Environment Management Newsletter
January 20, 2011
This Week´s Featured News Stories
EU moving towards `recycling society` but room for progress remains
The European Commission today published a report on Member States` performance in the prevention and recycling of waste. This shows that some Member States have made excellent progress, but that we are still some way from achieving the long-term goal of becoming a `recycling society` – one that not only avoids producing waste but also uses it as a resource.  Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said: "My old mobile phone contains gold, platinum, palladium and copper: all resources that we have too little of in Europe. A tonne of these handsets would contain about 280 grams ...
Jobs in Green Economy Growing More Than Three Times Faster Than Jobs in Total Economy
Green Jobs Growing at a Rate Comparable to Software Jobs.  New data released today in Next 10`s second "Many Shades of Green" report shows that green jobs continue to grow at a healthy clip, even in the wake of the economic crisis. From January 2008 to 2009, the most recent observable year, jobs in the green sector grew more than three times faster (three percent) than total employment in California (one percent). The Core Green Economy now accounts for 174,000 jobs in California.  The ...
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