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Plastic Taxes Incentivize Recycling and Boost Government Revenue

Environment + Energy Leader

Less than 10% of the global plastic waste produced to date has been recycled. The post Plastic Taxes Incentivize Recycling and Boost Government Revenue appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Yet there is reasonable hope that will change, as countries like the UK, Spain, and Ghana roll out widespread plastic tax legislation.

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Plastic Taxes Incentivize Recycling and Boost Government Revenue

Environment + Energy Leader

Less than 10% of the global plastic waste produced to date has been recycled. The post Plastic Taxes Incentivize Recycling and Boost Government Revenue appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader. Yet there is reasonable hope that will change, as countries like the UK, Spain, and Ghana roll out widespread plastic tax legislation.

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Indigenous and Environmental Groups Denounce Government Inaction on First Anniversary of Imperial Oil Tailings Disaster

Enviromental Defense

million litres of industrial waste into the environment. Governments watch as oil companies break the rules, raking in record profits while leaving an environmental disaster. The Alberta Energy Regulator has shown us over and over that it is willfully neglecting to keep us safe from toxic waste and pollution.

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DEP Bans Sale Of MTM Trading LLC (Tagital) Electronic Products For Violating PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Law Broken

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 2 PA Bulletin that MTM Trading LLC (Tagital) is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania as a result of its violation of the state electronics waste recycling law. ( For more information on this program, visit DEP’s Electronics Waste Recycling webpage.

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Let’s Talk About it – Toxic Tailings Waste is a Growing Problem

Enviromental Defense

For many Albertans, though, the impact of tailings waste on the environment and human health is a real concern. She pointed out that the Alberta government subsidizes the oil and drilling companies every year, ending up with more harm to the Earth. Nor is it a conversation that appears regularly in Alberta’s newspapers.

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Government supports efforts to reduce food waste and enhance sustainability

Environmental News Bits

to expand their operations in food waste reduction that upcycles surplus and unsaleable fruits and vegetables from growers, processors and retailers into dried, plant-based powders and… Read more →

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Missouri Community and Its Children Grappling With Conflicting Nuclear Waste Exposure Reports

Union of Concerned Scientists

Specifically, USACE has been in the Coldwater Creek region for the last 20 years attempting to remediate radioactive waste associated with the creek (which does not include Jana Elementary). The radioactive waste was released decades ago. Chapman says, “They [The US Government] fought us for years. Louis area.

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