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Getting Trashed
Britain quickly running out of landfill space, says study |
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13 Nov 2007 |
News |
| Posted at 5:18 PM on 13 Nov 2007 The British, who apparently have a penchant for tossing rubbish willy-nilly, may run out of landfill space in a mere nine years, says a new report. Says Paul Bettison of the Local Government Association, which conducted the research, "Britain is the dustbin of Europe, with more rubbish being thrown into landfill than any other country on the continent." Sounds like they're in a h ... |
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We Always Knew They'd Turn to Communism
U.K. green-computing task force recommends centralizing data |
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11 Jun 2007 |
Daily Grist |
| We Always Knew They'd Turn to Communism U.K. green-computing task force recommends centralizing data A newly formed United Kingdom task force will work to reduce the energy-sucking impacts of computing equipment, which some say pumps as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere there as the airline industry. The public-private partnership, called "Green Shift," will study how to make PCs and th ... |
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| Topics: e-waste, energy, green living, news, United Kingdom (all these topics) |
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