... waterways are no longer fit for frolicking dragons or any other water creatures. Indeed, water is so polluted in seven major river systems that it has lost the capacity to sustain basic ecological function. In other words, fish stocks are collapsing in water that no longer contains sufficient oxygen...

... The reduction, if not avoidance, of environmental pollution arising from industrial operations is now de rigueur for most European manufacturers. In the beer industry, Germany’s Hassero¨der Brewery has introduced an operational environmental management system that has been certified...