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Fresh health fears as Rome rubbish crisis intensifies
Oct 02, 2019 (AFP)
The board of Ama, the rubbish collection company that in recent years has been dogged by inefficiency and corruption scandals, stepped down Monday over a disput...
'Ocean Cleanup' ship sweeps first Pacific plastic
Oct 02, 2019 (AFP)
The project by The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch non-profit group, involves a supply ship towing a floating boom that corrals marine plastic with the aim of cleaning h...
Five things to know about plastic waste and recycling in India
Oct 02, 2019 (AFP)
Here are five key facts about plastic waste and recycling in India: - Consumption per person - India's per capita consumption is 11 kilogrammes (24 pounds) comp...
'The Ocean Cleanup' ship sweeps first Pacific plastic
Oct 02, 2019 (AFP)
The project by The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch non-profit group, involves a supply ship towing a floating boom that corrals marine plastic with the aim of cleaning h...
Tires and clothes major sources of Bay Area microplastics: study
Oct 02, 2019 (AFP)
Microplastics measure less than 5 millimeters and are often invisible to the naked eye -- but the term microparticles is used when the chemical composition is n...
Ocean plastic waste probably comes from ships, report says
Sep 30, 2019 (AFP)
The study offers fresh evidence that the vast garbage patches floating in the middle of oceans, which have sparked much consumer hand-wringing in recent years, ...
In Kosovo, Roma's recycling work is unsung, underpaid
Sep 29, 2019 (AFP)
"We start at 7:00 am and we are out by the containers all day," says Bujar Maksuti, the Roma family's head, as he stands by a bin swarming with wasps. Kosovo's ...
Chemical plant fire in northern France threatens Seine
Sep 26, 2019 (AFP)
After hours of battling the blaze, around 200 firefighters had brought it under control by Thursday afternoon, though officials said it could be several days at...
French parliament to mull law to cut consumer waste
Sep 24, 2019 (AFP)
France, with its population of nearly 70 million, is a voracious consumer of natural resources, producing five tonnes of waste per person per year, according to...
Climate concerns boost Greens at Austria polls
Sep 24, 2019 (AFP)
Riding on climate change being the number one voter concern, the Greens hope to reverse shock losses from the last election when they failed to gain the four pe...
Environmental activists pluck plastic from world's beaches on mass cleanup day
Sep 21, 2019 (AFP)
Campaigners took part in World Cleanup Day from Manila to the Mediterranean, as hundreds of thousands of people across the world take part in demonstrations and...
Forest fire haze clears over Singapore ahead of F1
Sep 20, 2019 (AFP)
Raging blazes in Indonesia have been spewing toxic haze over neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia, with Jakarta deploying security forces and water-bombing aircr...
Reduce waste, save money: France's poorest city goes green
Sep 19, 2019 (AFP)
"It is fast and super easy," she says, giving a demonstration with a recipe involving coconut oil, baking powder and a few drops of fragrant oils. "It takes fiv...
Indonesia returning hundreds of containers of waste to West
Sep 19, 2019 (AFP)
Among more than 2,000 containers checked by authorities at four ports from July to mid-September, nearly 550 contained hazardous material or non-plastic waste. ...
Indonesian haze closes schools, sparks fears for Singapore F1
Sep 18, 2019 (AFP)
Illegal fires to clear land for agriculture are blazing out of control on Sumatra and Borneo islands, with Jakarta deploying thousands of security forces and wa...
Lilly, Thailand's Greta Thunberg, wages 'war' on plastic
Sep 17, 2019 (AFP)
"I am a kid at war," the bubbly 12-year-old says after a painstaking hour-long routine picking up cans, bags and bottles bobbing in the canal. "I try to stay op...
Singapore air 'unhealthy' ahead of F1 race
Sep 14, 2019 (AFP)
The toxic smoke caused by burning to clear land for plantations is an annual problem for Indonesia's neighbours, but has been worsened this year by particularly...
New Delhi announces plan to combat winter toxic air
Sep 13, 2019 (AFP)
An alternating ban on cars with odd and even number plates, free pollution masks and a dedicated government "war room" to handle complaints about dirty air are ...
US park rangers debunk myth on tossing banana peels, apple cores
Sep 13, 2019 (AFP)
That's the appeal issued this week by rangers at Glacier National Park in Montana -- one of the country's most famous parks -- who urged visitors not to leave f...
Indonesians choked by forest fire haze pray for rain
Sep 13, 2019 (AFP)
Illegal fires to clear land for farming are raging on Indonesia's Sumatra and Borneo islands with firefighters battling round the clock through charred forests,...
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