The EU Waste Framework Directive requires that waste is recovered or disposed of in ways that do not cause risk to the environment, or harm to human health. The Directive has applied to other sectors ...

Poorly managed solid waste is fuelling a growing public health crisis, according to a new report from the World Health Organisation (WHO).

All the information you need about household waste collection in Paris. Every day, 3,000 tonnes of waste are collected under the responsibility of the Paris City Council. The City is obligated to ...

At the end of its working life it would be filled in and sealed off and the above-ground site would be given over to another use, such as industry or farming. Mr Reece said the system of storage ...

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Inside a zero-waste store in Berlin. First opened in 2013, Original Unverpackt was one of Germany's first zero-waste stores, and has since opened a number of locations across the country. Photo by ...

Holderness is one of four potential locations for a site to store radioactive nuclear waste deep underground. But how would the plan work and would it be safe? Here's everything we know so far. The ...

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