News: 2009

Buenos Aires bans bags
By Resource |
11 December 2009 |
The Argentine province of Buenos Aires has declared that all disposable bags given out by retail outlets within the province must be made from biodegradable plastic or paper within two years.
Antipodal Achievement
By Resource |
11 December 2009 |
Seventy-eight per cent of plasterboard is recovered for recycling in New Zealand, compared to 63.4 per cent in Europe and 55 per cent in the US and Australia.
Pay-to-pollute policy
By Resource |
11 December 2009 |
Australia is considering making businesses pay to pollute under a new carbon emissions trading scheme.
Hybrid buses
By Resource |
11 December 2009 |
Schools across America are considering adopting hybrid school buses after the success of a prototype in Napa, California.
Geothermal Kenya
By Resource |
11 December 2009 |
Geothermal energy may help Kenya meet soaring electricity demands without damaging the environment.
Costing change
By Resource |
11 December 2009 |
Climate change could cost Andean countries US$30 billion per year by 2025, according to South American scientists.
Heading for Zero Waste
By Resource |
11 December 2009 |
Scottish government is seeking opinions and advice on how to reach its ambitious target of becoming a ‘Zero Waste’ society; interested parties are invited to respond to the ‘Consultation Paper on Pote
Science to the rescue
By Resource |
11 December 2009 |
Most people now agree that global warming is real, but governments have proved incapable of halting it. So, scientists have taken matters into their own hands.
Pay as you H2O
By Resource |
11 December 2009 |
Stavros Dimas, EU Environment Minister, has declared that the era of cheap water is over. According to Dimas, Europe has been squandering too much of its water and the user must now begin to pay.
Mixing it up
By Resource |
11 December 2009 |
As part of his cabinet reshuffle, Gordon Brown has named Jane Kennedy, former financial secretary to the Treasury, as the new minister for waste. Brown has also created a new body to tackle the twin c