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Garbage and its impact on climate change

Climate change is a hot topic these days with the federal government. Canada‘‘s target is to reduce the Greenhouse Gas emissions by 6% below the 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012. The parties involved in the Kyoto Protocol met on February 16th 2005 to put the Kyoto Protocol into force. …

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Europe – Parliament favours tougher controls on waste shipments

A new European Regulation aiming to control waste shipments should enter into force by the beginning of 2007 at the latest. EIS reports that the final version of the report on this draft Regulation, presented by Johannes Blokland (IND/DEM, Netherlands) and adopted by the European Parliament on October 25, includes …

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