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FOR many, plastic is one of humanity’s greatest sins against the environment, a wrong for which only recycling can atone. In the past five years, recycling rates have soared as greater awareness of the harm plastic causes has spread Link to full article

Used condoms are being recycled into hairbands in southern China, threatening to spread sexually-transmittable diseases they were originally meant to prevent, state media reported, according to AFP. In the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hairbands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan and …

Supermarket managers have responded positively to a bid by Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis to start replacing plastic bags with more environmentally friendly fabric equivalents or reusable heavy-duty plastic ones, City Hall said, according to ekathimerini.com. The initiative, an extension of Kaklamanis‘‘s campaign to boost recycling, aims to reduce the amount …

New data released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that Americans generated 251 million tons (Mt) of municipal solid waste and recycled and composted 82 Mt (about 32.5 per cent) in 2006. Each American generated 4.6 pounds of waste each day, of which about 1.5 pounds were recycled. …

The framework that will allow a small number of local authorities in England to pilot incentives for people to reduce, reuse and recycle waste has been set out by Waste and Recycling Minister Joan Ruddock. Under powers included in the Climate Change Bill, a maximum of five local authorities will …