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An interesting tale from newsday.com, showing a neat vermicomposting scheme. A 23-year-old Princeton dropout set out to be a smart entrepreneur, not an environmental hero. His growing business is built on organic fertilizer made from worm faeces, then bottled in recycled plastic bottles. TerraCycle markets plant fertilizer created by “vermicomposting” …

India is said to generates 5,000 tonnes of plastic waste each day, while a uniform law for the use of bio-degradable plastics is not yet under consideration of the government. NewKerala.com reports that information provided by the Indian Centre for Plastics in the Environment shows about 60 per cent of …

The Commission‘‘s Biomass Action Plan should reduce oil imports by 8%, prevent greenhouse gas emissions of 209 million tons CO2-equivalent per year and create up to 300,000 new job. Too good to be true? This note from Euractiv. The Commission adopted the Biomass Action Plan on 7 December 2005. The …

Japanese SII Micro Parts Ltd. (SMP) has developed a mercury/lead-free silver oxide battery and will put it on the market in the spring of 2006. SMP is a subsidiary of Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII), a Japanese electronic components manufacturer. Japan for Sustainability reports that silver oxide batteries are small button-type …

The Danish EPA have published a study (in Danish with an English summary) which reports on potential flows paper and cardboard from Danish households Methodology The study is based on data from a number of registers published by the trade associations. In addition, key players from daily newspapers and magazines. …

study carried out by Dutch environment and food institute TNO, has revealed that food packaged in steel cans is highly eco-efficient and has a high sustainability performance when compared with other packaging options. The study, which analysed the performance of packaged vegetables in terms of environmental impact, cost for the …

New changes to waste regulations in England will help reduce the thousands of tonnes of household waste being fly-tipped each year, according to the Government‘‘s Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). Last year, there were 500,000 fly-tips of household rubbish; much of which was dumped by operators posing …

The Scotsman reports that Sir Richard Branson yesterday announced plans to power his planes on plant waste as a greener alternative to conventional aircraft fuel. The Virgin Atlantic chairman said he was considering opening refineries to produce cellulosic ethanol, which he claimed could replace kerosene. However, the move surprised environmental …