Greenpeace’s report Trashed says UK plastic has been found dumped and burned across southern Turkey.
… Plastic waste crisis in Turkey Catherine Wylie | 17th May 2021 | News Plastic Waste 2.59814268.jpg Greenpeace’s report … dumped and burned across southern Turkey. Waste plastic from the UK is still being …
The UK exports plastic its waste around the world - causing environmental and social injustices. But what is the solution?
… carrier bags The UK exports plastic its waste around the world - causing environmental … Consumers in the UK generate more plastic waste per person than residents of any other … also bombarding other countries with our waste too, causing serious harm to their …
We must create an economic ethos that places mutual collaboration above profit.
… fact seeks to curtail excess production and waste, ensuring that more equitable forms of … which already seek to minimise food waste and restore mutual reciprocity to the … The plan, which entailed moving “beyond zero waste systems to an economy based on …
Nuclear energy is no solution to climate breakdown say 300 organisations internationally ahead of COP26.
… From nuclear weapons tests to radioactive waste facilities the nuclear industry has a … risk from the nuclear industry as mining and waste storage primarily affects their lands … carbon neutral and poses unique security and waste management risks. We do not have the …
We need to abandon Petropolis to prevent climate breakdown - and start building the ecomegacities of the future.
… of the land, only to deposit huge amounts of waste into landfill, into our seas and - in … London alone creates seven tonnes of waste every year. Just half of this is … The capacity of landfills accepting London’s waste is expected to run out by 2026 and …
Social inequalities are a driver for climate breakdown. These problems - and the potential solutions - are much in evidence in Kenya.
… support the needs of the urban populations. E-waste A consequence of this is the dumping of untreated waste products in landfills, rivers, and other … gas emanating from poorly managed municipal waste. And yet, these garbage dumps, which …
Efficient resource consumption can save 22.8 billion tonnes of carbon and help avoid climate breakdown.
… and cooling, and it generates huge amounts of waste. With circular strategies, 9.5Gt of construction and demolition waste could be diverted from landfill and … without delay. For that, we need to eliminate waste and create products that last, can be …
We cannot treat climate breakdown without understanding the full picture: emissions and resource use are inextricably enmeshed.
… to extract, to create, use and—overwhelmingly—waste. This not only creates a mammoth amount … our society. Its core tenets design out waste and pollution, keep products and … . The linear economy and its take-make-waste habits are deeply ingrained in the …
The UK nuclear military complex is on the front-line of climate breakdown – and not in a good way.
… decommissioning, and on-site radiation waste stockpiles. So the key questions are: … with their spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste stores - are vulnerable to sea-level … the cost of its long-term decommissioning and waste liabilities at £18.5bn over the next 120 …
Academics and campaigners write to Boris Johnson as MPs discuss Environment Bill.
… UK Government Editor’s Picks Plastic waste Academics and campaigners write to Boris … this further. We generate so much plastic waste here in the UK that it needs to be … targets for reducing the amount of plastic waste polluting our planet every year “The …
Scientists lead calls for £15 million National Plastic Health Impact Research Fund.
… Montague | 15th July 2021 | News Plastic Waste Common Seas Activism Plastic waste Scientists lead calls for £15 million … research into the health impact of plastic waste. More than 80 experts and groups have …
Experts at a special hearing warned the EU that its green rhetoric about its mining boom is dangerous and misleading.
… that many aspects of current European mine waste regulations lag far behind existing … EU’s assumed superiority in regulating mining waste is backed up by several recent examples … negligence that led to repeated toxic waste leaks at the Talvivaara Mine, as well as …
'Deposit return scheme' charging customers a levy for drinks containers paid back when they return them for recycling may not happen until late 2024.
… Return Scheme will boost recycling, cut waste, and help reduce the flow of plastic … said the public wanted to see action on the waste crisis, and called on the government to … in the sand rather than tackle the problem of waste head on.” This Author Emily Beament is …
Brazilian activists continue to campaign for justice two years on from the Brumadinho mining disaster in Brazil.
… | Comment Mining Brumadinho Tailings Dam Mine Waste Brazil Editor’s Picks Vidas Barradas … The millions of cubic metres of mining waste the dam contained spilled out in a toxic … releasing 50 million cubic metres of mine waste. Twenty people lost their lives. The …
Special Investigation: It’s not ‘Jet Zero.’ It’s not even net zero. It’s plane insanity - and we’re heading for a hard landing.
… from fossil fuels, with CO2 released as a waste gas—around 830 million tonnes each year. … agricultural crops such as palm oil or from waste products such as used cooking oil. The … and sapling thinnings, municipal and business waste, and industrial offgases. Forestry …
We still have hope to achieve net zero emissions, so we really shouldn’t waste our time despairing but hold ourselves accountable every single day.
… net zero emissions, so we really shouldn’t waste our time despairing but hold ourselves … electricity usage, vehicle usage and waste disposal generate greenhouse gases such … net zero emissions, so we really shouldn’t waste our time despairing but hold ourselves …
'The LSE would become a world leader and show other universities teaching economics is incomplete without teaching ecology.'
… flow. In the economy of nature there is no waste. It is an ecological imperative that the … of goods and services should not produce waste. Waste is violence to the ecological integrity …
The world’s mismanagement of the nitrogen cycle is 'our forgotten environmental crisis'.
… set a global target of halving nitrogen waste by 2030. It is worth saying - and this … the concentration of animals, and consequent waste leading to unmanageable mountains of - … environmental issues, there’s no time to waste, environmentally or institutionally. The …
Creating regenerative urban systems is a key to solving the many interconnected crises of our times.
… the resources we use originate and where our wastes end up. We tend to have vague notions about the destination of our solid waste, but know little about the liquid wastes we flush away. The fact is that we all …
Building sustainability into the UK exit strategy from the pandemic is a win-win-win for the climate, public health and the economy.
… air quality, healthier water, effective waste management, and enhanced biodiversity … and incentives for farming, deforestation and waste management. Weather In December 2020, …
The UK Government delays passage of the The Environment Bill, not expected to become law until autumn.
… on pollution, wildlife protection and cutting waste. The Environment Bill seeks to write … for air quality, water, biodiversity and waste reduction, and outlining what standard …
Vegans and regenerative farmers can find common ground and save our living soil - instead of fighting one another.
… regenerative farmers are two opposing forces wastes time, passion, and energy that should … by many different routes, but not if we waste our time dragging each other off the …
We must be able to imagine a world see from mining destruction before we can make this a reality.
… metals such as copper or gold from e-waste can actually be 13 times cheaper than … an incentive to stop or reverse the colossal waste of metals in the Global North. … is generating 20 percent of hazardous mine waste tailings in the world. A number of …