Environmental Management and Health: Volume 11 Issue 1

Greece faces up to the EU packaging regulation: Businesses reveal their plans to meet the new legislative environment

Maria Mandaraka, Irene Kormentza

Since the 1980s, packaging has been increasingly included in the environmental agenda. Worries about packaging waste have led governments to introduce packaging legislation and…

From green to brown: is brownfields use risk taking?

Roger H. Charlier

Brownfields are commonly pictured as the hottest real estate property in the USA. Will the European market follow suit? Brownfields are properties long considered lost to…

Green teams and the management of environmental change in a UK county council

Colin Beard, Stephen Rees

Explores the evolution of a participative, interdepartmental staff “green team” approach to the solving of environmental problems and a move towards a culture change within one of…

Hazardous wastes Assessing the efficacy of structures and approaches to management in Nigeria

Abimbola Y. Sangodoyin, Stephen F. Ipadeola

In this study, characterization of hazardous wastes components, treatment and disposal systems were examined for Southwestern Nigeria. The data were used to assess the…

Heavy metal content of newspapers: longitudinal trends

P. Tucker, P. Douglas, A. Durrant, A.S. Hursthouse

Examines whether there are any environmental or health implications associated with the increased use of colour in newspapers, if the newspapers are reused or recycled. New heavy…