Tekijä: Kirsi Seppänen
Dow adds to recycled plastic products
US chemicals firm Dow has developed and commercialized a formulated post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic resin in Asia-Pacific. Such initiatives threaten virgin plastic demand, but it…
Coronavirus Worsens Thailand’s Plastic Waste Crisis
Southeast Asia is one of the biggest sources of plastic waste from land to the ocean, and Thailand is among the top five contributors. In…
Nestlé Tests Out Refillable Food Dispensers in Switzerland
Nestlé put reusable and refillable dispensers to the test at three shops in Switzerland. The Swiss multinational food and beverage company called the pilot for…
From drink bottles to tobacco sachets, UN study traces plastic pollution hot spots in the Mekong and Ganges
Municipal trash dumped at an open landfill in Thailand risks filling a nearby tributary of the Mekong river with plastic waste whenever it is rainy…
NSW water officials knew decades of unmeasured floodplain harvesting by irrigators was illegal
New South Wales water officials have acknowledged that decades of unregulated and unmeasured floodplain harvesting by irrigators was illegal, the minutes of recent meetings show….
In the Amazon, a farmer practices the future of sustainable cattle ranching
Cattle farming is one of the drivers of Brazil’s economy, both for domestic consumption as well as for export. Cattle ranching in the Amazon, however,…
First poverty, now pandemic threatens access to electricity
One in 10 people lack electricity and the pandemic will likely make it harder still to meet a global goal of getting power to everyone…
Serbia’s new €370m waste-to-energy project reaches financial close despite pandemic
A new €370 million (£329m) waste-to-energy project in Belgrade, which will provide the 1.7 million citizens of the Serbian capital with a modern waste management…
Direct-selling helps Indian farmers swerve food waste under lockdown
The Vegetables Growers Association of India estimates that 30% of ready-to-harvest crops have been left to rot during the lockdown. That’s compared to around 5…
UK energy from waste capacity increased by 1.6Mt in 2019, new Tolvik report finds
Tolvik has published today (27 May) its annual UK Energy from Waste Statistics report which provides a comprehensive overview of data on the UK energy…
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