Manchester Friends of the Earth | Archive of website content

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Our website contains a variety of items dating back to 2001. You can use this archive to explore by year, campaign theme, specific campaign, and category. See also our new releases, our media appearances and our newsletters.

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Ask Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik for higher recycling targets.

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4th Sep 2013

We have just six days to call on the EU to help us all recycle more. European Ministers are reviewing targets for recycling rates across Europe. Right now the target is for 50 per cent of our waste to be recycled by …

Close dirty loopholes for cleaner supply chains

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12th Aug 2013

This year’s horse meat scandal highlighted just how easy it is for things to go wrong when companies don’t know exactly how their products are made. But horse meat is just the tip of the iceberg. Samsung says it had …

Stop the waste! Email Environment Minister Owen Paterson

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16th Jun 2013

Did you know that Europe buries or burns 60 per cent of our valuable resources? This is a shocking waste of both materials and money, and causes a devastating effect on the environment. We want to stop Europe just throwing …

Make it Better: Turn the heat up on Apple

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26th May 2013

It’s time to turn up the heat on Apple. Friends of the Earth supporters have already forced its biggest rival, Samsung, to confirm that it uses forest-trashing tin in its products. But Apple is still refusing to go public about …

Ask Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik for higher recycling targets.

Close dirty loopholes for cleaner supply chains

Stop the waste! Email Environment Minister Owen Paterson

Make it Better: Turn the heat up on Apple

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