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Seafood Study Finds Plastic In All Samples

A study of five different seafoods has found traces of plastic in every sample tested. Researchers bought oysters, prawns, squid, crabs and sardines from a…

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Google Achieves Alliance for Water Stewardship Certification at 3 Campuses

Google has achieved the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) certification at its Mountain View, Calif., Los Angeles, Calif., and Dublin, Ireland campuses under the AWS…

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Xylem partners with Manchester City to bring awareness to water challenges

Manchester City stars Sergio Agüero, Phil Foden and Raheem Sterling all feature in an emotive new short film that aims to bring home the reality…

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UK urged to reach 65% renewables by 2030

That’s the suggestion from a new report by the National Infrastructure Commission, which suggests that this change could be made with no material change in…

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Bushfire scientists call for Australia to set up national fire monitoring agency

A group of bushfire scientists have used an article in one of the world’s leading scientific journals to call for Australia to establish a national…

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Last year was one of three warmest on record, researchers find

Last year was one of the three warmest on record, with glaciers melting, sea levels rising and a spate of wildfires, heatwaves and droughts, research…

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Coca-Cola reveals recyclable paperboard-based rings for multipack cans

Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has today announced the introduction of CanCollar, a paperboard packaging solution, for multipack cans in Spain. Initially, CCEP will launch the…

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NASA, USF test system that uses human waste to grow fresh vegetables

Human waste could be a key piece of NASA’s plan to establish a sustainable presence on the moon and make successful trips to Mars. A…

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Nike celebrates circular design with ‘most sustainable shoe to date’

The Nike Air VaporMax 2020 Flyknit is one of Nike’s most sustainable shoes to date, the company says, being made with at least 50% recycled…

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Powerhouses: nanotechnology turns bricks into batteries

The humble house brick has been turned into a battery that can store electricity, raising the possibility that buildings could one day become literal powerhouses….

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