‘How recycling can fight climate change’ is part of a study commissioned by Friends of the Earth Europe and the European Environmental Bureau, which looks at how recycling and waste prevention play a key role in the sustainable management of resources and the fight against climate change. Energy is needed to mine, extract and produce …
Greenhouse gas target too weak to stop climate change
Brussels, 23 January 2008 – As the European Commission today revealed its proposals for a new energy package [1] Friends of the Earth Europe warned that plans to cut the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions by only 20 percent will not be sufficient to avert dangerous climate change. The environment group says the Commission has backtracked …
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Gone to Waste: The valuable resources that European countries bury and burn
Despite progress in recent years countries across the European Union (EU), including the United Kingdom (UK), are continuing to dispose of significant amounts of valuable recyclable materials to landfill or incineration. This analysis examines this disposal in more depth, in an attempt to provide a reasonable estimate of the amount of different recyclable materials that …
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Measuring our resource use – a vital tool in creating a resource-efficient EU
Europe is using ever more of the world’s resources, and is now more dependent on imported resources than any other global region. Yet we’re also throwing away over 5 billion euros worth of valuable resources every year. Friends of the Earth Europe is calling on the European Union to take the first steps to tackle …
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Half a million new jobs could be created in Europe by recycling more
At least 500,000 new jobs would be created in Europe if countries recycled 70% of their waste finds a new study, ‘More Jobs, Less Waste’, launched by Friends of the Earth today. This is the recycling rate already achieved by Flanders in Belgium.
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Overconsumption – Our use of the world’s natural resources
Many of the problems that threaten mankind’s survival on the planet result from the increased consumption of energy, water and raw materials, the increased production of waste and emissions and the increased human use of land area. This report provides evidence on current trends in resource use in different world regions and its environmental and …
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