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Gord Miller, Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO), has released his fifth annual report to the Legislature. In his remarks at a press conference held this morning at Queen‘‘s Park, Commissioner Miller said that while he welcomed some of the government‘‘s recent proposals, the province still had a mixed environmental record …

The Republic of Ireland‘‘s Environmental Protection Agency has asked local authorities to carry out a trawl of their records in an attempt to clamp down on the operations of a Northern Ireland businessman, believed to be behind the country‘‘s biggest cross-Border waste-smuggling and illegal dumping operation. The Irish Times reports …

China‘‘s top legislature is deliberating a draft amendment to the Law on Solid Waste Pollution Prevention in an effort to avoid becoming the "world‘‘s largest dumping ground." The China Daily reports that the draft amendment, intended to improve the management of solid waste, was submitted for the "first deliberation" to …

Figures from the Welsh Assembly Government show a dramatic increase in recycling and composting in Wales, Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside Carwyn Jones. The proportion of municipal waste being recycled or composted has risen from 12.7 per cent in 2002-03 to 17.6 per cent in 2003-04, excluding abandoned vehicles. …

West London Composting (WLC), the UK‘‘s first recycling centre modeled on advanced European standards, has signed an agreement with the London Borough of Harrow to process daily deliveries, of green and household kitchen waste including cardboard from the borough‘‘s kerbside collections. Designed to support Harrow Council‘‘s kitchen recycling trial in …

The Waste Disposal (Designated Waste Disposal Facility) (Amendment) Regulation 2004 and Waste Disposal (Charges for Disposal of Construction Waste) Regulation will be tabled at the Legislative Council on November 3. The regulations set out the implementation details of the construction waste disposal charging scheme and will be published in the …