Food aid charities argue supermarket food waste could help prevent hunger in vulnerable people. Yet supermarkets' anaerobic digestion plans may eclipse food redistribution says Matilda Lee
… Supermarket food waste to power renewable energy instead of … Farming Politics And Economics Health Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion Food Cycle Tristram … Food aid charities argue supermarket food waste could help prevent hunger in vulnerable …
An unimaginably large volume of plastic debris is reaching the world's oceans every year, write Britta Denise Hardesty & Chris Wilcox - and it's set for a ten-fold increase over the next decade, adding to the already terrible toll on marine life from turtles to seals, sea birds and fish. The solution must be to give waste plastic value - if we can find a way.
… Chris Wilcox | 4th April 2015 News Oceans Waste Natural World Pollution Toxics … birds and fish. The solution must be to give waste plastic value - if we can find a way. … due to fast-growing economies but poor waste management systems. However, people in …
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 …
If you don't want an incinerator near you, you are either going to have to move to a rich neighbourhood or bin your bin...
… your bin Jon Hughes | 1st July 2006 News Bin Waste Incinerator Incineration Incineration … a billion pound contract with Onyx to manage waste disposal in the county for the next 25 … a year, which accounts for half of all the waste currently produced in East Sussex by a …
In the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 we have found oil slicks and debris everywhere - none of it connected to the missing plane, writes Paul Mobbs. The seas are littered with human trash, and it's killing the oceanic ecosystem.
… trash Paul Mobbs | 5th April 2014 Comment Waste Oceans Transport ocean-rubbish-2.png In … the smallest fraction of the sum of human waste dumped in the oceans. What the rescue services have seen is just the waste which floats - a lot also sinks to the …
The Scottish Executive has firmly refused to have nuclear waste buried north of the border, when asked as part of a new government consultation exercise.
… Scotland says no to nuclear waste 27th June 2007 News Nuclear Waste Nuclear Power Radioactive Radioactivity … Scotland Scottish Executive Nuclear Waste Power Plants Energy Politics And …
On current trends the world will contain 33 billion tonnes of plastic by 20150, writes Mae Wan Ho, and much of it will litter the oceans, concentrating toxins and damaging marine life throughout the food chain. The alternative is to classify the most toxic plastics as 'hazardous waste', and for all plastics to be reused and recycled in 'closed loop' systems.
… Mae-Wan Ho | 13th February 2015 News Oceans Waste Toxics Recycling … the most toxic plastics as 'hazardous waste', and for all plastics to be reused and … loop' systems. Over five trillion pieces of waste plastic are floating in our oceans, …
Two huge open pit mines in northern Norway are on the verge of approval, writes Tina Andersen Vågenes - even though they would dump hundreds of millions of tonnes of tailings in fjords where wild salmon spawn. Scientists are voicing serious concerns, and protests are growing, but government and mining companies appear determined to push the projects forward regardless.
… 'Acutely toxic' mine waste threatens the death of Norway's fjords … November 2014 News Mining Norway Corporations Waste Pollution Fishing Oceans … way in Norway, both using the controversial waste disposal method called submarine …
Eighty percent of marine rubbish originates on land - via storm drains, overflowing landfills, and uncontrolled dumping in rivers. And once it's in the sea, no one is responsible for it, writes Alistair McIlgorm. It's high time for governments to clean up their act.
… McIlgorm | 27th April 2014 Comment Oceans Waste ocean-rubbish.jpg Eighty percent of … debris is manufactured or processed solid waste material developed by humans, so waste like floating logs, vegetation or sewage …
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.
… nearby Newport, where significant amounts of waste were being hauled daily to a nearby … for dumping thousands of tonnes of chemical wastes into the River Severn and public … and sewerage system, was now dumping its wastes in Brofiscin Quarry, and Maendy Quarry, …
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 …
Following last month's Ecologist story, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues.
… cause back to the dumping of uncontained PCB wastes by the Monsanto chemical plant in … Gowan’s assiduous work led Monsanto and its waste contractors Purle to accept the … it is clear that the dumping of Monsanto PCB wastes also took place in at least 10 landfill …
Following last month's exclusive Ecologist investigation, Burying the truth, the Douglas Gowan story continues...
