Author: Kirsi Seppänen

Compared to current recycled amounts, this potential can double recycling for municipal and electronic waste and increase it by 30 % for construction and demolition…

Millions of ordinary Americans are facing rising and unaffordable bills for running water, and risk being disconnected or losing their homes if they cannot pay,…

The Danish parliament has approved a climate act that, among others, will pave the way for the establishment of two energy islands and an offshore…

The COVID-19 pandemic has harmed numerous sectors of the global economy, but paperboard packaging and tissue paper have been notable exceptions. No matter what shape…

The risk posed to the waste and resources sector by Brexit has increased over the last few months, with the UK falling further behind EU…

More than 100 scientists will publish a signed statement on Monday to reassure the public that reusable containers are safe during the Covid-19 pandemic. Amid…

A project that integrates Indigenous knowledge and a technology developed by researchers at the University of Guelph is helping to assess the health of the…

The broad leaves and delicate purple flowers floating on the Euphrates look breathtaking — but they are suffocating the waterways of Iraq, celebrated as the…

Photovoltaics (PV) is the most rapidly developing renewable energy sector in Poland. Undisrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, it could be seeing its biggest ever increase…

One paper says that financial incentives to plant trees can backfire and reduce biodiversity with little impact on carbon emissions. A separate project found that…

Today, As You Sow released its “Waste & Opportunity 2020: Searching for Corporate Leadership” report analyzing the actions, or inactions, of 50 of the largest…

The Plastics Industry Association (Plastics), Washington, has released promising results from its New End Market Opportunities (NEMO) for Film Asphalt Project in partnership with the…

Technology licensing company Worn Again Technologies has secured up to €8 million in new equity capital from investors, including follow-on commitments from two of its…

The Arctic Ocean will take up more CO2 over the 21st century than predicted by most climate models. This additional CO2 causes a distinctly stronger…

Russia has finished clearing fuel from the surface of a river hit by a massive diesel spill in the Arctic region, but the full clean-up…

Japanese researchers have succeeded in fertilising pear trees using pollen carried on the thin film of a soap bubble. They’ve been searching for alternative approaches…

An intense season of fires in the Amazon rainforest this year could overwhelm health systems and lead to unnecessary deaths, including of coronavirus, as pollution…

Lähes kolmannes suomalaisista on ollut tekemisissä epäasiallisen tai aggressiivisen sähkön puhelinmyyjän kanssa, kertoo Paikallisvoima ry:n Yougov-tutkimusyrityksellä teettämä kysely. Kyselyssä 29 prosenttia vastaajista kertoi joutuneensa kuluneen…

Maaseutubarometri 2020 kertoo, että monipaikkaisuus on vahvistunut. Sen myötä maaseutu on läsnä yhä useamman kansalaisen arjessa. Se, miten maaseutua hyödynnetään, on muuttumassa. Pysyvää on suomalaisten…

Hallituksen esittämä väliaikainen epidemiakorvaus olisi 75 e/kk, ja sitä maksettaisiin syys–joulukuussa niille asiakkaille, jotka ovat saaneet perustoimeentulotukea koronakevään aikana. Hallitus on antanut eduskunnalle lakiesityksen väliaikaisesta…