ne Planet Lifestyle - WWF-India
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ne Planet Lifestyle - WWF-India
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Plastic bottles washed up on the shore of Kadarlake in Monte<strong>ne</strong>gro.Zero Waste02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10Waste from discarded products and packaging squanders valuable e<strong>ne</strong>rgy and resources, and has created a major challengeof how to dispose of it. Our goal must be a world which does not send waste to landfill or for inci<strong>ne</strong>ration. O<strong>ne</strong> Pla<strong>ne</strong>t Livingmeans reducing the ge<strong>ne</strong>ration of waste by better design, and encouraging the re-use, recycling and compostingof waste...and using waste to ge<strong>ne</strong>rate clean e<strong>ne</strong>rgy.>O<strong>ne</strong> Pla<strong>ne</strong>t Living in action:The Beddington Zero E<strong>ne</strong>rgy Development, or“BedZED” eco-village in south London, wasdesig<strong>ne</strong>d by architect Bill Dunster and initiated by theBioRegional Development Group with the support ofThe development makes it easy for people to recycleby providing waste bins with separate compartmentsfor paper, glass and tins. BedZED is also home toa number of busi<strong>ne</strong>sses, who can join a scheme torecycle and then buy back their waste paper.SolUTIoN?<strong>WWF</strong>. It has a combi<strong>ne</strong>d heat and power unit fuelledby prunings from the trees which li<strong>ne</strong> local streets.The part<strong>ne</strong>rship between BioRegional andProblemCroydon Borough Council means that 1,000 ton<strong>ne</strong>sof waste that once went to landfill are now tur<strong>ne</strong>dinto woodchip which in turn ge<strong>ne</strong>rates electricityand hot water for the 300 residents at Britain’slargest ecovillage.The “combi<strong>ne</strong>d heat and power” plant at BedZED uses tree clippings toge<strong>ne</strong>rate electricity and provide hot water to residents.The <strong>WWF</strong> Pocket Guide to a O<strong>ne</strong> Pla<strong>ne</strong>t <strong>Lifestyle</strong> // www.panda.org/o<strong>ne</strong>pla<strong>ne</strong>t15EXITSEARCHPRINTBACKNEXT
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