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Italian rubbish arrives in Germany
Berlin (AFP) May 23, 2008 Fifty-six containers full of rubbish from Naples arrived by train in Hamburg on Friday as part of a deal between Germany and the southern Italian city to tackle its trash crisis, officials said. Four trains 500 metres (a third of a mile) long, each carrying between 500 and 700 tonnes of rubbish, are to make the 44-hour journey every week to the northern German city, where it will be burned at a waste plant. The city state has undertaken to dispose of 30,000 tonnes of rubbish over the next 10 weeks as part of a pledge by Germany to take in a total of 160,000 tonnes. Other German states will also contribute. Tens of thousands of tonnes of waste have piled up in Naples and in the Campania region since late last year as a 14-year problem over a lack of incinerators reached a new peak. Related Links Our Polluted World and Cleaning It Up
Sun screen lotion threatens coral: study
Paris (AFP) May 23, 2008Sun screen lotions used by beach-going tourists worldwide are a major cause of coral bleaching, according to a new study commissioned by the European Commission. |
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