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Tip workers Christmas strikes spark fly tipping concerns

22 tips across the region will close over the festive period

Liverpool Echo

Wirral Council begs people to stop reporting overflowing bins amid Biffa strikes

The council said the missed bin collections "do not make residents eligible for a reduction in council tax bills"

Liverpool Echo

Settlement agreements in Flint water crisis lawsuits in 'best interest' of kids, judge says

DETROIT — A federal judge has approved settlement agreements between four Flint children and a private engineering company in cases related to the Flint water crisis, likely marking the first time a child has received financial compensation in the man-made disaster.

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Council issues bin advice ahead of upcoming tip strike

Waste site workers are taking industrial action over pay

Liverpool Echo

Full list of 22 tip sites to be hit by waste chaos over Christmas period

Workers will walk out later this month

Liverpool Echo

Engineering firm reaches settlement in Flint water case

An engineering firm has settled a lawsuit with four families after being accused of not doing enough to stop lead contamination in the Flint, Michigan, water supply

The Independent UK

Merseyside facing Christmas waste chaos as tip workers strike

Waste recycling centre workers will walk out over festive period and again in January

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Despite recycling efforts, many older wind turbine blades still end up in landfills

MURRAY COUNTY, Minnesota — When a 2003-vintage wind farm in southwestern Minnesota became obsolete, its owner Allete Clean Energy tore it down and built anew.

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Former Michigan governor and aide won't have to testify in Flint water trial, appeals court rules

DETROIT — Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, one of his former top key aides and others won a legal victory this week when a federal appeals court panel ruled they won't have to testify in a trial related to the Flint water crisis.

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Toxic waste spill blunder revealed as company spruiks rubbish-burning plan

Tests have been ordered for toxins such as arsenic, barium, cadmium and mercury which may have leached into Tarago's groundwater.

The Canberra Times

Merton Council vows streets will remain clean as it scraps bin contract amid pressure from residents

The contract with Veolia will end in 2025, prompting fears over cleanliness for the next three years

Evening Standard

South London councils binning their rubbish collection contract following complaints

Merton Council will be the first of four to make a decision

Evening Standard

French recycling giant with links to Russia gets millions from UK taxpayers

Waste and recycling giant Veolia rakes in up to £100million a year for providing services in Russia. The firm has rejected calls to pull out of the country despite the ongoing war in Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Crowds applaud cleaners who swept the road for Queen's coffin

They were clapped as they passed

Wales Online

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Swimmers warned to avoid two beaches amid sewer pipe leak

A WARNING has been issued against swimming at two popular Scots beaches after a sewage leak.

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Federal judge declares mistrial in Flint water crisis bellwether trial

DETROIT — A high-profile Flint water crisis trial against two private engineering companies has ended with a hung jury.

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What a mistrial in Flint water crisis bellwether trial means going forward

DETROIT — A high-profile Flint water crisis trial against two private engineering companies ended Thursday with a hung jury, a development that experts say makes a settlement less likely in the near future but lets the opposing attorneys learn lessons from the five-month-long case.

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A mistrial is declared over engineers' role in the Flint water crisis

A judge declared a mistrial after jurors said they couldn't reach a verdict in a dispute over whether two engineering firms should bear some responsibility for Flint's lead-contaminated water.

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The Independent UK

Jury can't reach verdict in engineers' Flint water trial

A judge has declared a mistrial in a dispute over partial liability for Flint, Michigan's lead-contaminated water

The Guardian - UK

Veolia to sell Suez UK waste business to Macquarie for €2.4bn

French utility group agrees sale to Australian private equity group to resolve CMA’s competition concerns

Wales Online

London council must refund £400 fines to people putting rubbish out on wrong day

The Local Government Ombudsman ruling will see Haringey's local authority repay more than £40,000 to penalised residents

ABC News

Matraville residents claim victory over plans for waste plant

New laws mean a proposal for a 24-hour plant burning waste for energy near densely populated suburbs in Sydney's eastern suburbs could be on ice for good.

Daily Mirror

Two energy firms earning billions from British customers still trading with Russia

Energy supplier EDF and waste firm Veolia have been accused of indirectly funding Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Critics believe they should cut all ties with Putin's country immediately

The Independent UK

Jury gets Flint water case about liability for engineers

Jurors have heard closing arguments in the only trial to arise so far from the Flint water crisis

Irish Mirror

Green jobs revolution that will clean up planet and drive down energy bills arrives in Ireland

Analysts expect the energy transformation to create millions of jobs around the world

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