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Complete guide to waste management

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Greenpeace publishes 'Cool Waste Management' report

13 March, 2003

A new report for waste managers and local authorities detailing how to deal with the small fraction of household waste that is currently non-recyclable will be published by Greenpeace Environmental Trust on March 17. Cool Waste Management shows how the process of Mechanical and Biological Treatment is a safer and cleaner alternative to burning rubbish in polluting incinerators or burying it in landfill sites.

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The Environmental Trust: Cool Waste Management

Publication date:  11 August, 2009

A State-of-the-Art Alternative to Incineration for Residual Municipal Waste- MBT

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Greenpeace submission to the PIU review of the Governments waste strategy

Publication date:  11 August, 2009

Submission to the Governments Strategy Unit review of UK waste policy

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Zero Waste Charter

Westminster

Westminster

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Anti-incineration activists take Zero Waste message to Parliament

Landfill: UK could be waste free

Landfill: UK could be waste free

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Composting and current UK regulations

Publication date:  21 March, 2007

Greenpeace briefing

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Anti-incineration links

Sheffield incinerator: toxic crime sceneA growing number of local anti-incineration campaigns exist around the country. Links to these groups are provided below. By offering these links, Greenpeace does not endorse the contents of these web pages, merely presents them for the benefit of people who may wish to get involved in a local campaign.

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Britain could be a rubbish-free society says ground-breaking study

18 March, 2002

Landfill: UK could be waste free

Greenpeace publishes the first ever Zero Waste plan for the UK

The UK could be a rubbish-free zone according to a revolutionary new report. 'Zero Waste' by leading waste expert Robin Murray, explains how Britain could maximise recycling levels, change product design to eliminate waste and find innovative new uses for the rubbish we generate. The study also details the government policies and finance needed to make Zero Waste a reality.

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Zero waste

Publication date:  27 March, 2002

The UK is in the middle of a waste crisis. New European legislation has spelt the beginning of the end for the polluting and unpopular practice of land-filling our rubbish. This has created a stampede by local authorities for incinerators, which are also hugely unpopular with the public and produce a range of toxic and cancer-causing chemicals.

However, a totally new way of looking at waste is emerging that removes the need to burn or bury our rubbish; Zero Waste.

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