A guide to recycling in Sydney, Australia

2010-11-29T15:40:40Z

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Greening Australia's Cities through Effective Waste Management

2010-09-10T11:22:08Z

Maintaining a green and pleasant environment for the quality of life of city dwellers in a task that grows harder as population and industry expand. In particular, waste removal in Australia a serious challenge that's at the heart of effective environmental management.

Fortunately, innovative private firms are rising to the challenge with recycling services, skip hire and waste removal. The focus is on diverting as much recyclable material as possible from landfill to recycling. This o...

Tuvalu to Times Square; landmarks off for Earth Hour

2010-03-28T08:45:15Z

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Landmarks such as Sydney's Opera House, Beijing's Forbidden City and Taiwan's Taipei 101 office tower temporarily went dark on Saturday a...

World's iconic sites go dark to fight global warming

2010-06-12T09:53:50Z

Iconic New York City skyscrapers the Empire State and the Chrysler Building, along with landmarks from the Eiffel Tower to Sydney harbor went dark for an hour Saturday to raise awareness over the fight against climate change.

The tallest ...

Landmarks, cities worldwide unplug for Earth Hour

2010-03-27T19:15:24Z

World skylines power down as global warming event Earth Hour calls for binding pact on climate

Europe's best known landmarks — including the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and Rome's Colosseum — fell dark Saturday, following Sydney's Opera House a...

Lights out across Asia as world marks Earth Hour

2010-06-11T22:49:42Z

Monuments from Sydney's Opera House to Delhi's Red Fort went dark on Saturday for Earth Hour, a global power switch-off aimed at revitalising efforts against climate change.

Ferry horns blared across Sydney harbour in a noisy start to the energy-saving event, ...

Landmarks go dark, millions unplug for Earth Hour

2010-03-27T06:15:14Z

Sydney shuts off the lights to mark Earth Hour, amid pleas for deal on fighting global warming

The white-shelled roof of the Sydney Opera House fell dark Saturday night, one of the first landmarks to turn out the lights in an hour-long gesture to be repeated by millions of people around the world who are calling for a binding pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Asian cities followed

Earth Hour 2010

2010-10-25T12:34:26Z

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Australian town set to ban bottled water

2010-04-16T11:27:18Z

An Australian town is set to ban bottled water over concerns about its environmental impact, in what is believed to be a world first.

Bundanoon, a picturesque rural town with a population of just 2,000, was expected to vote heavily in favour of the move with a show of hands at a public meeting later.

"At the moment we've got a lot of community support behind it. We're confident the town is going to back it," said activist John Dee

Landmarks go dark for world climate campaign

2010-04-16T16:01:43Z

Major cities and world landmarks plunged into darkness Saturday as a symbolic energy-saving exercise unfolded across the globe, calling for action to avert potentially devastating climate change.

The Egyptian pyramids at Giza, the Acropolis in Athens, Niagara Falls and the ...

Australia kicks off Earth Hour climate campaign

2010-04-16T16:02:20Z

The waters of Sydney Harbour plunged into darkness on Saturday night, with the iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge killing their lights for an hour in a global call for swift action on climate change.

Chatham Island, the largest of a tiny group of Pacific islands 800 kilometres (500 miles) southeast o...

Sydney first major city to mark Earth Hour 2009

2010-04-16T16:03:33Z

Sydney Opera House bathed in blackness as world begins dimming lights for Earth Hour 2009

The floodlit cream shells of the famed Opera House dimmed Saturday as Sydney became the world's first major city to plunge itself into darkness for the second worldwide Earth Hour, a global campaign to highlight the threat of climate change.<...

Millions to flick the switch for climate change

2010-04-16T16:10:08Z

Millions of people across the globe will kill their lights for one hour this Saturday, in what organisers hope will be a resounding call for tough action on climate change.

The waters of Sydney Harbour will be plunged into darkness for an hour from 8:30 pm (0930 GMT) as the iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge dim their lights.

The pyramids of Sydney Harbour Bridge and the city center lights up at midnight during the fireworks display to celebrate the New Year's Day in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Australia New Year Eve

2010-12-31T05:01:05Z

The sky above Sydney Harbour lights up with the 9pm fireworks display on new year's eve in Sydney, Australia, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Enthusiastic Australians camped out at parks alongside the Sydney Harbour Bridge to win the best view of the spectacular New Year's Eve fireworks kicking off celebra...

Winter Weather

2010-12-24T11:01:33Z

Sydney Baltyn, 9, slides off a snow jump as she sleds with her family at Stephens Lake Park in Columbia, Mo. on Friday Dec. 24, 2010. Christmas Eve snow blanketed the area allowing Greg and Michelle Baltyn to take their daughters Sydney, 9, a...

Australia Oprah

2010-12-14T07:01:47Z

Thousands of fans cheer as American talk show host Oprah Winfrey walks on stage at the Sydney Opera House during the filming of Oprah's Ultimate Australian Adventure in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeremy Piper)

Copyright 2010 Sydney on Saturday Nov. 27, 2010. The superjumbo took off from Sydney on Saturday on the first A380 passenger flight for the airline since a midair engine explosion earlier this month triggered a global safety review. (AP Photo/John Donegan)

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