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Actions & Events
Supermarket
packaging action (June
2007)
Waste
Strategy action (March 2006)
Plastic
Bag action (December 2005)
Doorstep
Recycling action (June 2004)
Briefings
Virtual
tour of a waste treatment plant (Manchester Friends
of the Earth, February 2007, web link)
Dirty
truths: incineration and climate change (Friends of the Earth,
May 2006, PDF, 755 KB)
England's
waste strategy: a guide to the current consultation (Friends of
the Earth, Apr 2006, PDF, 84 KB)
From
waste to resource: a new strategy for 2005 (Friends of the Earth,
Jun 2005, PDF, 358 KB)
Is
MBT the Solution to Meeting Waste Managerment Targets in the UK?
(SITA Environmental Trust, Mar 2005)
Target
recycling - aiming for 50 per cent and beyond (Friends of the
Earth, Jan 2005, PDF, 450 KB)
Anaerobic
digestion (Friends of the Earth, Nov 2004, PDF, 121 KB)
New
waste technologies (Friends
of the Earth, Sep 2004, PDF, 82 KB)
Mechanical
and biological treatment (MBT) (Friends of the Earth, Mar 2004,
PDF, 171 KB)
Media Coverage
Article:
Green lobby wants shops to ban free carrier bags (Manchester
Evening News, 25 Jun 2007, JPG, 229 KB)
Article:
Great divide on bin-round cuts (Manchester Evening News, 18
Mar 2007, web link)
Article:
Half of rubbish to be recycled (Manchester Metro News, 16
Feb 2007, JPG, 206 KB)
Letter:
Could do better (Manchester Evening News, 11 Jan
2007, web link)
Interview:
Paul Waring on recycling (BBC Radio Manchester, 8 January 2006,
MP3, 1.7 MB)
Interview:
Dave Coleman on recycling (BBC Radio Five Live, 19 May 2006, MP3,
2.6 MB)
Letter:
Cut tax bills and boost recycling (Manchester Metro News, 27 Jan
2006, JPG, 134 KB)
Article:
Tips for a green Christmas (South Manchester Reporter, 22 Dec 2005,
JPG, 54 KB)
Newsletter Articles
Getting
Wasted in Chorlton (Spring 2007)
£3
Billion Plans for Waste (Spring 2007)
Recycle
to Help the Homeless (Autumn 2006)
A
Walk on the Kerbside (Spring 2006)
Keeping
it Real (Spring 2005)
Reduce,
Reuse, Recycle (Dec 2004)
Watching
the Christmas Waste Line (Dec 2004)
New
Work on Waste (Sep 2004)
Comment:
Doorstep Recycling (May 2004)
Recycling
Update (Nov 2003)
Doorstep
Recycling Victory (May 2003)
Press Releases
Manchester
shoppers unite against excessive packaging (Jun 2007)
Manchester
MP speaks out against incineration (Mar 2006)
Top
tips for a green Christmas (Dec 2005)
Green
campaigners call for best practice doorstep recycling (Jun 2004)