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Hamburg Helper
E.U. has trash problem; Hamburg has trash solution |
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09 Jun 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:16 AM on 09 Jun 2008 The European Union is running out of landfill space and faces a looming trash problem. All member nations have been directed to reduce landfill-bound trash 35 percent of 1995 levels by 2020, but many nations have slim chances of meeting that target; Italy, Spain, Greece, and Britain currently send more than 60 percent of their rubbish to landfills. Hopefully, E.U. trash laggards will look to the e ... |
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| Topics: European Union, Germany, Italy, news, waste (all these topics) |
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