September 25, 2008
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Waste & Recycling Newsletter September 25, 2008 |
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Report reveals flawed U.S. e-waste policies
In a harsh review of U.S. hazardous waste laws, independent government investigators highlighted the need for improved regulation of electronic waste in a new report. A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released last week said a `substantial quantity` of discarded electronics, such as computers, televisions, and cell phones, are sent to the developing world where they are dismantled in conditions unsafe to workers and dangerous to the environment. `The United States` regulatory coverage of exported, used electronics is among the narrowest in the industrialized world and the ... |
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UK councils have five years left to tackle waste or pay the price
Councils could face fines totalling millions of pounds unless they deliver planned waste treatment facilities and keep up the pressure to reduce, reuse and recycle, according to an Audit Commission report published on 25 September. Well disposed: responding to the waste challenge, says the UK can meet European Union Landfill Directive targets to reduce the amount of waste that gets dumped in landfill by 2013. It congratulates people and councils for their ongoing efforts to recycle and reduce the amount of waste produced in the first place. Recycling rates have quadrupled since 1999 and have dramatically ... |
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