Watch your waste
According to a report by Research and Markets, 'Global Waste Management Market Assessment', municipal solid waste (MSW) generated worldwide reached 2.02 billion tonnes in 2006 and is expected to increase by 37.3% between 2007 and 2011. According to the Environment Agency, the UK alone produces 330 million tonnes of waste annually, a quarter of which is from households and business. The rest comes from construction and demolition, sewage sludge, farm waste and spoil from mines and river dredging.