapy is just the latest outcome of the UK's decision to leave EURATOM to hit the headlines, writes Pete Roche. It may also put a brake on the UK's plans to build new nuclear plants, and import and export nuclear fuel and wastes. The UK's exit from the treaty, as a strongly pro-nuclear state, could also mark an EU-wide anti-nuclear swing.
… and import and export nuclear fuel and wastes. The UK's exit from the treaty, as a … to the scale of nuclear fuel fabrication and waste management facilities, such as …
Spain's Coto Doñana shows the value of EU conservation law, writes Laurence Rose, as the UK tries to get rid of the Birds and Habitats Directives. Both have proved essential to the protection and restoration of one of Europe's greatest wetlands.
… Disaster strikes - a toxic tide of mine waste In the last two months, I have been back …
The small country of Denmark is making a big commitment to renewables, aiming to be fossil-fuel free by 2050, writes Laurie Guevara-Stone. A large expansion of mainly offshore wind power features large, along with moves to a 'smart grid', high vehicle taxes and energy conservation initiatives. Denmark is well on its way to becoming the energy leader of the EU.
… Denmark is generated from biomass and organic waste in Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants, … Denmark today is from straw and biodegradable waste, and 30% is imported from Eastern …
Who and what are biofuel sustainability standards designed to benefit? They are meant to safeguard forests and communities, writes Almuth Ernsting - but their real purpose is to protect the biofuel industry ...
… to eat enough chips to end up with that much waste vegetable oil. So what they declared to … this scam is that since 2011, biofuels from waste have counted double towards biofuel …
The EU referendum debate is taking place between different wings of the corporate elite, dominated by assumptions in favour of big business, free trade and endless economic growth, write Helena Norberg-Hodge, Rupert Read & Thomas Wallgren. But to vote for a sustainable future we must adopt a very different, local perspective - one you'll never find in UK's 'mainstream' media.
… China, then shipped back again. This kind of wasteful trade - which greatly overshadows the … us to shape economic activity to reduce waste and resource consumption while providing … and processing - thereby cutting down on waste, pollution, and greenhouse gas …
There's been a big fuss about the 'ISDS' clauses in the TTIP trade deal that would allow US corporations to sue the EU and its member states for 'lost profits', writes Maude Barlow. But ISDS is already in CETA, the already negotiated EU-Canada trade deal - and nothing would be easier than for US companies to use it as their 'back door'. We must make sure CETA is rejected at its final hurdle.
… for its loss of revenue. S.D. Myers, a US waste disposal firm, challenged a similar ban on the export of toxic PCB waste. Canada paid the company over $6 million …