Current 'dump it or burn it' mindset can only be resolved by moving away from incineration and landfill and aiming for a zero waste policy, say campaigners
… UK can achieve 'zero waste' without incineration Tom Levitt | 5th October 2010 News Landfill WasteAndRecycling Incineration prel.png Plans for …
Producers will pay the full cost of disposal and recycling of packaging, recycling collections will be made consistent and a deposit return scheme for drinks containers will be introduced.
… Wasteandrecycling system set for shake up Catherine Early | 20th December 2018 News WasteRecycling Plastic Packaging Deposit …
Tom Levitt speaks to one of China's most respected investigative journalists Liu Jianqiang on the rise of environmental activism in China
… Gorges Dam , many people read the article and realised the company had lied. The company … mining, poaching and the dumping of nuclear waste. And it is impacting on all of us NEWS … of 300,000 people NEWS Low-cost e-wasterecycling in China releasing catalogue of …
In an exclusive interview Welsh environment minister Jane Davidson tells Tom Levitt why she won't be opposing new nuclear power or selling off any forests... and why she wants to end Westminister's control over renewable energy
… 2011 Comment Renewable Wales Politics And Economics Wind Nuclear Opencast Mining … Levitt: Wales has achieved fantastic rates of recycling but how can you make that step up from 45 per cent to a zero waste society? Jane Davidson: With statutory …
Plans for US-style mega-dairy farms in the UK are being heralded for their potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but scaling up may create as many problems as it attempts to solve reports Tom Levitt
… | 15th November 2010 News Dairy Farming Food And Farming Nocton Super-dairy Health Milk … it produces any milk, which is in a sense a waste of methane.’ Anaerobic digester Another … animals and the landscape working together, recycling muck back to the land. This dairy …
Former environment minister Michael Meacher on the place of humanity in the universe, intelligent design, the survival of the human race, Gaia theory and uncertainties over climate change
… | 22nd July 2010 Comment Society Politics And Economics Natural World Religion Gaia … they have to have neurotoxins in them?' The waste warrior behind the You Tube hit and now … making manufacturers responsible for wasteand shifting our values INTERVIEW Paul …
How do the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, Labour and the Green Party measure up on their environmental manifesto pledges? Here's the definitive list...
… 2010 News Election 2010 Manifesto Politics And Economics Society election2010logos.jpg … per year Ban new coal-fuelled power stations Waste heat tax on new power stations Stronger … whaling, commercial and scientific Wasteandrecycling Libs: Ban on landfill Cons: Scrap …
Instead of dumping carbon deep underground we could be exploring ways to use it and reduce our overall emissions at the same time
… | 17th December 2009 News Carbon Capture And Storage Carbon Renewables Climate Change … such huge quantities of what is essentially a waste product? The answer in most cases in … disposing of carbon. ‘We already have a huge waste problem: imagine what it is going to be …
With Papua New Guinea giving the go-ahead to a Canadian mining company to dredge its coastal seabed for minerals, new species of life could be extinct before they have even been discovered. Tom Levitt reports
… in the footsteps of deep-sea fishing and drilling for oil it has been lurking in … of the risks associated with sediment andwaste rock disposal. He also cites the effects … are the hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste that will be produced by the mining …
Environment Agency finds Monsanto, BP and Veolia liable for clean up after thousands of tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals - including PCBs, dioxins and Agent Orange derivatives - dumped in Welsh quarry
… | 19th February 2011 News Monsanto Toxic WasteAndRecycling Landfill PCBs Dioxins Brofiscin Bp …
Ideas to protect the UK’s natural resources and reduce waste and pollution have been published in the government’s long-awaited 25-year plan. But campaigners fear the proposals are not strong enough, CATHERINE EARLY reports
… Early | 11th January 2018 News Nature Plastic Waste Legislation Government … Ideas to protect the UK’s natural resources and reduce wasteand pollution have been … considering a deposit scheme to encourage recycling of plastic bottles. Fundamental flaw …
Clothing companies must take responsibility for the waste they create, a cross-party parliamentary committee has said.
… | 22nd February 2019 News Fashion Textiles RecyclingWaste Tax Change Makers waste_clothes.jpg … said. The era of throwaway fashion must end, and government must penalise companies who do …
Campaigners have welcomed chancellor Philip Hammond’s call for ideas on financial carrots and sticks to drastically cut single-use plastics in his spring statement. However, they stressed the need for more rapid action, reports CATHERINE EARLY
… Policy Air Pollution Plastics collected for recycling (c) Pabak Sarkar Campaigners have … Hammond’s call for ideas on financial carrots and sticks to drastically cut single-use … May’s commitment to end “avoidable” plastic waste by 2042 in the government’s 25 Year …
The new UK Government is swinging into action with a pledge to “get Brexit done” at breakneck speed. What about the environment?
… | 9th January 2020 News Boris Johnson Food And Farming Thought Leaders zac-and-boris.png The new UK Government is … plastic in packaging; ban the export of waste to non-OECD countries and make …
Manufacturers will be obliged to make appliances more easily repairable and longer-lasting following a decision by European environment ministries.
… to make appliances more easily repairable and longer-lasting following a decision by … displays, washing machines, dishwashers and fridges will need to be made to be more … who argue that the “right to repair” will cut wasteand greenhouse gas emissions from …
Environment Agency finds Monsanto, BP and Veolia liable for clean up after thousands of tonnes of cancer-causing chemicals - including PCBs, dioxins and Agent Orange derivatives - dumped in Welsh quarry
… | 19th February 2011 News Monsanto Toxic WasteAndRecycling Landfill PCBs Dioxins Brofiscin Bp …