Day: 4 January 2011

SMEs need more help to reduce waste

The London Assembly Environment Committee says more needs to be done to help small businesses in London deal with waste.

Green patent benefit for UK businesses

Fast-track green patent applications are benefiting green UK businesses, says the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

MP support for UK deep-water drilling

The Energy and Climate Change Committee will publish its report on 'UK Deepwater Drilling - Implications of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill' on Thursday (6 January).

Arrivederci plastic bags

Italy starts 2011 with a ban on plastic bags from shops and supermarkets, making it the first country to ban plastic bags in Europe.

Flood-stricken Queensland awaits peak

As the worst flooding for 50 years in Queensland, Australia, enters its second month, the city of Rockhampton is now almost entirely cut off.

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