Waste

ISSUES

Waste

A kilo a day
In France, each person produces almost a kilo of waste a day: 353 kg/inhabitant per year. That is the equivalent of 28 million tons a year in 2004. (1) As well as this household waste, there are 104 million tons of waste from local authorities and companies and farming and mining waste. In all, 849 million tons of waste are produced in France every year.
At the moment, 49% of council waste in the European Union is dumped, 18% is incinerated and 33% is recycled or used for compost (2) [Débat]

NEWS

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CHINA - Almost a quarter of China's surface water remains so polluted that it is unfit even for industrial use, while less than...

AUSTRALIA - SYDNEY - Un bateau composé de milliers de bouteilles en plastique recyclable, le Plastiki, est arrivé lundi dans le...

NETHERLANDS - AMSTERDAM - La multinationale Trafigura a été condamnée vendredi à un million d'euros d'amende dans le procès sur...

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DEBATES

What Makes Europe Greener than the U.S.?

Elisabeth Rosenthal

It was late and raining this summer when I approached the information desk at Stockholm’s Arlanda airport to inquire about how...

Total recycling' aims to make landfill history

Total recycling' aims to make landfill historyBY 2011 all...

Redesigning the Materials Economy

Redesigning the materials economy In nature, one-way linear...

INITIATIVE

No Impact Man

Cast by some as an idealistic hero and others as a self-righteous devil, No Impact Man’s Colin Beavan is the first to say his story is only one of a fool who became worried about the world, and whether he succeeded or not, felt compelled to do something about it,...

VIDEOS

12/07/2010	Soutenue par la Surfrider Foundation et par des personnalités comme...	06/04/2010	Le Guide du tri d'EcoEmballages est une application qui permet de savoir...
24/03/2010	The Story of Bottled Water, released on March 22, 2010 (World Water Day)...	11/03/2010	There's some scary creatures in the ocean... none more scary than plastic....

GREEN TIPS

An incentive to recycle

How can 450 000 drinks cans, that is to say the equivalent of 6 tons of aluminium, be collected and recycled...

INDICATORS

Population
Urban population
Ecological footprint

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