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Online fashion exploits plastic bag loophole prompting calls for change

Ten years after the introduction of the UK’s plastic bag levy, online fashion is failing to keep pace with progress made on the high...

Councils warn against industry bids to control local waste services

Government must resist calls from the waste packaging industry to take control of household waste and recycling services and ensure local communities remain at...

Nestlé, Mars, Other Companies Warn Against Another Delay to EU’s Supply Chain Deforestation Law

A group of major companies* including Nestlé, Mars Wrigley and Ferrero, among several others, have issued a letter urging European lawmakers to avoid further...

The ocean is a carbon toilet. Marine heat waves are clogging it.

The planet would be a whole lot hotter if it weren’t for fecal pellets. Across the world’s oceans, tiny organisms known as phytoplankton harvest...

Breast cancer, dizziness, headaches: El Paso residents ask if a warehouse’s toxic emissions are to blame

When Cardinal Health, one of the largest medical device manufacturers in the country, hired Maria as an accountant in 2014, she was thrilled. It...

The EPA is ending greenhouse gas data collection. Who will step up to fill the gap?

The Environmental Protection Agency announced earlier this month that it would stop making polluting companies report their greenhouse gas emissions to it, eliminating a crucial...

At least 170 US hospitals face major flood risk. Experts say Trump is making it worse.

When a big storm hits, Peninsula Hospital could be underwater. At this decades-old psychiatric hospital on the edge of the Tennessee River, an intense storm...

Researchers from across Asia gathered in Taipei to shape the future of the Asia Science Mission, a new regional effort to connect science with...

New report warns skills shortages threaten circular economy progress

A new report warns that skills shortages will hold back the UK’s efforts to move towards a circular economy, drawing upon the appraisal of...

How manufacturers are ensuring leak tightness in drainage seals and pipes

By Paul Grills, BPF Pipes Group There is plenty of talk about preventing leaks in below ground water and drainage pipes and the importance of...

Net Zero Banking Alliance Ceases Operations

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) announced that it will cease operations, ending the activities of the UN-backed banking sector coalition dedicated to advancing global...

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