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Scottish Water in £3.5m initiative to make Scotland a world leader in water industry research
The aim is to accelerate progress towards Scotland becoming a sustainable Hydro Nation. According to the bid document, this means transforming the way the water…
Shorter lifespan of faster-growing trees will add to climate crisis, study finds
Trees grow faster in warmer conditions, and this should act as a natural brake on global heating, as they take up and store more carbon…
New Tax Rule Could Cost Russian Fuel Oil Exporters $1B Annually
Russia is set to enact as of September 14 a new rule on the taxation of fuel oil exports aimed at bringing in additional revenues…
Luxembourg raises 1.5 bln euros in Europe’s first ‘sustainability’ government bond
Luxembourg became the first European government to sell a “sustainability” bond on Monday, raising 1.5 billion euros ($1.77 billion). Its choice of a ‘sustainability’ bond,…
Coca-Cola to transition to 100 per rpet in Netherlands and Norway
Coca-Cola European Partners has announced that it will be transitioning to bottles made from 100 per cent recycled PET (rPET) from the end of the…
Cadmium levels in waste pickers ‘four times higher’
Waste pickers exposed to discarded electronics, aluminum and metal cans have up to four times higher levels of the toxic heavy metal cadmium in their…
Tesla starts battery recycling in China
Tesla said it will make every effort to extend the life of each battery pack before scrapping and recycling them. The company’s service centres around…
Report models how UK supermarkets can halve throwaway plastic by 2025
A report from Greenpeace has modelled how UK supermarkets could make significant reductions to the amount of plastic they produce by focusing their attention on…
Could COVID-19 in Wastewater Be Infectious?
Wastewater containing coronaviruses may be a serious threat, according to a new, global study led by researchers from the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research at…
Efficient removal of steroid hormones from water
Micropollutants contaminate the water worldwide. Among them are steroid hormones that cannot be eliminated efficiently by conventional processes. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)…
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