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You don't have to share the bath water to make a difference You don't have to share the bath water to make a difference

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1 Wrap gifts in fabric and tie with ribbon; both are reusable and prettier than paper and sticky-tape.

2 Start a compost heap to reduce the waste you send to landfill sites.

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Waste incinerator for Macedonia breaches EU regulations

The UK government has provided Macedonia with an incinerator to burn hospital waste that would be illegal under British law because of its toxic emissions.

The British-made incinerator was given as humanitarian aid, and is in use near the Macedonian capital of Skopje. If the country joins the EU, as it hopes to do, the incinerator would have to close as it is a danger to local people and breaches EU emission standards.

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