Scrap cars creating toxic waste
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As many as 1.5 million cars are being scrapped illegally in Britain every year, presenting a major environmental hazard.
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Microscopic plastic debris could be poisoning the world's oceans, according to a British team of scientists.
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Motorists were warned to &quot;exercise caution&quot; when refuelling their cars after thousands were apparently sold contaminated fuel, leading to hundreds of breakdowns.
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Germany taxes, rather than subsidizes, biodiesel. That's killing the industry.
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One man&#39;s treasure is another man&#39;s trash. Never has the butchered saying been more true than today in Hong Kong when the contents of more than 80 safety deposit boxes were dumped in a Kowloon scrapyard.
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Businesses could profit from cleaning up China's horrendous pollution.
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LOWELL -- Someone pitches a laptop computer, and what happens to the plastic casing? Chances are it ends up in a landfill, adding to the toxic swill.
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Plans to make cars greener by using fuel made from crops and animal fat are in doubt
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Because of tight regulations enacted by the European Union in 1994, proper waste disposal  has become prohibitively expensive. Enter the black-market trash brokers, who have taken to "port hopping" - moving toxic rubbish along the line of least resistance to underregulated areas in Africa or Asia.
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A magnesium recycling plant's sprinkler system helped turn a small fire in a scrap bin into a toxic inferno that forced thousands of people from their homes, fire investigators said.
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Science & environment: Scientists look for uses for highly toxic material amid fears huge stockpiles may become terrorist targets
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Science & environment: Concerns about adverse environmental impacts prompt review of drive to run vehicles on biofuels
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Yet more rage for British motorists Supermarkets in the south-eastern UK presented a fresh target for motorist anger today, as reports circulated that the grocery chains had been selling contaminated fuel.â¦
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Live Earth concerts on Saturday meant to spur action to fight global warming must first tackle another environmental hazard -- mountains of trash and thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gases caused by the events.
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As concern about global warming ripples across Sweden, the average citizenâs relationship with comfortable â and highly polluting â cars is becoming strained.
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Synthesia (Pardubice, Czech Republic), chemical company, has over 1 mil t of waste from chemical production at its plant. The waste, which comes mainly from the 1950's-the 1990's, should be disposed by 2010. The removal of the waste, which will be paid by the state, will cost, more than CEK 3 bil.
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The planet will have whatever they're smoking... We are an environmentally conscious nation of car sharers, apparently. Or so the casual browser might conclude from a Department for Transport announcement claiming new research highlights "the popularity of car sharing."â¦