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2nd Annual Kingdom Waste Management & Recycling
2016-01-05 18:33:00| Waste Age
At the 2nd Annual Kingdom waste management forum, key industry stake holders would gather to discuss and share on the key factors associated with waste identification, handling, storage and disposal. Location Al-Khobar, KSA Al Khobar Saudi Arabia Waste management is an important part of the urban infrastructure as it ensures the protection of the environment and of human health. It is not only a technical environmental issue, but also a highly political one. The impact of waste management on the environment has been widely recognised in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Environmental contamination by trace and heavy metals through industrial wastes is one of the main health problems in the country. Pollution of the environment by toxic metals has accelerated dramatically in recent years due to increasing industrialisation, leading to highly contaminated biosphere and atmosphere. With population of around 29 million, Saudi Arabia generates more than 15 million tons of solid waste per year. The per capita waste generation is estimated at 1.5 to 1.8 kg per person per day. At the 2nd Annual Kingdom waste management & recycling, key industry stake holders would gather to discuss and share on the key factors associated with waste identification, handling, storage and disposal. With the top industry experts sharing on the innovative methods used in the industry for the reduction of waste. read more
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United Kingdom: The Observer view on the floods and budget cutting
2016-01-03 01:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Inundated; crumbling; overwhelmed: there could hardly have been a more graphic physical representation of the fragile state of Britains infrastructure than the floodwaters surging down the streets of our towns and cities and into shops and living rooms in the past few days. And the government cant say it wasnt warned. Our story today reveals that experts had left ministers in no doubt that skimping on flood defence spending was exposing a growing number of households to risks. In 2014, too,...
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United Kingdom: Hundreds of buses to be fitted with green technology to cut air pollution
2016-01-03 01:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: A million greener bus journeys will take place across the UK next year after ministers announced 7million to fund new technology. Hundreds of buses will be fitted with devices to cut harmful nitrogen oxide emissions in areas where pollution is high, reducing toxins by 90 per cent according to government research. Fifty London buses will go green and Bristol and Brighton will both see 35 vehicles fitted with the technology. Other areas including Leeds, York, Sunderland and Norfolk will...
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United Kingdom: Homeowners count the cost as floods force prices to plummet
2016-01-02 23:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: People trying to sell their properties in flood-hit parts of north-west England have begun dramatically dropping their prices amid fears that houses in some roads have become virtually unsellable. Large homes in and around the Warwick Road area of Carlisle, which in December 2015 experienced its second major flooding episode in a decade, have started to appear on the market for only 60% of their November values leaving some people wondering whether they will ever be able to move house. After...
United Kingdom: Broken dreams, sodden homes and businesses flood victims shortchanged by insurers
2016-01-02 23:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: They were still removing sodden drum kits and waterlogged guitar amps from Yorks Melrose Yard Studios yesterday. A week earlier, floodwaters from the nearby river Foss had inundated the popular music studios with ruinous effect and left the North Yorkshire business among those feeling shortchanged by its insurers. A hitherto unnoticed clause in Melrose Yards insurance policy has left the firm ineligible for reimbursement, despite its owners calculating that it will need at least 20,000 to get...
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