positive Land news
Dirty Nappies Recycled To Make Roof TilesBritain's first recycling plant for disposable nappies is opening in a bid to reduce the huge amounts sent to landfill every year. |
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Belgian Company Leads the Way In Landfill MiningLandfill mining is a rapidly growing area of waste management that is proving to be extremely profitable. |
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Santa Cruz County bans plastic bags- Santa Cruz County supervisors have passed one of California's stiffest bans on plastic grocery bags, unanimously approving a measure that also will charge shoppers for paper bags. |
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Puma, Nike and Adidas Run Towards Toxin-Free Products With GreenpeaceDid you know that your running shoes contains hazardous chemicals, some that get released every time you go out for a run? |
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Wal-Mart Takes Another Step Towards Food SustainabilityIt appears that retail giant Wal-Mart is ready to take another step on its sustainability journey. Sources within the food industry are reporting that Wal-Mart is planning to begin collecting data from its fruit and vegetable vendors in order to assess the sustainability of their operations. |
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Congo bans plastic bags to fight pollutionThe Republic of Congo has banned the production, import, sale and use of plastic bags in a move to fight environmental pollution in the Central African nation, government spokesman Bienvenu Okiemy said. |
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India introduces e-waste lawA campaign forfronted by Greenpeace has after 6 years finally led to a legislation that make producers financially liable for the products they produces after the products life-span. |
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Survey Shows Most Restaurants Recycle & Consumers Dig ItA survey conducted in March and April 2011 by the National Restaurant Association found that 60 percent of consumers prefer to patronize restaurants that recycle, and 51 percent even said that they would pay extra – a median of ten percent more — to eat at restaurants that recycle. |
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Global Organizations Announce $8.4 Mil Grant to Give South American Recyclers DignityThe Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Coca-Cola Company, Fundación Avina, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), launched a coalition that aims to improve the lives of the at least 4 million people who make a living off of recycling. |
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Bolivia Set to Pass Historic ‘Law of Mother Earth’ Which Will Grant Nature Equal RightsWith the cooperation of politicians and grassroots organizations, Bolivia is set to pass the Law of Mother Earth, which will grant nature the same rights and protections as humans. |
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India’s top court imposes ban on ‘toxic’ pesticideIndia's top court on Friday temporarily banned use of the pesticide endosulfan, which the government has resisted blacklisting despite curbs imposed in 60 other countries over health concerns. |
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World’s first five country protected area to conserve “Europe’s Amazon”Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia today signed a historic declaration to establish a trans-boundary UNESCO Biosphere Reserve to protect their shared nature and wildlife along the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers, 'Europe’s Amazon'. |
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Giant Indonesian palm oil company announces plan to halt forest destructionResponding to news today that the palm oil arm of Sinar Mas, Golden Agri-Resources, has announced a plan to halt the destruction of Indonesia’s forests previously caused by their operations. |
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PUMA goes carbon neutral by protecting lions in KenyaPUMA, the sporting goods brand, and its parent company PPR will offset their 2010 carbon dioxide emissions by purchasing carbon credits generated through conservation of wildlife habitat in Kenya. |
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Environmental news headlines
- Bicycling and Walking Benchmarking Report 2012: Bicycling is on the Rise
- Satellite study reveals critical habitat and corridors for world’s rarest gorilla
- California orders hike in number of super clean cars
- Fungi Discovered In The Amazon Will Eat Your Plastic
- Leatherback sea turtles granted massive protected area along U.S. west coast
- Swedish Cities Close to Building a Bicycle Superhighway
- Indonesia to conserve half of Borneo region
- Keystone oil sands pipeline rejected, for now
- Levi’s drops Asia Pulp & Paper due to its link to deforestation in Indonesia
- No rhinos poached in Nepal last year
- Singapore supermarket to stop selling shark fin
- European Carbon Regulation for Airlines Takes Off
- Saving the Amazon: Winning the war on deforestation
- The biggest new species discoveries in 2011
- Southern California whale census yields record number
- Electricity Sparks New Life Into Indonesia’s Coral Reefs
- US rolls out historic mercury limits for power plants
- 100,000 Signatures Overcome Coca-Cola in National Park Bottle-Ban Debate
- Solar’s Best Quarter Ever
- Mexico closes huge rubbish dump
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