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USA – world‘s largest landfill gas facility slated for San Francisco
GLOBE-Net reports that as part of a Joint Venture, the technology group The Linde Group …
Mais »UK – wasted food now costs UK homes £10 billion, new study reveals
The cost of needlessly wasted food to UK households is £10 billion a year, £2 …
Mais »Ireland – national review of pay-as-you-throw schemes
This is a 2007 report from the Irish EPA which may be of interest. This …
Mais »England – MSW statistics show slight reductions in arisings and landfilling
The UK Government‘‘s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has published the second …
Mais »USA – new polymer product from soy oil, not petroleum
Hair-care products, wound-care dressings and drug encapsulation are among the potential uses of new, soy-oil-based …
Mais »Scotland – Government action on carrier bags
new group to consider how to reduce the number of single use carrier bags and …
Mais »UK – plastic bag policy ‘a diversion‘
Plans to ban or charge for single-use plastic bags are a diversion from the real …
Mais »Scotland – fry-drive: how waste cooking oil is fuelling move to a greener planet
A former computer programmer is spending his days trawling around fish and chip shops collecting …
Mais »USA – Pepsi redesigns bottles, cutting plastic by 20%
Pepsi is introducing its lightest 500ml flavored non-carbonated beverage bottle yet. The company has reduced …
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