Environmental News from United Kingdom

EarthWire UK provides a daily overview of the environment in the UK as reported in the media. The web site is updated every day by a team of editors that reviews media sources for environmental news stories.

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Hazardous Waste

Milk jugs - glass, plastic and paperboard - have different environmental impacts
Washington Post | 01 Mar 2011
Milk comes in different types of containers, each of which has varying environmental and health effects.

Nuclear risk from plane crashes is higher than estimated, inquiry shows
Guardian Unlimited | 21 Feb 2011
The risk that planes will crash into nuclear plants and release potentially lethal clouds of radioactivity is significantly higher than official estimates, according to expert evidence to a public inquiry. Studies submitted to the inquiry to expand Lydd airport in Kent, which began last week, cast doubt on assurances from the government's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that the dangers of accidental plane crashes are too small to worry about.

Taxpayer could be hit by nuclear waste bill for new reactors
Guardian Unlimited | 18 Oct 2010
The nuclear industry could end up passing on to taxpayers the costs of disposing of waste from new reactors under government plans, according to official documents seen by the Guardian. This is despite ministers' claims the industry would no longer receive any public subsidy - repeated today by energy secretary Chris Huhne as he unveiled the next step in the UK's new nuclear reactor programme.

United Kingdom | Governance | Hazardous Waste | Nuclear Power

Recycling spend is 'astonishing'
BBC | 03 Dec 2009
An environment panel criticises recycling schemes in Jersey and claims the island does not fully comply with EU directives.

Hazardous Waste | Recycling

Hundreds protest over waste plant
BBC | 01 Dec 2009
Hundreds of protesters including children don gas masks to stage a protest against a planned hazardous waste incinerator near Tockwith.

Hazardous Waste | Waste Management

Waste industry says Ireland should treat own incinerator ash
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 20 Oct 2009
The trade association that represents Ireland's waste industry is calling on the government to ban the export of ash produced by burning waste in incinerators.

Hazardous Waste | Waste Management

Inventor of Green Catalysts Offers Solutions for Cleaning Toxins and Pollutants in the Environment
prnewswire.com | 08 Sep 2009
BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Consumer concerns over hazardous chemicals in the air and water have led scientists to find solutions in the new field of green chemistry. "The most troubling health effects are associated with endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that may interfere with cellular development in humans and animals," says Dr. Terry Collins, a champion in the field.

Hazardous Waste

Captain Kirk attacks Hewlett-Packard over 'hazardous' computers
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 30 Jul 2009
Executives at Hewlett-Packard were this week greeted by a voicemail from William Shatner criticising them for not removing hazardous materials from their products.

Hazardous Waste

Greenpeace stages rooftop protest at HP
Yahoo! News | 30 Jul 2009
Environmental activist organisation Greenpeace has targeted IT giant HP in its latest campaign.

Hazardous Waste | Recycling

Greenpeace goes after HP
Yahoo! News | 29 Jul 2009
Environmental activist organization Greenpeace has made IT giant Hewlett Packard its latest target.

Hazardous Waste | Recycling

Dumped waste leads to fish deaths
BBC | 02 Jun 2009
Hundreds of fish die after pollution from hazardous waste dumped by fly tippers seeps into a Teesside stream.

Hazardous Waste

Scottish environment watchdog brushes up on waste paint regulations
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 14 Apr 2009
Community groups will now be able to mix waste paints for reuse thanks to new guidelines issued by Scotland's environmental watchdog.

Hazardous Waste | Recycling | Waste Management

Blueprint to process e-waste in Africa developed - SciDev.Net
SCIDEV.NET | 05 Mar 2009
Concerns over mounting electronic waste in Africa have led to the development of a framework to help the continent deal with the problem.

Hazardous Waste | Waste Management

Landfill sites to be full by 2010
BBC | 25 Feb 2009
Landfill sites for London's non-hazardous rubbish are likely to be full by the end of next year.

Hazardous Waste | Recycling

Toxic British waste illegally sent to Africa
The Times | 18 Feb 2009
Toxic waste is being taken from British dumps and illegally sent to Africa, despite laws to ensure it is disposed of safely in Britain.

Hazardous Waste

Nigeria dumping ground for TVs, mobiles: Greenpeace
Yahoo! News | 18 Feb 2009
Nigeria has become a dumping ground for potentially toxic electronic waste such as televisions disguised as second-hand goods from developed countries, Greenpeace said Wednesday.

Hazardous Waste | Recycling

Families begin battle into claims toxic waste caused birth defects
The Herald | 17 Feb 2009
A Scottish teenager and his parents voiced their hopes and fears yesterday at the start of a long-awaited High Court battle over families' claims that their children's disabilities were caused by exposure to toxic waste.

Hazardous Waste

Green groups urge cruise industry to leave less pollution in its wake
International Herald Tribune | 15 Feb 2009
According to environmentalists, carbon dioxide emissions are just a drop in the ocean when it comes to ecological problems on luxury liners.

Air Pollution | Hazardous Waste | Recycling | Water Pollution

Fears over 'scandal' of demolition pollution
Sunday Herald | 08 Feb 2009
Gases released from foam in old buildings are much more damaging than carbon dioxide. POLLUTION FROM the demolition of old buildings could blow a gaping hole in government attempts to tackle global warming, experts have warned.

Environmental Impacts | Hazardous Waste | Ozone Layer | Global Warming

Weather affects waste collection
BBC | 08 Feb 2009
Weather conditions continue to affect services in Bristol says the council.

Hazardous Waste | Recycling

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