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23 May 2013
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Billboard converts air to 15,000 litres of water
A billboard designed to convert air humidity into water has produced 15,000 litres of water in six months.

 
MRBT ‘better’ than EfW for waste disposal
New study finds materials recovery, biological treatment is the ‘best method’ for waste disposal, over energy from waste.

 
CO2 passes 400ppm for ‘first time in human history’
Global CO2 levels in the atmosphere pass 400 parts per million for the ‘first time in human history’, new data reveals.

 
CO2 passes 400ppm for ‘first time in human history’
Global CO2 levels in the atmosphere pass 400 parts per million for the ‘first time in human history,’ new data reveals.

 
Subsidising biomass could put 40,000 jobs at risk
Environmentalists, NGOs and the furniture industry call on government to impose ‘strict limits’ on biomass subsidies.

 
Novelis launches ‘high-recycled content’ aluminium
Novelis launches ‘industry’s first independently certified, high-recycled content aluminum’ for the beverage can market.

 
Metal demand needs recycling rethink, says UNEP
The UNEP has released two reports calling on a global metal recycling rethink in order to meet rising demands.

 
UK carbon footprint rises, CCC report finds
UK’s carbon footprint increases by 10 per cent since 1993, despite 19 per cent drop in UK carbon emissions.

 
‘More than one billion people’ celebrate Earth Day
‘More than one billion people’ across the globe celebrate the planet and take action to protect it as part of Earth Day.

 
EU votes against carbon surplus ‘backloading’
The European Parliament’s vote to postpone the auction of surplus carbon trading ‘undermines low-carbon investments’ says DECC.

 
€6.2m project launched to develop bio-based SMEs
The European Commission has launched a three-year ‘Bio Base NWE’ project to support the development of ‘bio-based SMEs’.

 
Mixed polymer waste used to build flood defences
PRIME consortium manufactures its first ‘test barrier panel’ from mixed polymer waste for use in flood defences.

 
Waste and recycling campaigners win Goldman Prize
An Italian zero-waste and anti-incineration campaigner and a Colombian waste reformer win Goldman Environmental Prize.

 
 
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