Author: Kirsi Seppänen

    Agriculture is essential to achieving food security and supporting livelihoods and economies. Population increase, unsustainable production and consumption patterns, and climate change are…

    Pharmaceutical pollution is found in streams and rivers globally, but little is known about its effects on animals and ecosystems. A new study,…

    India’s single-use plastic ban has evoked mixed reactions from environmental activists and experts. Amendments to existing plastic waste management legislation will see the…

    The company says that this move could see it use seaweed across its packaging network as an alternative fibre source to wood. Following…

  Finland’s first green hydrogen production plant, with a capacity of 20MW, is set to be constructed in Harjavalta. Set to be developed by P2X…

  Project TRACKCYCLE will embed blockchain technology into the advanced recycling value chain, with the aim of providing a fully traceable and accurately labelled record…

  A trend in waste trailer crime has emerged in Scotland, reports The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), after seven full trailers of waste were…

Earlier this year, the City of Prague approved the 2030 Climate Plan submitted by Deputy Mayor for the Environment Petr Hlubuček. This plan outlines the…

    For decades, scientists suspected that bacteria known as Geobacter could clean up radioactive uranium waste, but it wasn’t clear how the microbes did…

  About two-fifths of all the water that gets withdrawn from lakes, rivers, and wells in the U.S. is used not for agriculture, drinking, or…

    The consumption of bottled water has been increasing globally year on year, according to previous research, this trend can be partly explained by…

  The City of Canada Bay is joining forces with 15 Sydney councils to drive a new age of sustainable road-making by using recycled crushed…

  Municipalities throughout British Columbia (B.C.) (Canada) can now move more quickly to prevent plastics from polluting their communities. Under new rules, local governments can…

  From purchasing power from ”green generators” to allowing only solar operated vehicles for in-campus transportation and installing waste treatment plants in premises, universities and…

    Over the past two decades, the global aquaculture industry has increased its focus on sustainability, according to a recent review published in Nature….

  Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) has condemned the European Commission’s (EC) decision to leave municipal waste to energy incinerators out of the scope of its…

  The European Commission (EC) said on Thursday it has decided to send a reasoned opinion to Croatia for failing to correctly transpose certain requirements…

  The Philippines is made up of more than 7,000 islands, supporting an extraordinary number of species that occur nowhere else on the planet. Eighty-six…

  Greenpeace Switzerland conducted a studyExternal link on single-use packaging and other disposable plastic products. Basel achieves a near perfect score of 5.5 out of…

    The Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) has announced that 62.2 per cent of the industry’s fuel consumption in 2020 was based on…