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Recycling: Food Waste For PigswillSave Threatened Forests

2015-12-10 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: Domestic pigs have no problem eating our leftovers, and saving food waste to feed livestock could even save vast swathes of Brazilian forest and savannah, Cambridge researchers say. However, in order to protect these threatened environments, the European Union will need to lift its ban on pigswill-feeding. The ban was originally implemented across the EU in 2002 when a U.K. farmer illegally fed uncooked food waste to his pigs, causing an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), a highly contagious...

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Five Trends Shaping How the Waste & Recycling Industry is Managing Fleets

2015-12-09 08:21:00| Waste Age

A look at five key trends for waste and recycling trucks and bodies. read more

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PICK: EU targets 65 percent recycling of household waste by 2030 under revised plan

2015-12-04 17:15:44| Solid Waste & Recycling magazine Headlines

European Commission seeking to reduce amounts of metals, plastic, food and biomatter that end up in landfills or oceans The post PICK: EU targets 65 percent recycling of household waste by 2030 under revised plan appeared first on Solid Waste & Recycling Magazine.

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EU Targets 65 Percent Recycling of Household Waste by 2030 Under Revised Plan

2015-12-02 22:57:00| Waste Age

Reuters The European Union aims to ensure that 65 percent of household waste is recycled by 2030, up from less than half currently, under revised new waste management rules proposed on Wednesday. read more

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