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Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced some details of a planned carbon-trading trading scheme for Australia, but avoided setting targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. ENN reports that businesses and conservationists say setting such targets are vital to making any trading system work, but Howard warned that rushing …

Cardiff University research collaboration is working to recycle precious metals from road dusts and vehicle exhausts to create greener energy. The innovative research by scientists from the School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Science working with the University of Birmingham is featured at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition (2-5 …

Kolkata [formerly Calcutta] Municipal Corporation (KMC) is struggling to flush out rainwater from drainage channels. For, plastic bags – thrown with impunity notwithstanding the ban on their use – has choked drains across the city

Residents in Oxford are recycling nearly twice as much of their rubbish as they did six months ago, according the city council. BBC reports that since the new fortnightly waste collection scheme was introduced in October 2006, the recycling rate increased from 19% to 39%. But the scheme has triggered …

City council members in Oakland, Calif., have voted to restrict the use of non-biodegradable plastic shopping bags within city limits. The decision followed that of neighboring San Francisco, and marked an attempt by Oakland officials to promote environmental awareness in the area, Oakland Tribune reported. Council member Patricia Kernighan said …

The European Battery Recycling Association (EBRA) reports that 30,870 tons of portable batteries recycled in 2006 EBRA‘‘s members recycled 30,870 tonnes of portable batteries in 2006 (including 5,100 t coming from outside the EU-25). Compared to 2005, this is an increase of 19% (25,850 tons were recycled in 2005). In …

UK – recycling electricals finds the public switched off

UK – recycling electricals finds the public switched off

At a recent event run by French Government agency Ademe which reviewed the national waste prevention plan (launched in 2004), it was reported that at the current pace of progress France will fail to meet a 2010 target by 15 per cent. Journal de l‘‘environnement reports that the Government hopes …

Supermarkets have detected considerable annoyance among their customers about excessive packaging, as The Independent‘‘s campaign against waste gathers support from politicians and stores. The Independent Online reports that research by three of the country‘‘s biggest chains, Tesco, Marks & Spencer and Sainsbury‘‘s, has found people are irritated at having to …