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The UK's attempted sustainability
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The UK's attempted sustainability
EDUCATION
TEACHING
RECYCLING
SUSTAINABILITY
ONE'S PART AS A CITIZEN OF THE EARTH
ADVERTS
EFFECTS OF:
LAND POLLUTION
SEA POLLUTION
AIR POLLUTION
DAMAGING ATMOSPHERE
HOW AND WHERE TO RECYCLE
CONSERVATION
NATURAL ENGLAND
NON-DEPARTMENTAL PUBLIC BODY
RESPONSIBLE FOR ENGLAND'S :
LAND
FLORA
FAUNA
FRESHWATER AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT
GEOLOGY AND SOILS
FORESTRY COMISSION
NON-MINISTERIAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT
SET UP IN 1919
FOR EXPANDING BRITAIN'S FORESTS AFTER DEPLETION DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
NON-DEPARTMENTAL PUBLIC BODY
ESTABLISHED IN 1996
PURPOSE IS TO PROTECT OR ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENT, TAKEN AS A WHOLE
COVERS THE WHOLE OF ENGLAND
13 MILLION HECTARES OF LAND
22,000 MILES OF RIVER
3,100 MILES OF COASTLINE
RECYCLING
IN 2013, 43,5% OF MUNICIPAL WASTE WAS RECYCLED, COMPOSTED OR BROKEN DOWN BY ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
HOUSEHOLD WASTE RECYCLING ACT 2003
LOCAL AUTHORITIES MUST PROVIDE EVERY HOUSEHOLD WITH A SPERATE COLLECTION OF AT LEAST TWO TYPES OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS BY 2010
HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING
37% OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE WAS RECYCLED IN 2008/09
235% INCREASE IN HOUSEHOLD RECYCLING BETWEEN 2000/01 AND 2009/10
23 MILLION TONNES WASTE PRODUCED IN 2009/10 OF WHICH 9.4 MILLION WAS RECYCLED, REUSED OR COMPOSTED
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL RECYCLING
52% OF C&I WASTE WAS RECYCLED IN 2008/09
INCREASE FROM 42% IN 2002/03
RENEWABLE ENERGY
WIND ENERGY
6,594 WIND TURBINES
TOTAL: OVER 13 GIGAWATTS
8,357 MEGAWATTS OF ONSHORE
5,048 MEGAWATTS OF OFFSHORE
SOLAR POWER
AT THE END OF 2011, THERE WERE 230,000 SOLAR PROJECTS
TOTAL INSTALLED CAPACITY OF 750 MEGAWATTS
REDUCTION IN COST OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
TIDAL ENERGY
NOT A LOT OF MONEY INVESTED
CONSEQUENTLY HASN'T BEEN EXPLOITED TO FULL POTNETIAL
INTRODUCTION OF FEED-IN-TARIFF SUBSIDY IN APRIL 2010
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