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Tennis players in France get through a staggering 14 million tennis balls each year. The French Tennis Federation has come up with a novel solution to recycle old tennis balls generating a benefit to communities.
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A tiny village in North West France has come up with a novel waste disposal scheme combining cost saving, environmental and social benefits.
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Just when you thought that plastic waste was never going to break down in the environment, along comes Mother Nature to solve the problem.
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Toronto -
200,000 elementary school students in Ontario helped divert over 25 tonnes of waste from landfill in a single week by lacking waste-free lunches.
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Washington -
A new report shows the US government’s unprecedented use of contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan has allowed them to commit fraud and then get rehired, over and over, letting them continue profiting from a lack of government oversight.
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Over 50,000 jobs could be created in the United Kingdom if targets for recycling were increased, a new report by Friends of the Earth says.
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New York -
A new study suggests that 16 per cent of the total energy used in the U.S. is used in food production and the amount that is thrown away is more valuable than what is available in offshore reserves.
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Lilongwe -
Lilongwe is the largest city in Malawi with 670,000 people growing by a rate of 4.3 percent per year, one of the makes fastest growing regions in the country. But with that growth comes major challenges dealing with waste management.
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Spring has sprung in my neighborhood and that means garden season has begun. Bunny rabbits and baby robins are feeding in the fresh tilled garden in search of their daily dinner. It also means one FDA vegetable recall after another headed to my in box.
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Christmas for some is a holiday filled with religious significance. For others it has more of a social spirit attached to it, filled with family time, parties, gift giving and good old-fashioned consumerism. But what impact does it have on the planet?
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Waste Headlines
Rapid urbanisation in India is leaving its cities huge volumes of waste.
Although the Maldives are known as an unspoilt tourist paradise, the islands struggle with managing their waste, as the BBC discovered on a visit to an 'apocalyptic' island waste dump.
 The average U.S. family of four wastes between $500 to $2,000 US a year on food, the Wall Street Journal reports. How do you avoid wasting food?
Researchers in the US have built a prototype which they believe could generate significant amounts of electricity from waste water.
Dolphins have figured out how to enjoy a free meal with the whelk waste from a seafood factory, marine researchers believe.
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Fukushima is a disaster that continues to tell the world that nuclear power can't be controlled - which means it can't...
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The recent Earth Day celebrations, especially the ones here in the San Francisco area were met with enthusiasm and some...
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The US CDC have a useful feature on the basics and importance of hand washing. Some of the information presented...
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