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How British refuse collectors won their strikes and became a model for successful trade unionism

As mountains of rubbish built up in Tower Hamlets and elsewhere, authorities were forced to listen, says Polly Smythe, labour movement correspondent at Novara Media

The Guardian - UK

Former rubbish dump in Essex becomes UK’s third largest solar farm

Ockendon solar farm to generate enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of 15,000 homes

The Guardian - UK

Green transition takes centre stage at top French business gathering

This week we're at the 2023 annual MEDEF meeting, where the largest employers' federation in France gets leaders of the country's business community together to discuss the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead – one of them being the transition to a green economy. A world leader when it comes…

France 24

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The triple threat facing Canberra's wineries

Wineries fear airborne pollution will damage crops and profits.

The Canberra Times

'Singing bins' play music every time someone uses them

They're being tested out through the summer

Nottingham Post

'Singing bins' play music for people every time they use them

They're being tested out through the summer

Wales Online

110 new homes development for Nottingham given approval

It is part of the £100m Trent Basin development

Nottingham Post

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Frustration as four large bins left on Nottingham road attract 'rats and bugs'

'It does not look good at all for the community'

Nottingham Post

Tips to make sure you're recycling correctly

Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste go unrecycled across Merseyside every year

Liverpool Echo

Wirral's bins are being collected after strikes called off

Christmas Day summit sees strike action suspended, with bin crews back out on the streets

Liverpool Echo

Merseyside Tips 'open as usual' as strikes suspended

Some 180 workers were due to walk out on December 28

Liverpool Echo

Tailbacks and queues as people rush to the tip before strikes

The industrial action begins tomorrow

Liverpool Echo

Tip workers Christmas strikes spark fly tipping concerns

22 tips across the region will close over the festive period

Liverpool Echo

Wirral Council begs people to stop reporting overflowing bins amid Biffa strikes

The council said the missed bin collections "do not make residents eligible for a reduction in council tax bills"

Liverpool Echo

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Settlement agreements in Flint water crisis lawsuits in 'best interest' of kids, judge says

DETROIT — A federal judge has approved settlement agreements between four Flint children and a private engineering company in cases related to the Flint water crisis, likely marking the first time a child has received financial compensation in the man-made disaster.

Liverpool Echo

Council issues bin advice ahead of upcoming tip strike

Waste site workers are taking industrial action over pay

Liverpool Echo

Full list of 22 tip sites to be hit by waste chaos over Christmas period

Workers will walk out later this month

The Independent UK

Engineering firm reaches settlement in Flint water case

An engineering firm has settled a lawsuit with four families after being accused of not doing enough to stop lead contamination in the Flint, Michigan, water supply

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Liverpool Echo

Merseyside facing Christmas waste chaos as tip workers strike

Waste recycling centre workers will walk out over festive period and again in January

Tribune News Service

Despite recycling efforts, many older wind turbine blades still end up in landfills

MURRAY COUNTY, Minnesota — When a 2003-vintage wind farm in southwestern Minnesota became obsolete, its owner Allete Clean Energy tore it down and built anew.

Tribune News Service

Former Michigan governor and aide won't have to testify in Flint water trial, appeals court rules

DETROIT — Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, one of his former top key aides and others won a legal victory this week when a federal appeals court panel ruled they won't have to testify in a trial related to the Flint water crisis.

The Canberra Times

Toxic waste spill blunder revealed as company spruiks rubbish-burning plan

Tests have been ordered for toxins such as arsenic, barium, cadmium and mercury which may have leached into Tarago's groundwater.

Evening Standard

Merton Council vows streets will remain clean as it scraps bin contract amid pressure from residents

The contract with Veolia will end in 2025, prompting fears over cleanliness for the next three years

Evening Standard

South London councils binning their rubbish collection contract following complaints

Merton Council will be the first of four to make a decision

Daily Mirror

French recycling giant with links to Russia gets millions from UK taxpayers

Waste and recycling giant Veolia rakes in up to £100million a year for providing services in Russia. The firm has rejected calls to pull out of the country despite the ongoing war in Ukraine

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