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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 European Environment Agency‘‘s Topic Centre on Waste and Material Flows has published a useful report Inventory of existing information on recycling of selected material flows. The study was carried out in support of the preparation of the EU Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste. The Topic …