Author: Kirsi Seppänen

    The EU Ship Recycling Regulation needs “major surgery”, but the current proposals offer little more than a sticking plaster, says Gudrun Janssens Head…

  A new study by researchers at Oregon State University details a key advance in turning apple waste into an environmentally friendly packaging material that…

Newly published research by Rice University environmental engineers suggests flaring of natural gas from oil and gas fields in the United States, primarily in North…

  Like other everyday objects, face masks contain plastic fibers such as polypropylene that remain in the environment for decades until they finally degrade. To…

  Poland’s plans to build five new gas power plants will cost more than investments into renewables and undermine efforts to reach net zero emissions,…

    Droughts occurring at the same time across different regions of the planet could place an unprecedented strain on the global agricultural system and…

  In line with its ambitious and inclusive 2029 climate neutrality strategy, Turku wants to support a fair circular transformation of economic systems that benefits…

] Economic growth goes down when the number of wet days and days with extreme rainfall go up, a team of Potsdam scientists finds. Rich…

    Plastics found in electronic waste (e-waste) are rarely recycled due to their complex composition and hazardous additives, but scientists at NTU Singapore have…

    The project is a first in the data centre world, which is constantly seeking long-term renewable, low-carbon and secure energy solutions. Both companies…

In a report published today, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has laid out the serious implications of agricultural plastics, urgently calling for ‘coordinated…

    More than three-quarters of people around the world think recycling is important, but key barriers must be overcome to encourage them to act,…

    FareShare has carried out a study which claims that food waste would be the third largest emitter of carbon globally, were it a…

  ] Premature deaths caused by fine particle air pollution have fallen 10% annually across Europe, but the invisible killer still accounts for 307,000 premature…

  The Water Council, a global nonprofit membership organization advancing freshwater innovation and water stewardship, today announced that it has launched a new Water Champion…

  Nearly 300 European national federations and companies from the recycling industry have issued a powerful warning to European Union leaders over the potentially disastrous…

    Inspiration struck Yi Zheng on a summer visit to a local dairy farm. There were cows and horses and, Zheng noticed, that meant…

      One of the key elements to boost circular bioeconomy strategies is biowaste. There is not only a need to increase cooperation between…

    YouGov polled 2,000 adults across the UK to find out the population’s views on electronic waste, their supposed emotional attachment and attitude to…

    ExxonMobil plans to build its first large-scale plastic waste recycling facility in Texas to be able to better tackle the problem of plastic…