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services industry. Please see our Action Note dated December 29 for detail. • IESI-BFC acquired Fred Weber Inc.’s St. Louis-based assets for US$159 million. The deal included commercial and industrial collection routes as well as the largest municipal landfill in Missouri, strategically located on the west side of the city with an 80-year life. Please see our Action Note dated December 29 for detail. • Parkland (PKI.UN-T) announced the succession of CEO Michael Chorlton by current COO Robert Espey effective

wages and in poor working conditions.” Companies are still depending on low-paid overseas labour “It used to be that we weren’t worrying about a number of the issues we worry about today particularly things like the amount of waste, in terms of landfill and consumption of all kinds of utilities. So we’ve come an enormous distance in the meantime understanding the societal and cost implication of proper sustainability.” A World in Trust - Leadership and Corporate Responsibility © Echo Research

Tower, Kuwait. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING LARGER OR SMALLER. ANAXAGORAS Our answer is Fresh Kills, the rubbish dump on Staten Island, New York, though we quite like Jimmy Carr’s alternative suggestion—Holland. Opened in 1948, the Fresh Kills landfill site (named after the Dutch wordkil , meaning “small river”) soon became one of the largest projects in human history, eventually trumping (by volume) the Great Wall of China as the world’s largest man-made structure. The site is 4.6 square miles

Determination of Phenolic Antioxidants in High Density Polyethylene Using Liquid Chromatography / Note: 1. editorial change*Approved 2001-00-00. Standard Test Method for Determining Anaerobic Biodegradation of Plastic Materials Under Accelerated Landfill Conditions / Note: Approved 2002-00-00. Standard Practice for Thermoplastic Elastomers-Terminology and Abbreviations Standard Specification for Copolymers of Vinylidene Fluoride (VDF) with Other Fluorinated Monomers / Note: Approved 2003-00-00. Standard

Source EurObserv’ER 2008 biogas Biogas is one of the renewable energies that has most benefited from the strong increase in fossil fuel prices these last two years. Moreover, European Union regulations limiting the discharging of waste in dump/landfills has played a large part in developing this sector, which today has widened its field of action into energy crops. In Germany, where the sector was most dynamic in 2007, biogas represents 13 500 direct and indirect jobs. This sector notably offers

access-controlled roads (2) Construction and management of metro and city light rail (Chinese partner shall hold the majority of shares) (3) Construction and management of treatment plants for sewage, garbage, the dangerous wastes (incineration and landfill), and the facilities of environment pollution treatment 2. Information. Consultation Service Industries (1) Information consulting agencies of international economy, science and technology, environmental protection *(2) Accounting and auditing

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(25%) share 87% of our worldwide total waste. CE accounted for a slight increase, due to rising packaging waste from overseas contractors combined with a changeover to larger TV panel sizes. Total waste is made up of actual waste delivered for either landfill or incineration, comprising 17% nonhazardous and 4% hazardous waste, and recyclable waste. Materials delivered for recycling via an external contractor comprised 100 kilotons or 79% of total waste. Restricted substances: benzene Lighting is the only

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Réseaux d’expertise et de veille internationales décembre 2011 Suivi par : Soraya O QUAB, Bénédicte GENTHON Service économique régional de Londres EC Directive (80/68/EEC): Protection of groundwater against pollution EC Directive (99/31/EC) on the landfill of waste Directive 2000/60/EC The Water Framework Directive Directive 2006/118/EC Protection of groundwater against pollution The Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 Transposes Directive 2000/60/EC Directive 2008/105/EC Environmental