… cause back to the dumping of uncontained PCB wastes by the Monsanto chemical plant in … Gowan’s assiduous work led Monsanto and its waste contractors Purle to accept the … it is clear that the dumping of Monsanto PCB wastes also took place in at least 10 landfill …
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...
… Farming Health Politics And Economics Waste And Recycling Investigates_21.jpg What … dumping thousands of tonnes of highly toxic wastes when they knew that this material posed … a landfill site primarily taking chemical wastes from the nearby Monsanto chemical plant …
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...
… Farming Health Politics And Economics Waste And Recycling may cover 2007 … dumping thousands of tonnes of highly toxic wastes when they knew that this material posed … a landfill site primarily taking chemical wastes from the nearby Monsanto chemical plant …
In an exclusive interview Welsh environment minister Jane Davidson tells Tom Levitt why she won't be opposing new nuclear power or selling off any forests... and why she wants to end Westminister's control over renewable energy
… make that step up from 45 per cent to a zero waste society? Jane Davidson: With statutory … authority offers a separate food or food waste collection. We work on the basis that we … that what you must collect weekly is food waste. So weekly collections of food waste and …
The Sustainable Development Commission (SDC) has accused the Government of producing energy strategies that are 'carbon blind'
… government's plans of dealing with nuclear waste The Sustainable Development Commission … could be gas fired,’ he said. Nuclear waste Responding to questions about the UK’s … arrangements had been made for nuclear waste’. ‘If we haven’t gone far enough down …
Last night British nuclear assets went on sale to the private sector to help the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority raise cash to help pay for its £72bn nuclear waste clean up bill.
… British nuclear waste goes on sale 7th March 2008 News Nuclear Waste Malcolm Wicks ONS Energy Sellafield Mox Waste Energy Politics And Economics News web …
What few have stopped to consider in the continuing 'battle' against Somali pirates is what industrialised nations have been doing to the country's fishing grounds for years
… Globalisation Fishing Fisheries Toxic Waste warship.jpg What few have stopped to … rammed our boats and cut our nets.' Toxic waste But fishing isn't the only form of … have been dumping nuclear and chemical waste into Somali waters. A Swiss firm called …
Plastic is ubiquitous around the world's oceans, writes Lesley Henderson, but although it's visible from space, it can be surprisingly elusive in the water - as she heard from Jo Ruxton, producer of the investigative documentary 'A Plastic Ocean'. Solutions to this growing hazard have also proved elusive to date, hence the film's strong focus on action: educational, cultural and legal.
… the world should declare plastic 'hazardous waste' Lesley Henderson Brunel University … London | 8th June 2016 Comment Oceans Waste Pollution Ecology Health Culture Law … was a place drowning under its own plastic waste. They're just burning it, and kids are …
Our economy demands that we make consumption our way of life, the that we seek our spiritual satisfaction in consumption…
… Kettles | 6th August 2008 News Consumption Waste Sustainability Landfill Consumerism … around seven million tonnes of electronic waste is generated, and in spite of the new Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment …
The Ecologist goes inside the workings of Smithfield to reveal the true horrors of its pig production business
… additive residues naturally end up in their waste. Industrial-style pollution. A pig produces 10 times as much waste as a human. One of Smithfield’s Utah … houses 850,000 pigs and produces more faecal waste than New York City’s 8.5 million people. …
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 eyes are smiling 30th May 2007 News Waste Recycling Irish Ireland Miliband Bins … Recycling Landfills Politics And Economics Waste And Recycling News web pic 2_57.jpg … Miliband's proposed reforms to the British waste collection system have caused no end of …
Ghost nets - nylon fishing nets abandoned in the ocean - are the sea life killers that keep on killing. Roisin Woolnough reports on the Healthy Seas initiative to transform the ghost nets into useful products from socks and swimwear to carpet tiles.
… figure accounts for one tenth of all marine waste, according to research by the United … a yarn called ECONYL, made from regenerated waste such as disused fishing nets, textiles … which could be used to regenerate more waste. The yarn can be used for all sorts of …