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Up to 85%
of power used by a VCR is consumed when on standby: appliances on standby pump
one million tonnes of carbon into the
atmosphere (Standby Britain – The Independent, 23rd June 2005)?
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Britain’s farmers throw away as
much as a third of their fruit and
vegetables because supermarkets are imposing ever-tougher rules on cosmetic
appearance (News – The Sunday Times, 17th July 2005)?
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Britain is
at the bottom of the European heap when it comes to recycling
and are only belatedly responding to the problem because of pressure from our
European partners (from Rubbish:Dirt on Our Hands and Crisis Ahead by Richard
Girling – Eden project Books)?
4th August 2005
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