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Day: 11 April 2006

Job of recycling French toxic ship finds candidate

A subsidiary of French water and energy giant Suez has offered its services to the French government to decontaminate and dismantle the asbestos-laden Clemenceau warship, the company's chief executive told the French press on Tuesday.

WRAP can continue to promote recycling, says EC

The European Commission has given the Waste & Resources Action Programme clearance to continue its work developing markets for recycled products until 2010.

Drinks firm pays up over fruity pollution

A soft drinks manufacturer has been fined £6,000 and ordered to pay £2,101 in costs by Pontefract Magistrates Court for leaking a purple, frothy, fruity-smelling discharge into the Wash Dike in West Yorkshire.

EU turning Balkans into fossil fuel highway, say NGOs

The EU is encouraging dirty energy production by funding oil pipelines and fossil fuel power stations in the Balkans, an international group of NGOs said.

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