Tekijä: Kirsi Seppänen

  Seafood is expected to become increasingly important in future food systems and healthy diets. This transition will require the seafood sector to adapt business…

  To help spark new ideas and engage diverse perspectives, the Government of Canada launched the $20-million Food Waste Reduction Challenge in November 2020, calling…

One advantage of this action is that the weak quays and bridges no longer have to carry heavy garbage trucks. In addition, as part of…

Two robot pirate ships set sail in London’s Docklands today to mark the launch of the UK’s largest ever collaborative push to prevent and reduce…

The projects include a $12 million waste paper and cardboard recycling plant in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, a $24 million material resource facility in…

A team led by University of Minnesota researchers has discovered that deep-sea bacteria dissolve carbon-containing rocks, releasing excess carbon into the ocean and atmosphere. The…

The UK Government says it may introduce a ban on oxo-degradable plastics, following its consultation seeking evidence to develop standards for biodegradable, compostable and bio-based…

Aimplas, the Plastics Technology Centre, is the coordinator of the European DAFIA Project, whose aim has been to recover municipal solid waste and marine rest…

Warming waters have driven thousands of ocean species poleward from the equator, threatening marine ecosystems and the livelihoods of people who depend on them, researchers…

A new study finds that coffee pulp, a waste product of coffee production, can be used to speed up tropical forest recovery on post agricultural…

Packaging provider Hi-Cone, Itasca, Illinois, has released its second annual State of Plastic Recycling report, revealing the need for ongoing education and greater access to…

Today, about one in three people lack access to safe drinking water, and there are fears that by 2050, as many as 5.7 billion people…

A new study, published by University of Hawai’i (UH) at Mānoa earth scientists, is the first to provide direct evidence that tidally-driven groundwater inundation of…

The Global Recycling Foundation has called on recycling to be “at the forefront of discussions” when world leaders gather for the COP26 meeting in Glasgow…

Precisely one year ago, the European Commission unveiled its master plan to transform our toxic relationship with the Earth and its limited resources. The announcement…

Plastics recycling in most developing countries is crude, incomplete, and highly polluting. Under the new rules, mixed and contaminated plastic wastes, or those containing PVC,…

In the trash instead of on the plate: According to a recent United Nations report, around 931 million tons of food were thrown away worldwide…

Kenya PET Recycling Company (PETCO) is part of the “DMDP Waste to Value” project launched in January 2020. The company, which manages waste in Kenya,…

The UN-Water Integrated Monitoring Initiative for SDG 6 has gathered the latest country, region and world data on all the global indicators for Sustainable Development…

The Gulf Stream, the Atlantic ocean current system that plays a vital role in redistributing heat throughout our planet, is the weakest it’s been in…