Europe must urgently tackle its over-use of the world’s land, finds a new report from Friends of the Earth Europe, released today. [1] The report, ‘Hidden Impacts’, is based on newly available data and shed lights on Europe’s role as a major user of global land resources. Europe’s high consumption levels, and insatiable appetite for …
Hidden impacts: How Europe’s resource overconsumption promotes global land conflicts
Based on newly available data this report sheds lights on Europe’s role as a major user of global land resources. Europe’s high consumption levels, and insatiable appetite for meat, dairy, textiles and other products that require large areas of land, mean Europe’s ‘land footprint’ remains one of the largest in the world. The report finds …
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Biofuels drive land grabs, EU energy ministers warned
Cape Town/Brussels – Biofuels have driven nearly 300 large-scale land grabs worldwide, a new report by GRAIN reveals today [1], on the eve of a meeting of EU energy ministers to debate the future of biofuels in Europe. [2] EU targets have put Europe at the forefront of increasing global demand for environmentally and socially …
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Inaction as biofuels continue to grab land and pollute
Reforms to Europe’s rules on biofuels were top of the agenda at a meeting of EU energy ministers in Brussels today. It was the first time ministers commented on proposals to limit the quantities of crop-based biofuels that can count towards EU renewable energy targets. [1] The policy was proposed by the European Commission last …
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Aluminium, cotton and lithium needlessly wasted – new report
Brussels, February 14, 2013 – Europe is failing to manage its resources sustainably, unnecessarily sending valuable materials to incineration and landfill, according to a report published today by Friends of the Earth Europe. [1] The European Union currently landfills and incinerates 60% of municipal waste. Valuable materials which could be recycled or re-used are being …
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Less is more: resource efficiency through waste collection, recycling and reuse
The European Union currently landfills and incinerates 60% of municipal waste. Valuable materials which could be recycled or re-used are being thrown away as rubbish, contributing to demand for more raw materials. In the case of textiles, for example, Europeans discard 5.8 million tonnes every year, with 75% going to landfill or incineration and only …
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