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Europe triples recycling in a decade
Recycling of household waste has tripled in Europe over the past decade but some countries are dragging their feet for meeting a target set for 2020, the European Environment Agency (EAA) said in a report issued on Tuesday. From 2001 to 2010, recycling of materials and composting of organic waste…
A third of Europe’s urban population exposed to air pollution
Nearly a third of Europe’s urban population is exposed to air particles that breach European Union limits, an official report said Monday. The figure more than triples if a UN health benchmark is used. In 2010, 21 percent of residents of European towns and cities breathed air with concentrations of…
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