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EU landfill rules published

Criteria on the quality of waste destined to be disposed of in different types of landfill have been published after more than three years of negotiations. The rules aim to serve as a crucial reference point for member states to implement the 1999 landfill directive. Under the rules strict EU-wide …

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Marketing “cool” life-styles – key to selling clean and green products

Psychologists and human behaviourists are being enlisted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in a pioneering new initiative to save the planet. Experts in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) believe that the traditional messages from governments and green groups, urging the public to adopt environmentally-friendly life-styles and purchasing …

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