Sustainable consumption in the UK: A selection of case studies debt

This report presents case studies of best practice in achieving sustainable consumption in the UK. These case studies exemplify ways in which people can be helped, encouraged or compelled to live more sustainably, either directly or indirectly. The first set of four case studies relate to initiatives led by, or involving, government to restrict or inform consumers’ product choice around a particular class of product. • The Zero Carbon Hub – an example of industry and government working together on a long-term trajectory for regulations around product standards • Government regulation for efficient central heating boilers – a demonstration of government successfully regulating to directly restrict product choice • Energy Saving Trust Recommended scheme – a government-initiated, but now privately funded, labelling and certification scheme promoting higher standards for appliances • Television Voluntary Retail Initiative – a scheme by which government worked with retailers to limit the products offered to consumers, in advance of regulations coming into effect. 

By IPPR, UK.

Governance Policy Resource.

EPA Urged to Limit Herbicide Use on Genetically Engineered Crops

Overuse of the herbicide glyphosate has resulted in the evolution of resistant weeds, threatening the long-term sustainability of corn, soybeans, canola, and other crops that have been genetically engineered to tolerate glyphosate. Today the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest iscalling on the Environmental Protection Agency, which regulates the herbicides sprayed on those engineered crops, to limit use of glyphosate and adopt other measures to slow the spread of resistant weeds.

By CSPI, USA,

Health Policy Resource.