Tras analizar más de 200 ríos, arroyos y playas diferentes desde 2019, la Asociación Hombre y Territorio y el proyecto Libera destacan la presencia generalizada de microplásticos en estos entornos y ...
Read moreEl documento, elaborado por expertos en ESG, presenta cinco recomendaciones clave para atajar esta práctica, entre ellas reforzar la supervisión del «lavado verde» empresarial o un régimen normativo ...
Read moreUna investigadora del NIOZ demuestra que las bacterias pueden comer y digerir el plástico convirtiéndolo en CO2 y otros productos.La bacteria Rhodococcus ruber come y digiere el plástico. Así lo ha ...
Read moreThe Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a $3.2 million grant agreement with the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in Egypt. The organisation will use the ...
Read moreTo promote an end-to-end plastic waste management and support the social inclusion of 20,000 waste-pickers across the country.United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Hindustan Unilever ...
Read moreGovernments, businesses and civil society must seize this pivotal moment and call for a meaningful framework to enable the transition to a circular economy.Last month, representatives from over 160 ...
Read moreHornsby Shire Council, based in north-west Sydney, are asking people for proof of residency if they want to drop off soft/hard plastics and styrofoam at its Thornleigh Community Recycling Centre. ...
Read moreUn nuevo estudio muestra que las Seychelles y otras islas del Océano Índico occidental no son responsables de la mayor parte de los desechos plásticos que llegan a sus playas y resalta la necesidad ...
Read moreThe Drina River in Bosnia-Herzegovina has been left crammed with rubbish following wet weather. Waste from poorly regulated riverside landfills has left a vast carpet of pollution which stretches ...
Read moreThe RDF Industry Group has claimed that a blanket ban on waste exports would “in many scenarios cause more environmental damage” than the movement of international waste.Calls for a ban on exports ...
Read moreEl gobierno del Reino Unido ha gastado más de 18,5 millones de libras esterlinas en los últimos cuatro años en la investigación del reciclaje químico, a pesar de las afirmaciones de que las ...
Read moreA branch of the European Union wants to end all exports of recovered plastics within the next four years, a move that would undoubtedly disrupt trade with the U.S. One company leader suggested the ...
Read moreLa creciente concienciación sobre la presencia de microplásticos en el suelo y en el agua dulce pone de manifiesto la necesidad de hacer frente a una amenaza medioambiental generalmente asociada a ...
Read moreA team of researchers, led by Dr Falk Schneider from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan, have conducted a material flow analysis of several types of fishing gear, which aims to improve ...
Read moreThe idea of sustainability in business — and the idea that companies have some responsibility in the matter — can be traced back to the early 1970s when scientists published the IPAT framework, a ...
Read moreAsí lo revela un estudio publicado por Zero Waste Europe que afirma que las eficiencias típicas de generación de energía, especialmente cuando se genera solo electricidad, están alrededor de la mitad ...
Read moreEl plástico de un solo uso representa el 50% de los que se producen cada año, unos 300 millones de toneladas. Esto supone un problema cuando se trata de la sostenibilidad del medio ambiente, y es por ...
Read moreInvestors should worry about a rising plastic tide. The pandemic and a war in Ukraine have focused money managers’ attention on supply chain disruption and energy security risks. Yet as the world ...
Read moreThe Environment Agency and a string of partners including HMRC and the Joint Unit for Waste Crime (JUWC) visited a number of waste sites across England last week as part of two operations to “crack ...
Read moreA deposit return scheme (DRS) for beverage containers will start in England, Northern Ireland and Wales by October 2025, more than two years after Scotland implements its own system. Drinks ...
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