In the last decade, the amount of waste being produced in Somerset has been falling steadily.
Mark Ballard (Lothian, Green) asked about the progress the Executive is making on the amount of waste being produced and landfilled.
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But if reports about Soviet nuclear waste being dumped prove true, then Russia will have even more accusations of pollution to answer.
The proposal was developed by the Conservative-run county council and Labour-controlled City of York Council to reduce the amount of household waste being sent to landfill.
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However, waste being left behind by some in two areas of the Cairngorms raised concerns about possibility of streams flowing into the River Nethy and Loch Avon Basin.
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Reducing the amount of waste being produced makes a great deal of sense, provided it does not cost more, in either environmental or financial terms, than disposing of it in the usual way.
Attempts to reduce the waste being dumped into the Baltic have so far failed to stop the growth of the dead zone, now equivalent to around one and half times the size of Denmark.
It also suggested EU law would be contravened on a few issues such as the lack of pre-treatment of waste and also too much hazardous waste being produced by the plant and disposed of to landfill.
"Weekly bin collections are more expensive to run and lead to less waste being recycled, which is bad news for cash-strapped councils and families and bad news for the environment, " said its waste campaigner, Julian Kirby.
This special report will argue that, by and large, waste is being better managed than it was.
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Human waste is being turned into energy in a multimillion-pound project in Lancashire.
Plans for an incinerator were put forward by the county council in 2008 as much of Hertfordshire's waste was being landfilled.
The waste is being held in the island while the UK Environment Agency considers whether to allow it into the country.
In some places less waste is being created in the first place.
The NAO report earlier this month found that hazardous waste was being stored in "run-down" buildings, and that the cost of decommissioning was spiralling out of control and was behind schedule.
Protestors opposed to a chicken waste incinerator being built on the shores of Lough Neagh have called on the Stormont Executive not to award grant money to the project until a legal challenge over planning permission ends.
Across England, around 40% of household waste is now being recycled, composted or reused.
The challenge we face today is how to create a "bounty", or a value to the many types of waste that are being created from our consuming, disposing society.
Well corn-derived ethanol has been derided for years as being a waste of food.
Others imagine a world without waste, with rubbish being routinely recycled.
It said an increasing number of people living and visiting the area had resulted in a rise in the number of waste sacks and bins being put out, making the streets "less attractive".
According to scientists who conduct so-called "life cycle analysis" for solar, the transport of waste is not currently being factored into the carbon footprint score, which measures the amount of greenhouse gases produced when making a product.
For all those who bang on about stop smoking services being a waste of time...tell that to the thousands over 8 years who have added years to their lives and in some cases been around to survive their triple bypass operation!
The blockages are caused by waste cooking oils from homes being poured down plug holes.
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Britain's tax on the disposal of waste at landfill sites is being used to pay for a small cut in payroll tax.
The plant, which will treat about 100, 000 tones of waste each year, is being built on the site of an existing facility in Charlton Lane.
The plant, which will treat about 100, 000 tones of waste each year, is being built on the site of an existing facility in Charlton Lane and will be operated by Sita.
That said, if the process really can be made to work, CO2 would go from being a polluting waste product to a valuable raw material, and it might even become worthwhile building systems to capture it and pipelines to ship it around.
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