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Belgian wind farm to become ‘world’s first’ to grow seaweed between wind turbines

A Belgian wind farm on the North Sea claims it will become the first in the world to grow seaweed between its wind turbines. The…

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Pandemic negates Japan’s bid to reduce plastic waste

Starting this month, Japanese retailers must charge customers for plastic shopping bags. Plastic packaging is a bigger waste problem, especially in the midst of a…

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Zero waste Scotland launches litter campaign

Zero Waste Scotland is launching a new campaign, highlighting the country’s natural beauty and wildlife, urging visitors not to litter as the country opened its…

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Malaysia discovers biggest abandoned shipment of illegal toxic waste from Romania

Malaysia has uncovered its largest case of abandoned toxic waste, after 110 containers of hazardous heavy metals from Romania and bound for Indonesia illegally entered…

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Where is the water during a drought?

In low precipitation periods – where and how is the limited available water distributed and what possibilities are there for improving retention in the soil…

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Warmer water, rainfall tied to king salmon decline, study suggests

The peer-reviewed study, which was published in the scientific journal Global Change Biology, modeled the relationship of nine different indicators, including stream temperatures and precipitation…

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Amazon fires rage despite official ban, Greenpeace photos reveal

Farmers, ranchers, and land speculators in the Brazilian Amazon are continuing to burn forests despite an official government ban on burning in the region, reveal…

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Air conditioning curbs could save years’ worth of emissions – study

Up to eight years’ worth of global greenhouse gas emissions could be prevented over the next four decades by setting tougher standards for air conditioning,…

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UK electrical waste mountain growing

UK households and businesses produce 1.45 million tonnes of electrical waste each year, research shows. The e-waste research organisation Material Focus calculates that at least…

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Coca-Cola European bottler commits to PET recycling

United Kingdom-based Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), which calls itself the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler, says it will provide funding to startup company CuRe Technology,…

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