Aus: Treated effluent back on table for water supply
And they are going to remove synthetic hormones from birth control, natural hormones, medications and human viruses how, exactly? THE state government will again consider introducing treated sewage...
View ArticleJames D. Agresti: Bans on plastic bags harm the environment
With the urging of environmental groups backed by the celebrity firepower of actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the city of Los Angles banned plastic supermarket bags last week. The law received added...
View ArticleProposal would recycle plastic bags, not ban them
Business community supports bill; many environmentalists oppose it As several U.S. cities move to ban plastic bags, Illinois is a signature away from its own law to regulate the omnipresent carryout...
View ArticleTrevor Butterworth: Welcome To The Age Of Urban Mining
There’s gold in them thar’ hills – except not nearly as much as in all the computers, cell phones, and sundry electronic equipment we make and then discard each year. Indeed, according to the...
View ArticleMiranda Devine: Great green lies never die – they merely get recycled
YOU would think the last thing we need is another environmental tax but the great green beast is never satisfied. The latest feel-good eco-furphy to be foisted on us in the cause of saving the planet...
View ArticleEye-roller: This plastic bag conspiracy is a truly deadly distraction
The warm glow we get from using fewer carrier bags to ferry our vegetables about will not save us from disasters to come We are using more carrier bags, news that turns this column, on a cloudy...
View ArticleLibs push for bag ban results, promising to overturn ban if elected
The Canberra Liberals [conservatives, down-under] will overturn the territory’s ban on free plastic bags if they win October’s ACT election. ‘‘If businesses have adapted to the ban and would like to...
View ArticleWanna make me grumpy–talk recycling
I know some stuff. For example, I know that recycling is stupid “do something to prove we care” nonsense. And it’s expensive. But it makes idiots feel good about themselves. Landfill for all the nation...
View ArticleLet’s talk recyling trash some more
I got some mixed responses from people who get all warm inside when they recycle. They couldn’t understand why I said it was stupid. Well it’s stupid, and I think so and I am disgusted when i see all...
View ArticleEnviro nannies push for a devolution of garbage and trash management practices
Part of what we consider the infrastructure is sewerage and water supply safety as well as garbage and trash disposal that is effective. The lack of hygiene and sanitation of the 3rd world has come...
View ArticlePlastic bags good, recycling stupid, reusable filthy
You may get the idea I don’t think reusable bags and paper bags are a good idea–uberite. And I think that recycling is the usual anxiety energized project for the fools. Solid waste should be disposed...
View ArticleRecycling is another really stupid idea
Everything we do has an effect. Recycling was more about pandering to the need of enviros to DO SOMETHING, but it never made much sense. Land fills are not that big a problem and take up very little...
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