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Plastic litter in oceans overestimated, study suggests
Aug 07, 2023 (AFP)
The modelling study estimated that pieces of plastic bigger than 25 millimetres (one inch) make up over 95 percent of plastic floating on the ocean. While most ...
Tunisian brand turns sea plastic into green couture
Aug 06, 2023 (AFP)
What they do not know is that the waste will become part of a synthetic plastic fibre used to make blue denim cloth to create a dress for the eco-friendly fashi...
Dozens of swimmers fall ill after UK triathlon competition
Aug 06, 2023 (AFP)
Around 2,000 people took part in the events in Sunderland, northeast England, last weekend, which included swimming off the city's Roker beach. The UK Health Se...
Discarded plastic blights Honduran mangrove island
Aug 04, 2023 (AFP)
The air fills with shrieks of other seabirds also nesting on Los Pajaros Island, in the San Lorenzo Wildlife Reserve, set amid turquoise waters shared by Hondur...
Rwanda imposes curfew to curb noise pollution
Aug 02, 2023 (AFP)
"For effective regulation of night-time entertainment and noise pollution, the Cabinet established closing time of non-essential services at 1 am on working day...
EU looks to ban harmful chemicals in imported toys
Jul 28, 2023 (AFP)
China is overwhelmingly the biggest manufacturer of toys imported into the European Union, accounting for 83 percent of the value of toys brought in in 2021, ac...
Singapore races to save 'Garbage of Eden'
Jul 28, 2023 (AFP)
Welcome to Pulau Semakau, the land-scarce city's eco-friendly trash island, where ash from the incinerated garbage of its nearly six million people is dumped. W...
Spanish court says Swedish miner not liable for disaster costs
Jul 28, 2023 (AFP)
The regional government of Andalusia was seeking 89 million euros ($98 million) over the toxic spill, which contaminated a vast stretch of rivers and wetlands w...
Lebanese activists fight rampant beachside development
Jul 20, 2023 (AFP)
Residents of Amchit say a Mediterranean monk seal sometimes visits the area, taking refuge in the crystal-blue waters of a sea-cave accessible only by wading or...
Marine animal poisonings overwhelm California volunteers
Jul 17, 2023 (AFP)
But she's been shocked by the hundreds of sea lions and dolphins found on the shore in recent weeks, dead or dying from neurotoxin poisoning. "Heartbreaking, to...
France to pay bonus for shoe, clothes repairs to cut waste
Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)
The move aims to cut down on the 700,000 tonnes of clothes thrown away by French people each year, two-thirds of which ends up in landfills. "From October, cons...
UK polluting firms to face unlimited fines; Toxic foam blights crucial Brazil river
Jul 12, 2023 (AFP)
Environment Secretary Therese Coffey in April announced plans to allow unlimited fines for polluting water companies but the policy has since been expanded to i...
Hazardous 'forever chemicals' detected in nearly half of US tap water
Jul 07, 2023 (AFP)
Found in everyday products such as non-stick frying pans, polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can linger in the environment for a long time and have been linked t...
Rubbish-clearing divers come to rescue of 'pearl of Kyrgyzstan'
Jul 06, 2023 (AFP)
"We would love to dive and not find any waste," said Anvar Shamsutdinov, the moustachioed 59-year-old leader of a dozen-strong team of volunteer scuba enthusias...
Time to act on light pollution, say leading experts at NAM conference
Jul 04, 2023 (SPX)
Light pollution is rarely far from the minds of astronomers. It originates from urban street lighting, but also poorly regulated sports grounds, commercial and ...
Trial over Spanish ecological disaster starts, 25 years on
Jul 04, 2023 (AFP)
The case, being brought by the regional government in Andalusia, holds mining company Boliden responsible for a 1998 toxic spill that contaminated a vast stretc...
'Drive-throw' recycling aims to ease Lebanon garbage crisis
Jul 03, 2023 (AFP)
Festering landfills often overflow in crisis-hit Lebanon, waste is burnt illegally at informal dump sites and rubbish floats off the coast in the Mediterranean ...
For kids on summer break, Canada's wildfire smoke hits hard
Jun 30, 2023 (AFP)
Major cities in Eastern Canada have faced heavy air pollution for several days, meaning vulnerable people -- including children -- have been advised to stay ind...
Integrated space-ground supervisory system monitors pollution emissions in China
Jun 30, 2023 (SPX)
In an effort to adapt to the pandemic's restrictions, the ministry capitalized on opportunities to develop and implement a range of technologies and methodologi...
Jumbo problem: Sri Lanka's battle with plastic pollution
Jun 27, 2023 (AFP)
After an estimated 20 elephant deaths and countless other wild animals perishing due to single-use plastics in the past decade, officials say a law banning many...
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