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May 29, 2013

Poland dumps old garbage system for greener setup
Warsaw (AFP) May 28, 2013
With too many people chucking their garbage into neighbours' bins - or worse, the woods - to avoid paying for disposal, Poland has taken on a massive overhaul of its laissez-faire waste management system. The new greener setup, which enters into force in July, will lower the incentive to litter by requiring everyone to pay a municipal disposal tax for a service that up to now has been left up to each household to coordinate. While Poland has a long way to go to catch up to green superstars l ... read more

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170,000 living in subdivided flats in Hong Kong: study More than 170,000 people in Hong Kong are living in cramped subdivided flats, a government-commissioned study has found, underlining the scale of the city's housing crisis. ... more		Japan nuclear lab accident affected 30: agency The number of researchers exposed to low-level radiation in an accident at a nuclear laboratory in Japan last week has hit 30, officials said Monday, with human error likely worsening the problem. ... more		No new H7N9 cases in China for second week: government No new human cases of the deadly H7N9 bird flu strain were recorded in China for the second week in a row, national health authorities said Monday, suggesting the outbreak has slowed. ... more
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