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Britain’s nappy mountain to be recycled into roof tiles, saving 22,000 tonnes of CO2 a year
Posted by Daily Mail: Ted Thornhill on September 12th, 2011
Daily Mail: It`s not likely that many will poo-poo this idea.
Britain uses three billion disposable nappies a year - but now they are set to be turned into roof tiles after a unique recycling plant opened its doors today.
More than a half a million tonnes of waste from disposable nappies is generated in Britain every year going into landfill or incineration.
And despite going green on other issues, families are still buying disposable nappies over traditional old-style washable ones. The average baby...
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New research on safety of storing carbon underground is questioned
Posted by Inside Climate News: Katherine Bagley on September 12th, 2011
Inside Climate News: A new industry-funded scientific study concludes that underground storage of CO2 poses little risk to human health. At least one critic isn't convinced. By Katherine Bagley, InsideClimate News For more than a decade, carbon capture and storage technology has been heralded by fossil-fuel industries and many policymakers and scientists as an effective response to the threat of climate change. But the commercialization of CCS—which captures heat-trapping CO2 from smokestacks and pumps it into reservoirs...