Hawke s Bay primary sector: More than 12.5 tonnes of plastic collected in three months
13 Mar, 2021 09:09 PM
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More than 12.5 tonnes of plastic were collected from Hawke s Bay farmers and growers in the past three months as part of the Agrecovery programme. Photo / Supplied
More than 12.5 tonnes of plastic have been collected from Hawke s Bay farmers and growers in the past three months, demonstrating a commitment to environmental protection.
The massive amount of plastic waste has been collected since mid-December from five Agrecovery sites in the region as part of the rural recycling programme.
It s already more than a quarter of the 48.5 tonnes collected from the region last year.
Haywood vaccine clinic moves to Lambuth Inn
Key Updates: Haywood County’s Mass Vaccination clinic will move this week to a new temporary location at the Lambuth Inn at Lake Junaluska due to a scheduling conflict at the Smoky Mountain Event Center. A separate press release on this change will be forthcoming. As always, this clinic is only for those with an appointment.
Where to find COVID-19 vaccine information:
For vaccine appointment or registration questions call: 828-356-2019
Please do not call the health department’s main number for COVID-19 vaccination questions, use the hotline number instead.
Vaccinations by the numbers:
The Old Shillelagh.
It was clear that the COVID-19 pandemic had hit Michigan around this time last year, with officials canceling Detroit s longstanding St. Patrick s Day Parade. A year later and the virus remains a threat: Detroit s St. Patrick s Day Parade is once again canceled, but the state has loosened restrictions to allow bars and restaurants to open for indoor dining again. Remember: gathering in a crowd without a mask is still dangerous, but if you re determined to drink a beer and eat a corned beef sandwich, we looked up to see what local bars are doing this year.
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Friday, March 12, 2021
In the few short weeks since our last report on climate change and the US insurance industry, the volume of climate change news has been extraordinarily high. The range of developments has been broad to say the very least from fund managers announcing new offerings said to be green and sustainable, to critics denouncing fund managers falling short on sustainability, to Aviva, Citibank and Generali (and others) publishing sustainability achievements or new targets to achieve net-zero emissions, to advances by developers and providers of climate change standards and metrics (
e.g., the Geneva Association, Moody’s), to China reiterating goals to reduce its emissions over the next five years, to the politically charged debate within the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as to which comes first a new global framework of common metrics and standards to help regulators analyze climate change risk disclosures or stepped-up enforcement efforts.
Friday, March 12, 2021
On February 8, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) received a petition seeking a rule reversing EPA’s 1991 Bevill regulatory determination excluding phosphogypsum and process wastewater from phosphoric acid production (process wastewater) from hazardous waste regulation under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The petition also urges EPA to promulgate regulations under RCRA Subtitle C governing the safe treatment, storage, and disposal of phosphogypsum and process wastewater as RCRA hazardous waste. Under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Petitioners request that EPA initiate the prioritization process to designate phosphogypsum and process wastewater as high-priority substances for risk evaluation under TSCA Section 6, issue a TSCA Section 4 test rule for disposed phosphogypsum, and issue a significant new use rule (SNUR) under TSCA Section 5 for phosphogypsum used in road const