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Household rubbish from millions of British homes is to be used as a cheap and "green" fuel to power family cars, the world‘‘s biggest car-maker has announced, according to the Daily Mail General Motors, which owns Britain‘‘s Vauxhall as well as Sweden‘‘s Saab, is backing a new system to create …

Intellect‘‘s Consumer Electronics Council has joined the British Retail Consortium, retailers and the Government to work on the details of an initiative to phase out energy-intensive consumer electronics products that cost consumers and the environment dearly, Minister for Climate Change Joan Ruddock said. The manufacturers‘‘ organisation, Intellect, has joined the …

As the new recycling bins start to rumble into dense downtown streets, the city has authorized a trial project to allow households to make alternate use of the same bin for garbage and recycling. The Toronto Star reports that the city‘‘s plan is to deliver a new blue bin, with …

Bike Off Co., a Japanese motorcycle dealer, opened a website called "Ecochari.com" on October 1, 2007, to start its free bicycle rental service for college students, making use of illegally parked or abandoned bicycles that are removed from various places. Japan for Sustainability reports that the costs for removing and …

ReCellular processed a record 6 million used cell phones in 2007, solidifying the company‘‘s position as the world‘‘s foremost collector, refurbisher, and recycler of wireless phones. PRWeb reported that in 2007, ReCellular: § employed 240 people at facilities in Michigan, Texas, Hong Kong, and Brazil § collected 6 million used …

The city of Naples, Italy‘‘s third biggest, the capital of the south, is caught in a trap of its own devising. And if you drive to the suburb of Pianura where police have been fighting with residents this week, you can get a good idea of the cruelty and fatality …

The New York Times reports that the City Council has passed a bill requiring large stores and retail chains to collect and recycle plastic bags they give to shoppers. New York is by far the largest American city to enact so broad a measure to limit the environmental impact of …