Tekijä: Kirsi Seppänen

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Microsoft uses AI to boost its reuse, recycling of server parts

Microsoft is bringing artificial intelligence to the task of sorting through millions of servers to determine what can be recycled and where. The new initiative…

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Ellen Macarthur foundation launches new circular design toolkit

The Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) has launched a new resource, entitled the ‘Circular Design Toolkit’, designed to assist manufacturers in minimising the environmental impact of…

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Algae-Based Flip-Flops Could Eradicate Tons of Plastic Waste

As the world’s most popular shoe, flip-flops account for a troubling percentage of plastic waste that ends up in landfills, on seashores and in our…

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Starbucks reintroduces reusable cups to stores

Having reopened stores under Government guidance, Starbucks is enabling the use of reusable cups in a safe method. No shared touchpoints are in place between…

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New Paper Addresses the Mix of Contaminants in Fukushima Wastewater, Highlights Risks of Dumping Into the Ocean

Nearly 10 years after the Tohoku-oki earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant and triggered an unprecedented release radioactivity into the ocean,…

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Breakthrough: Restored Corals Ready to Become Parents

For the first time, massive corals restored to Florida’s Coral Reef are ready to become parents in the wild—a breakthrough in Mote Marine Laboratory’s scientific…

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Mauritius declares environmental emergency after oil spill

The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has declared a “state of environmental emergency” after a Japanese-owned ship that ran aground offshore days ago began spilling…

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Nestlé Purina hits zero waste target

St. Louis-based Nestlé Purina PetCare Co. it has reached its goal for 2020 to achieve zero waste for disposal across all manufacturing operations in the…

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Nautical not nice: how fibreglass boats have become a global pollution problem

The strength and durability of fibreglass transformed the boating industry and made it possible to mass produce small leisure craft (larger vessels like cruise ships…

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Impact Of Climate Change On Tropical Fisheries Would Create Ripples Across The World

Tropical oceans and fisheries are threatened by climate change, generating impacts that will affect the sustainable development of both local economies and communities, and regions…

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