PostEurop published the "2010 Environmental Report" announcing that from 2007 to 2009; the 16 European Postal Operators  participating in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Programme recorded a total reduction of 465 thousand tonnes of CO2 collectively.  This is a 15% reduction from 2007 to date, in which 2009 alone records a 13% reduction in emission.
 

 
Eight major bus manufacturers became signatories to the UITP Sustainable Development Charter, today. It is the first time bus manufacturers take such a commitment and decide to do this as a group to show that their industry support to this programme.
 
 
 

The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) unveiled its scenarios for urban
transport in 2025 today at the plenary session of its 59th World Congress taking place in
Dubai from 10 to 14 April 2011. It compares the economic, environmental and social
impacts of urban transport in a business-as-usual scenario (BAU) and in a ‘PTx2’
scenario. It highlights the benefits of doubling the public transport market share
worldwide by 2025 and illustrates how to achieve this.

Eurometaux wishes to re-state the industry’s need for secondary raw materials in Europe and to
respond to the press release issued by Eurometrec on 25 March in which it claims that the socalled
“metals consuming industry” lacks interest in buying metal scrap. Consumption should
not be confused with pre-processing and recycling!