The best features in recycling

04 Feb 2012
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Europe & World

Lord of Recycling Video
If there aren't enough short films about recycling in your life, check out RCBC's Trailer Trashed competition winners!

 
WEEE, oui!
France generates more than 14 kilogrammes of waste electrical and electronic equipment per person per year. Lucy Meek visited Envie 2e’s warehouse in Lille, North-West France, to learn how the French say ‘oui’ to WEEE.

 
Stay of execution: Adjournment of rWFD Judicial Review
Defra and the Welsh Government have succeeded in postponing the Judicial Review brought by the Campaign for Real Recycling about the governments’ interpretation of the revised Waste Framework Directive.

 
Leading on renewables
Over the past 14 years, the Bavarian village of Wildpoldsried has undergone a remarkable transformation. It all started with the election of a new mayor in 1997.

 
A rare old time
Rare-earth elements are the lifeblood of our tech-focused lifestyle, but policy troubles in the Far East are putting supplies in jeopardy. Rachel England examines those issues and looks at what Japan – a major rare earth user – is doing to remedy the problem

 
Waste like an Egyptian
With the tumult of the revolution in Egypt, waste may not have been a priority, but it remains an important industry. Resource learns about the country’s traditional waste collectors

 
The Italian sort out
PAYT schemes in north-east Italy have demonstrated impressive results in increasing sorted waste. Rachel England finds out how

 
Negotiation breakdown
Doubts over the strength and merits of the climate change agreement reached by the UN at the COP16 in Cancùn have emerged from UN talks in Bangkok this April.

 
Coring the Big Apple
In 2010, London boroughs were granted £5 million to increase recycling in high-rise buildings. Rachel Osborne explores how New York has tackled similar issues

 
Cancun cop out
The United Nations climate talks in Cancún last December ended with a ‘consensus without Bolivia’, as most nations endorsed a compromise text drawn up by the Mexican hosts calling for deep cuts in emissions.

 
 

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