Just how junk is junk mail?
- Published
- 22 May 2009
- By
- Paul Northup
According to matadorchange.com the annual carbon footprint of US junk mail is equivalent to that of 480,000 cars. Now, we all knew that junk mail was annoying and a waste of paper. But did we realise it was quite that bad?
Most people in the US receive...
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Who Killed the Honey Bee?
- Published
- 15 May 2009
- By
- Paul Northup
Bees are dying in their millions. It is an ecological crisis that threatens to bring global agriculture to a standstill. The BBC’s Martha Kearney has made a documentary exploring the reasons behind the decline of bee colonies across the globe...
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Waste Not, Want Not
- Published
- 11 May 2009
- By
- Martin Wroe
The recession means we are not just spending less, we are wasting less and recycling more. Rubbish mountains – in England at least – are finally shrinking and we are binning less now than at any time in living memory.
Latest statistics...
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Stop press: goats eat grass.
- Published
- 07 May 2009
- By
- Paul Northup
No big surprise there then. But when you think of what that could mean for lawnmowers, it is pretty big news. That’s certainly the way Google have looked at it: they now rent a herd of goats in once in a while to keep the grass down at their...
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