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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has just issues a discussion document reporting on on-farm composting. Composting is an attractive proposition for turning on-farm organic waste materials into a farm resource. However, farmers in many parts of the world, and especially in developing countries, are unable to …

The UK National Health Service (NHS) maternity services are promoting disposable nappies by default, undermining the Government’s waste strategy and denying parents a fair choice, according to the pressure group the Womens Environmental network (WEN). Defra (The Department of the Environment) has a target of converting 155,000 households to real …

Urgent international assistance is needed to help small island states deal with a rising tide of rubbish and wastes. Studies by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) indicate that along with issues including rising sea levels, over-fishing, water shortages and inadequate sanitation services, waste is fast becoming another key problem. …

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has signed 11 new solid waste bills into law at a location just outside the Carlton Farms Landfill, in Sumpter Township, which currently accepts Toronto’s residual waste for disposal. This package of bills is designed to restrict the import of waste into Michigan regardless of its …

Solid waste managers take in the world’s undesirables every day, but in doing so, a potential bomb – chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood – is waiting to drop on the industry. In approximately 15 years, the amount of CCA-treated wood headed for disposal is expected to peak. And like an …