The best features in recycling

04 Feb 2012
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The disposal of waste isn’t just a problem on earth. Though we spend a great deal of time collecting it, recycling it and shovelling it into landfill on this planet, it turns out there’s more of a problem circling above our heads.

 

News from the housing sector has been rather dire and depressing lately, but a ray of sunshine comes from the development of the UK’s largest off-grid complex. Richard Foote learns about PortZED

 

Recycling is taking increasing prominence in the public’s environmental consciousness, but this doesn’t necessarily translate into behaviour. Rachel England examines the flaws in relying on reported data, and considers some of the barriers to participation

 

With the food industry becoming an ever more prevalent global energy guzzler, Sally White reports on how one company has overthrown greenwash in favour of some real academic research and a genuinely

 

There’s a new piece of machinery on the farm. With anaerobic digesters that serve local communities taking off in Europe, Leonie Butler asks whether there’s an opportunity to integrate farms and AD

 

Think of a landfill and you’ll probably envisage a rather smelly, noisy environment that’s something of a hassle to take care of. But could they actually be treasure troves of resources? As the idea

 

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