Tekijä: Kirsi Seppänen
Britain breaks record for coal-free power generation
Britain has gone without coal-fired power generation for its longest stretch since the Industrial Revolution, breaking the existing record of 18 consecutive days this morning….
Costa Rican company turning plastic waste into building blocks
The Costa-Rica-based Centre for Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC) has developed a new process that takes the waste material and turns it into an aggregate…
Plastic recycling activity plummets in Asia
COVID-19 virus-related restrictions in Asia and around the world have greatly reduced plastic recycling activities on that continent, according to Steve Wong, president of the…
Spanish businesses rising to the challenge of circular economy creation
From the creation of new flavours and aromas from waste by-products to maximising water use, Spanish companies are rising to the challenge to deliver on…
Europe’s steel packaging recycling rate increases in 2018
Recycling of steel packaging hit a new all-time high of 82.5 percent in Europe in 2018, according to figures issued by APEAL, the Association of…
Supreme Court clarifies Clean Water Act rules pertaining to groundwater discharge
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that sewage plants and other industries cannot avoid environmental requirements under landmark clean-water protections when discharging to rivers, oceans and…
Air pollution drops by 40-50% in big Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai after lockdown: EU sat data
The 32-day national lockdown has started showing its positive effect on air quality across the country as big cities like Delhi and Mumbai see pollution…
Meteorologists say 2020 on course to be hottest year since records began
This year is on course to be the world’s hottest since measurements began, according to meteorologists, who estimate there is a 50% to 75% chance…
Coronavirus: Biogas industry moves to tackle spike in food waste
Two of the UK’s leading green energy trade bodies, the REA and ADBA, are calling on companies operating in the anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas…
Pompeii ruins show that the Romans invented recycling
They were expert engineers, way ahead of the curve on underfloor heating, aqueducts and the use of concrete as a building material. Now it turns…
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