Tekijä: Kirsi Seppänen

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Scientists put forward plan to create universal species list

A plan to create the first universally recognised list of species on Earth has prompted hopes of an end to centuries of disagreement and confusion…

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Facing Export Ban, Australia Invests $132 Million in Recycling Capacity

The Australian government is investing around $132 million in a new fund to modernize the country’s waste and recycling capacity. An export ban on sending…

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Renault Trucks developing network for recycling truck parts with Indra

Renault Trucks is stepping up its transition to a circular economy and is developing a network with Indra for recycling and reusing truck parts. The…

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Tyre waste recycling plant to be built in the UK

A Norwegian tyre waste recycling company has announced its first plant will be located in the UK and is currently assessing sites, with a view…

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New plastic de-inking method yields ‘near virgin transparency’

Recycling firm APK AG and printing inks producer Siegwerk successfully completed de-inking trials of twofold printed low density polyethylene (LDPE) films. The strategic collaboration between…

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Egypt: About 40 tons of waste collected from the Red Sea

The Red Sea was cleaned from 19 June 2020 to 29 June 2020 as part of a 10-day initiative called “Ethadar lel-Akhdar” (be civic-minded towards…

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Welsh Research Identifies New System for Pharmaceutical Detection in Wastewater

A research team at Swansea University in Wales have developed a new method for fast removal and detection of wastewater pollutants that come from everyday…

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Coronavirus: world treating symptoms, not cause of pandemics, says UN

The world is treating the health and economic symptoms of the coronavirus pandemic but not the environmental cause, according to the authors of a UN…

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Scuba divers are turning plastic waste in the oceans into Covid face masks

A group of scuba divers have come up with a neat way of tackling two major problems, by recycling ocean plastic waste into coronavirus face…

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Henkel Concludes 5-year $70m Plastic Waste Reduction Bond

Düsseldorf based diversified product manufacturer, Henkel, has become “the first company globally” to conclude a plastic waste reduction bond. The company said that to achieve…

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