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Cornwall Waste Action works with a range of organisations to promote the sustainable use of resources. Through community based initiatives and project activity we support reuse, composting, recycling and awareness of waste inefficiency and its effect on climate change.
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All Quiet On The Climate Front
The Climate Secretary Chris Huhne has claimed that climate change will lead to an increased threat of wars, violence and military action against the UK.
Everyday Futures Forum
An evening of talks and stands offering advice on how to reduce personal and household carbon emissions…
Posted in Climate Change, Cornwall news, Environment
Tagged climate change, environment
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Illegal tyre fire at Cornish campsite
The owner of Dinham Farm Caravan Park has been ordered to pay £3,615 in fines and costs for illegally burning controlled waste including 80 old car tyres.
Posted in Climate Change, Cornwall news, Environment
Tagged climate change, environment, rubbish, waste
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Green Economics Minister required
The UK government should create a new ministerial post for green economics, an international policy group that includes MPs past and present has said.
The Waste Review
You really wouldn’t know it, but the spending review is not the only important review going on in government at the moment.
Green Spending Review
Some steps forward, and not every detail has been finalised, but this looks far from being the ‘greenest government ever.
Posted in Climate Change, Environment
Tagged climate change, environment, green economy
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‘Wake-up call’ on Climate Change
The first national assessment of how well prepared the UK is for climate change has been published (16 Sept) by the Adaptation Sub-Committee (ASC).
UK can achieve ‘zero waste’ without incineration
Current ‘dump it or burn it’ mindset, can only be resolved by moving away from incineration and landfill and aiming for a zero waste policy, say campaigners.
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Waste news
Tagged incineration, Landfill, waste, zero waste
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Global Work Party
Over 7,000 events are expected to take place in 185 countries for the 10/10/10 Global Work Party, making the 10th of October the most widespread day of environmental action in the planet’s history.
Weekly rubbish collection ‘would damage UK recycling’
Controversial government plans to reintroduce weekly waste collections could lead to more than 1 million extra tonnes of recyclable material being sent to landfill each year, according to the government’s own analysis.
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Waste news
Tagged communities, environment, fly-tipping, pro-recycling, Recycling, rubbish
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