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Turkey’s move on waste disposal crucial but late:Expert

Turkey’s circular on disposing of surgical masks and gloves in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak is crucial but late, an environment expert has said….

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3 million tonnes of waste disposed of in Singapore last year; plastic waste made up 30%

Last year, Singapore disposed of nearly three million tonnes of waste, of which about 30 per cent was plastic waste. Plastic waste was the top…

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Farmers are throwing away fresh food and dairy. Food banks want to change that

As unemployment numbers continue to soar and economic uncertainty looms due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, food banks across the United States are experiencing a…

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Zimbabwe: Unsafe Water Raises COVID-19 Risks

Zimbabwe government measures to combat COVID-19 should include urgently providing continuous and affordable access to sufficient safe water to people across the country. Long before…

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Climate change: Blue skies pushed Greenland ’into the red’

While high temperatures were critical to the melting seen in Greenland last year, scientists say that clear blue skies also played a key role. In…

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Investors plan to push Total to do more on climate change

A group of eleven investors representing around 1.35% of energy major Total’s capital said on Wednesday the company needed to do more to meet its…

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Los Angeles air ‘cleanest in world’ since COVID-19 lockdown

US news organisation CNN reports LA saw some of the cleanest air of any major city in the world, according to IQAir, a Swiss air…

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Construction industry progress towards sustainability with renewable materials

With an increasing number of government regulations encouraging net-zero carbon future to limit global temperature rise, the construction industry is on a way to design,…

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Use of black plastic in UK packaging continues to drop

Black packaging used in the UK has dropped from around 36,000 tonnes to 10,000 tonnes going into 2020, according to new figures. This continually reducing…

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NSW rivers, lakes and lagoons warming twice as fast as ocean, finds 12-year study

Researchers discovered the state’s coastal rivers, lakes and lagoons were warming twice as fast as the ocean. The average temperatures in those marine ecosystems were…

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Plant Diversity In European Forests Is Declining

In Europe’s temperate forests, less common plant species are being replaced by more widespread species. An international team of researchers led by the German Centre…

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Oil drops more than 6% as producer cuts fail to banish demand fears

Oil prices shed more than 6% on Tuesday, with investors apparently unconvinced that record supply cuts could soon balance markets pummeled by the coronavirus pandemic,…

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Forest fire around Chernobyl plant put out, Ukraine says

A huge fire that tore through forests around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant has been put out, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday, after hundreds of…

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Bosnia May Seek Arbitration on Croatia Nuclear Waste Dispute

Bosnia may request international arbitration if Croatia proceeds with a plan to create a nuclear waste disposal site just across the border from Novi Grad…

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Less waste, more recycling top Amsterdam’s circular city plans

Amsterdam council on Wednesday launched its strategy to make the city’s economy fully circular by 2050 and to cut the use of raw materials by…

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VTT to explore biomass and waste plastic fuel oil for ship engines

As part of the Business Finland BioFlex project, the companies aim to identify the most economically and ecologically sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. The use…

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Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours

A mutant bacterial enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles for recycling in hours has been created by scientists. The enzyme, originally discovered in a compost…

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Researchers discover new method to generate nanobubbles in water

Researchers at University College Dublin (UCD) have discovered a new energy-efficient method to generate and release substantial volumes of metastable, nano-scale gas bubbles in water,…

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Fires near Chernobyl make Kiev air most polluted in world

Fires around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant and elsewhere pushed pollution levels in Ukraine’s capital Kiev to the worst in the world on Friday, giving…

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Climate change could trigger sudden losses of world’s wildlife -study

Climate change could trigger sudden, potentially catastrophic losses of wildlife in regions around the world over the coming decades, and the first waves could already…

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