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UK’s Billions of Takeaway Cups Could Each Take ’30 Years’ to Break Down
Coffee-addicted Britain is leaving a mountain of toxic waste for the next generation as scientists warn it could take decades for paper cups from Starbucks, Pret a Manger and other chains to decompose. The environmental cost of the coffee-to-go culture…
Coca-Cola HBC Targets 40% Packaging Recovery, 40% Clean Energy by 2020
Coca-Cola HBC has committed to using 40 percent clean energy and recovering for recycling an average of 40 percent of its packaging introduced to markets by 2020. The company didn’t provide additional details about how it will achieve these goals.…
BMW will electrify its regular cars; what happens to ‘i’ models?
When the BMW i3 went on sale in the U.S. back in May 2014, it marked not only the debut of the German automaker’s first mass-market electric car, but also a new sub-brand. BMW originally planned to group all its…
Roadmap to Close World’s Biggest Dumpsites Unveiled at ISWA Congress 2016
The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) has presented a roadmap for closing the world’s biggest waste dumpsites yesterday at the start if its annual Congress in Novi Sad, Serbia. As a measure to protect the environment and to assure better…
Recycling Focus for Turkey’s Hospitality Sector
The Turkish government has launched a recycling campaign targeting the glass, plastics, paper and metal discards from hotels, restaurants and cafés. The HoReCa campaign will be centred mainly on major cities such as Istanbul, İzmir and the north-western province of…
Commission Refers the Czech Republic to Court over a Shipment of Toxic Waste to Poland
The European Commission is referring the Czech Republic to the Court of Justice of the EU for its failure to take back 20,000 tonnes of hazardous waste, which was shipped to Katowice, Poland, by a Czech operator in late 2010…
Côte d’Ivoire: 10 years on, survivors of toxic waste dumping ‘remain in the dark,’ say UN rights experts
Speaking ahead of the 10th anniversary of the illegal dumping of toxic waste in Côte d’Ivoire, a group of United Nations experts today urged the Ivorian Government, all responsible States and the international community to use the opportunity to address…