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  Greek crisis: social enterprise is one answer to economic strife

  13 Jun 2012: A sustainable project to recycle forest biomass for heating is among new ideas that can turn community interest into profit

• M&S becomes 'carbon neutral'

  7 Jun 2012:

  First major UK retailer to meet its sustainability targets says results show there is also a strong business case for going green

• World's urban waste mountain a 'silent problem that is growing daily'

  6 Jun 2012: World Bank report urges city authorities to reduce, reuse, recycle or recover energy from growing mountain of urban waste

• HMRC clarifies landfill charges after row over 'skip tax'

  1 Jun 2012: Officials issue new guidance after confusion over rules results in skip operators charged £64 to dump waste instead of £2.50

• Sustainable development flourishing in Wales's green economy

  30 May 2012: It has a constitution enshrining sustainability, it taxes plastic bags – and its National Trust may win an award for halving energy use

• Bin collection error fines reduced

  30 May 2012: Residents will no longer face charges of more than £100 for overfilling their bins or putting them out at the wrong time

• Charities hope for latest U-turn on donations

  29 May 2012:

  Conservative MP says ministers also preparing to stop tax relief limits on philantrophy after recent reversal on 'pasty tax'

• Leeds students targeted in 'disgusting rubbish' campaign

  28 May 2012:

  Trainee journalists' newspaper warns of blight as Facebook page features photographs of mounds of garbage

• Chelsea flower show isn't as green as it appears

  24 May 2012: Donnachadh McCarthy: The world's best garden show presents nature in all its glory yet uses methods that harm the environment

• Teabags targeted for new compost scheme

  23 May 2012:

  New campaign to persuade Britons to recycle teabags instead of throwing them in the bin launched by PG Tips owner Unilever

• Green investment must not suffer in dash for growth, MPs warn

  21 May 2012:

  All-party group accuses government of failing to grasp opportunity to invest in green economy in haste to cut 'red tape'

• Row over nuclear waste dump proposal in Kent

  17 May 2012: Romney Marshes mooted as site for Britain's first store of high-level radioactive material by Shepway council in Kent

• EU is investing in toxic waste projects in developing world, GAIA claims

  16 May 2012: EU countries are threatening waste-pickers' livelihoods and backing projects that may actually increase emissions, says report

• Breakthrough in mixed plastics recycling as new plant opens

  10 May 2012: The £15m facility in north Lincolnshire will use advanced technology to integrate the processing of both plastic bottles and polymers

• Pacific 'garbage patch' changing insect mating habits

  9 May 2012: Study on vast area of rubbish in north Pacific ocean finds it is beginning to impact on ecosystem

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