Meinel said plastic recyclers in Ghana did not recycle even 50 tonnes of plastic waste a day while 300 tonnes of plastic waste was generated a day. He explained that the bye-law would collect monies from people for generating solid waste irrespective of the class of society they belonged, to help reduce the cost of waste management in the country. Participants shared knowledge of the kind of activities they were involved in to reduce the cost of waste, the opportunities and the challenges...

Hocking College President John Light committed this week to sharply reducing and eventually eliminating all of the college's global warming emissions, and accelerating the research and educational efforts to equip society to re-stabilize the earth's climate, according to a news release. The Athens NEWS: Twice weekly alternative. Hocking College commits to fighting global warming. Hocking College President John Light committed this week to sharply reducing and eventually eliminating all of...

And with global warming, "we simply have to cut down on waste of energy and waste of materials. State legislation that would establish a $3-a-ton recycling tax on solid waste, raising, according to an estimate, about $34 million a year for municipal, county and state recycling efforts; a bill that would require that rigid plastic containers have at least 25 percent recycled content; and a bill that would establish a recycling system for electronic waste. Ingenito, Ocean County...

Bush and European leaders agreed in Washington to define global warming as a serious problem requiring "urgent" action, but were deadlocked on what concrete remedies to apply. EU commits to tackle global warming. Van Ierland said he was hopeful that more countries would follow the EU's emission trading measure to tackle global warming. The trading system, under which industrial polluters can buy and sell emissions quotas, is supposed to be the cornerstone of EU efforts to cut greenhouse...

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The plan is to trade "carbon credits" to help reduce greenhouse gases - an area of global warming in which some experts believe New Zealand could win. The government is likely to ration the amount of pollution businesses can produce in a similar way to quotas for fishing companies. The proposed carbon exchange would see a coal-fired power station or an airline buying a cleaner company's left-over carbon quota. As they would on a sharemarket, the price of carbon will rise and fall depending...

Tuesday, May 01, 2007 Plant trees to cushion global warming effect, says DENR head By Bong Garcia THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) urged the public to plant trees in their respective communities to help cushion the effects of global warming. Tuesday, May 01, 2007 Plant trees to cushion global warming effect, says DENR head By Bong Garcia THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) urged the public to plant trees in their respective communities to...

The roll carts will hold more, accept more recyclables including yogurt containers, and, better yet -- free you from separating paper, plastic and metal. Businesses may also face new ultimatums on recycling: The new plan proposes a requirement that businesses recycle at least 75 percent of their waste, including all paper. The new carts should boost recycling enough that in a few years, the typical home will get trash picked up every other week instead of every week, city officials say....

The state of biodiversity in a forest area can be an indicator of the sustainability of forest management practices, and certain species can be used as biodiversity indicators. The findings will contribute to national and international discussions on biodiversity research, forest certification, policy development and forest legislation. UPM has instituted a global biodiversity program for the development of best practices in the company's forest operations, as well as monitoring systems to...