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The homeless were allocated to recycling jobs in the United States.
The British government is trying to encourage more people to recycle their waste and reduce the mountain of waste in the UK.
The figures suggest 60 of all household waste could be recycled or composted, but the greatest nation in the UK, England, seems to be re only 17. 7
Here BBC correspondents provide insight into how European neighbors and other countries approach the UK recycling garbage every day.
Switzerland is proud of its recycling efforts, and rightly glass and paper are some of the things the average Swiss refuses to simply throw away.
There are bottle banks at every supermarket, with separate slots for clear glass, green and brown Each city has a free paper collection once a month, and that does not mean just old newspapers; most people recycle all cardboard or paper, cereal packets to old phone bills.
Then there is green waste If you have a garden, all the trimmings can be packed carefully in the street course every two weeks, and they will be collected.
Aluminum and tin can be taken to local depots, batteries handed to the supermarket, and old oil or other chemicals deposited in special sites.
PET plastic bottles are the most common drinks containers in Switzerland, and 80 of them are recycled - much higher than the European average of 20 to 40.
But the Swiss do not recycle just because they care about the environment there is a strong financial incentive recycling is free, but in most parts of Switzerland throwing garbage costs money - each rubbish bag must have a sticker, and the cost of each sticker at least euro 60 pence.
So unless you throw out less you pay sticker Can not trash will be left outside your house to rot.
Efforts to improve recycling rates and reduce household and commercial waste are led by the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States EPA.
Today, the United States about 28 recycles its waste, the EPA says, a rate that has nearly doubled in the last 15 years.
Recycling of specific materials has increased even more radically 42 across paper 40 in all soft drink bottles made of plastic, 55 all in aluminum cans of beer and soft drinks, 57 of all steel packaging and 52 of all major appliances are now recycled.
It was twenty years ago, only one roadside recycling program existed in the United States.
In 1998, there were 9,000 roadside programs and 12,000 recyclable drop-off centers across the country.
Some 480 materials recovery plants have been set up to process the collected materials.
In 1999, the activities of recycling and composting have prevented about 64 million tonnes of material end up in landfills and incinerators.
The EPA WasteWise system is designed for companies and other organizations and aims to reduce municipal solid waste and some industrial waste.
Recycling rates vary from state to state at the lower end of the scale of Alaska, Wyoming and Montana recycle less than 9 waste, while in New York, Virginia and five other states over 40 waste is recycled.
The waste is not only the waste This is the underlying philosophy of one of the greenest countries in Europe for decades, the policy of the Environment of Denmark, to consider waste as a resource.
standards have been set by successive governments, but it is up to local authorities to collect all household waste can produce.
In 2003, on average 559 kg of waste per Dane, ranging from plastics and paper to bottles and batteries in the councils where not all types of waste are collected at home, nearby disposal sites or hotlines in place citizens.
Nearly 10,000 Danes are in the business of waste collection - more 0 1 of the general population.
The hard push towards a greener Denmark has given a country record, it proud.
Government figures for 2003, 31 of all household waste was recycled, while 62 were cremated 6 was landfilled waste remains.
However, often the total amount of waste is not big enough for Denmark to have its own recycling plants, waste plastics, waste including electrical and electronic products, batteries and metals are sent abroad for recycling .
The government also aims to reduce the mountain of waste by encouraging industry to promote products that leave a minimum of waste after use.
The Germans like to think of themselves as the world champions of the environment that the Germans can not deny are serious environmental issues Regarding separating household waste, it can be a complicated affair.
As a foreigner living in Berlin, you can easily be embarrassed by your German friends who you reprimand for not separating your waste.
There are at least five types of trash in the yards of buildings and inside people's houses Fortunately, the bins are color coded to avoid confusion - a yellow bin for old boxes of milk packaging, etc. a blue bin for paper and cardboard containers for glass separated them for clear glass, brown and green Bio tray designed for left and vegetable waste food Finally, there is a black box for the rest of the garbage or for those who do not bother to sort their waste.
In theory, people are obliged under German law to take special waste, such as batteries or chemicals at a recycling center if you do not, it could be considered as an administrative offense, although in practice prosecutions are rare.
The separation of waste is not mandatory for citizens, but according to surveys, about 90 Germans are willing to sort their waste.
Where all this stuff eventually ends is as complicated According to a new law which came into force on the first of June 2005, left garbage on must not simply be consigned to a landfill, but must be subject to pre treatment process .
In cramped offices Ecological Recycling Society in the center of Athens, Philip Kirkitsos hits me with alarming statistics.
Each year, he said, one billion plastic water bottles are thrown in Greece, with a billion soft drink bottles and another billion plastic containers for cleaning fluids.
Nearly a fifth of all waste produced by this country is plastic, but only 1 is recycled, he admits Greece, is at least 15 years behind the rest of the EU in almost all areas of recycling and unlikely to meet EU targets for next year.
In Athens recycling bins so common in most European cities are a rare sight Although recently, the authorities have launched new programs, the impact appears to be minimal so far.
Recycling is just not high on the priority list of the average Athenian.
Most household trash bags contain large amounts of glass, metal, paper and plastic that end up being thrown into the landfill that the city which - unsurprisingly - is now almost full.
As a result, the capital is currently facing an acute waste management crisis because no alternative site has been set up.
Ironically, the city has only one believed to be the largest recycling plant in Europe, built next to the landfill there four years, but the plant - estimated to have cost at least 75 million Ј50m euros - remained idle.
The reason it was badly damaged by a rubbish mountain that collapsed on top of it.
waste disposal regulations in Italy vary from district to district in Rome, the rules were hardened people earlier this month that do not separate their waste can be fined up to 619 euros if they have a recycling bin within 500 meters from their front door.
Romans often say it is difficult to find a garbage can and even harder to find one that is not full City Council has ordered 2,500 new tanks They are green for household waste, white for paper and blue for plastic.
The streets of the historic center of Rome almost no recycling bins but the streets are cleaned very efficiently, by vehicles Crossing waste and suck as propelled huge vacuums.
In southern Italy, local politicians say the waste management industry is controlled by organized crime last year, the European Commission said it had taken action against Italy for 28 offenses the EU environmental legislation, he said that Italy renounced its citizens the same quality of life enjoyed by people in other EU countries.
When I arrived here five months ago I asked the concierge of my building I stand trash my family laughed and he looked incredulously You're joking, he said it Rome.
Recycling is not done on an industrial scale, but it is part of everyday life for many Senegalese resources.
Everything is recycled, plastic bags to school notebooks, food boxes, mineral water bottles and even fruit-peel skin is said to be collected for use in cheap perfume.
tomato cans become drinking cups in rural areas or are used by beggars in the streets, old newspapers and administrative documents are used to wrap bread, fruit or peanuts you buy on the street.
Some artisans also use metal waste to produce anything from chairs to kitchen utensils and children's toys.
Plastic bags are used to make shoes in the old days, used tires used to be made into sandals, but these are much less popular now.
Recently, some clever people began to collect all the scrap metal they can find to return to the factories in Europe.
The company waste disposal in Switzerland Alcyon signed a government contract worth over 9 m to collect and treat waste in the capital Dakar The project is managed by the AMA-Senegal, which will remove a huge tip called Mbeubeuss and recycle much of the city's waste.
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