Bizarre Proposals for Eco Towns ; I Read in an Article Published On the Internet That Residents of Proposed Eco Towns Could Face Strict Monitoring of Their Travel Habits, Home Insulation, and Even Wasted Food, to Ensure That They Are Truly Living a 'Green' Lifestyle.

Western Morning News, The › October 15, 2008

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I read in an article published on the Internet that residents of proposed eco towns could face strict monitoring of their travel habits, home insulation, and even wasted food, to ensure that they are truly living a "green" lifestyle.

Experts advising the Government on its plans to build up to 10 eco towns by 2020 have asked ministers to toughen environmental standards for the eco towns with monitoring to ensure that their carbon footprint is three times smaller than the British average.

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Bizarre Proposals for Eco Towns ; I Read in an Article Published On the Internet That Residents of Proposed Eco Towns Could Face Strict Monitoring of Their Travel Habits, Home Insulation, and Even Wasted Food, to Ensure That They Are Truly Living a 'Green' Lifestyle.

The recommendation is that there should be detailed scrutiny of the number of trips residents make by car, and the types of waste produced by house...

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