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Global hunger for plastic packaging leaves waste solution a long way off
29 Dec 2011:Despite measures to increase recycling, discarded plastic packaging continues to blight Earth
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9 Jan 2012:
IPS: After the closure of the capital's biggest waste dump, there is little sign of Mexico City solving its rubbish crisis
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6 Jan 2012:
Supermarket vows age-defying fruit thanks to new packaging that will also help cut food waste
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29 Dec 2011:
At 77%, country's plastic recycling rate is about twice that of the UK, and well above the 20% figure for the US
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29 Dec 2011:
Since Rebecca Hosking reported the plastic pollution in the Pacific, levies and bans on single-use bags have spread
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20 Dec 2011: From Topshop to Nike to Primark, brown paper bags are back in abundance on the high street. But are they any better for the environment than plastic bags?
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19 Dec 2011:
Fly tipping near your home; do you often have to put up with residents in your area leaving their rubbish on the street, in a park, or even in front of your house? Fly-tipping is the term used to describe illegally dumped rubbish in the UK, or dumping on the fly; initially due to rubbish being tipped from cars
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7 Dec 2011: Letters: Anti-nuclear campaigners are certainly not alone in throwing the scientific process into reverse
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7 Dec 2011:
Britain will need a massive expansion of wood-burning technologies to meet greenhouse gas targets, Committee on Climate Change says
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1 Dec 2011: Having closed down a massively loss-making mixed-oxide fuel reprocessing plant at Sellafield, the government amazes Greenpeace by proposing to build a new one
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18 Nov 2011:
Misshapen produce supplied directly by farmers provides spicy feast to encourage households and businesses to cut food waste
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17 Nov 2011:
Charlotte Ricca-Smith: The technology has improved and simplified allowing recycled materials to be used for print purposes
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