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European Parliament Backs Tough Electronic Waste Recycling Targets

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Electronics Waste is a hot issue.

This week the European Parliament backed a proposal to re-write the WEEE directive. WEEE stands for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, and the directive sets requirements for the end-of-life management in the growing electrical and electronic product sector. The re-write attempts to address wide disparities in the success of the existing directive, which requires collection of 4kg/person of WEEE. Currently, Sweden tops the ranking of European nations with 16 kg per person of WEEE collected, while Italy collects only 1 kg per person. The proposed directive attempts to level the playing field for WEEE as well; so that the Italians could satisfy the directive if it is shown that Swedish people purchase 16 times more EEE than Italians. Although this is a stretch, it is only fair that targets be set in relation to actual consumer behavior.

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One in Nine Adults Worldwide are Obese

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Half a billion adults are obese worldwide.

More than half a billion adults are clinically obese in a near-doubling of the numbers of dangerously overweight adults since 1980s , doctors warned on Friday . Nearly one in nine of all adults — are clinically obese, according to research by a team from Imperial College London , Harvard and the World Health Organisation (WHO ).

 

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Animals, Latest Trend

More Americans Are Deciding to be Buried with Their Pets

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Headstones above a pet and her master sit side-by-side at the Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in Hartsdale, N.Y.

Rhona Levy has her burial planned out. She will be cremated, her ashes will be divided into two bright red urns and she will be taken to the cemetery.  Then, half of her will go into a plot with Snow, Putchke and Pumpkin, and the other half will go in nearby with Shaina and Twinkie.

 

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Study: One in Eight Women Will Develop Breast Cancer

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1 in 8 women will develop breast cancer.

One in eight women will now develop breast cancer as rates have risen over the past decade, according to new figures. The number of middle-aged women contracting the disease has increased particularly sharply, with lifestyle factors partly to blame.

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Woman Will Eat Dog Food on YouTube Every Day Until Animal Rights Law Passes

FOR NITRO!

Miami Beach resident Nikki Moustaki plans to eat dog food at least once a day every day until an Ohio animal cruelty law known as Nitro’s Law is passed. The law was spurred after 12 starving and 7 dead dogs were discovered in High Caliber K-9, a boarding kennel in Youngstown, OH.

The law is named after Nitro, a pet Rottwieler who died at the facility while his family had to attend to a sick relative out of state, and would increase animal cruelty to a fifth degree felony in Ohio punishable by up to a year in jail. Ohio is only one of nine states that doesn’t count the first count of animal cruelty as a felony. The law was passed in the state’s House of Representatives, but died in the Senate…

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Facebook Has Already Trademarked ‘Face’ In Europe – Is ‘Book’ Next?

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I was aware that Facebook is close to trademarking the term ‘face’, at least in relation to online social networking and related activities, in the United States. But as far as I know, nobody has yet pointed out that Facebook has already pulled that stunt in the EU, i.e. the union of 27 European member states (which include the UK, Germany, France and Spain).

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Second Severe Amazon Drought This Decade Spells Disaster for Rainforests

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Drought is a problem in the Amazon Rainforests.

The Amazon suffered a record-making drought in 2005, which was thought to be the worst in the 108 years since tracking rains and droughts began. However, researchers are now saying that the drought the region struggled through in 2010 was likely even worse. The impact of two major droughts within a decade could mean that the rainforest so important to carbon capture could be hitting an irreversible downward spiral.

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Five Traits Low-Stress, Happy Work Cultures Have In Common

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If you’re happy and you know it be low-stress.

Around the world you’ll find scientifically identified pockets of happy people ranging in size from neighborhoods to entire countries. Researcher Dan Buettner spent years studying them to find out what makes them so special, and how others can emulate their success in the happiness department.

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