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Martyn Tickner, Alliance to End Plastic Waste. Image: supplied

News / Waste

From plastic producer to pollution fighter: Martyn Tickner on the dilemma facing the war on waste

...the best product there is. It's cheap, light, flexible and durable. Plastic is not the problem. It’s the symptom of the problem. The problem is our social behaviour, and our inability to manage the wa...

20 May 2020

From plastic producer to pollution fighter: Martyn Tickner on the dilemma facing the war on waste

Opinion / Energy

Death by dirty cooking

...ther clean-cooking fuels. The imperative now is to continue building on these gains, while adapting the strategies that powered them to different contexts, especially in Africa. To this end, the UN sh...

6 Nov 2019

Death by dirty cooking

Opinion / Waste

Zero plastic bags or zero waste? In defence of Singapore’s rejection of a plastic bag ban

...the decline since 2014. While the total population in Singapore has grown since 2014, the amount of plastic waste generated in 2017 fell 9,400 tonnes compared to 2014. This apparent fall in the use of...

1 Nov 2018

Zero plastic bags or zero waste? In defence of Singapore’s rejection of a plastic bag ban

News / Food & Agriculture

Flies and fungi: Climate change could make food less safe, experts warn

...the Canadian province of Ontario, raising the risk of diarrhoeal disease caused by Campylobacter bacteria when it is carried from animals to humans by flies that land on meals. Another key food safety...

15 Feb 2019

Flies and fungi: Climate change could make food less safe, experts warn

Opinion / Cities

Australian cities need a long term plan for sustainability

...the large cities have created unsustainable demands on land to support urban dwellers. And the wastes the cities produce are straining the capacity of the environment to handle these. Given the many u...

5 Nov 2019

Australian cities need a long term plan for sustainability

Press Releases / UN Environment

On World Environment Day, world turns spotlight on air pollution

...the launch of the report ‘Air Pollution and Human Health: The Case of the Western Balkans‘ in Sarajevo, accompanied by the presentation of the ‘Sarajevo Air’ app, that hel...

6 Jun 2019

On World Environment Day, world turns spotlight on air pollution

Antonio Guterres and Patricia Espinosa COP25

News / Policy & Finance

What’s at stake at the COP25 climate conference?

...the Paris requirements. The UN’s Emissions Gap report recently demonstrated that without stronger action, the world will be 3.2C warmer by the end of the century.At the close of last year’s talks, the...

3 Dec 2019

What’s at stake at the COP25 climate conference?

The fatberg found in a British seaside town measured 64 metres in length. Image: South West Water

News / Waste

Giant fatberg clogs British sewer

...the British public not to pour grease down the drain or flush baby wipes down the toilet. He said: “Don’t feed the fatberg.” This is not the first fatberg discovered in the UK. A larger one measurin...

9 Jan 2019

Giant fatberg clogs British sewer

Opinion / Transport

Electric cars can clean up the mining industry – here’s how

...the communities where mining takes place and along the supply chain. The makers of electric cars have the opportunity to lead these industries, driving change up the supply chain, and influence their ...

17 Apr 2019

Electric cars can clean up the mining industry – here’s how

News / Carbon & Climate

Unique climate change has no natural cause

...ther a historic precedent nor a natural cause. Other historic changes – the so-called Medieval Warm Period and then the “Little Ice Age” that marked the 17th to the 19th centuries – were not global. T...

20 Aug 2019

Unique climate change has no natural cause

News / Carbon & Climate

This powder could cheaply capture carbon pollution from power plants

...the size and concentration of pores in the carbon powder. The carbon spheres that make up the powder have many, many pores and the vast majority of them are less than one-millionth of a meter in diame...

11 Jan 2019

This powder could cheaply capture carbon pollution from power plants

News / Lifestyle

In store or online—what's the environmentally friendliest way to shop?

...the delivery, while another third take long detours. So the potential carbon saving disappears. But the more people join in, the more efficient it could be. The bottom line The bottom line? Online sho...

24 May 2019

In store or online—what's the environmentally friendliest way to shop?

Children in Myanmar hold a solar lamp provided by Panasonic

News / Energy

Power to the people: How light after dark is dimming poverty

...the amount of solar charge it receives during the day and the brightness of the lamp. Speaking to Eco-Business, a Panasonic spokesperson recognised that the solar lanterns were only the first step to ...

4 Mar 2019

Power to the people: How light after dark is dimming poverty

News / Waste

Making waves: Female round-the-world crew to fight ocean plastic

...the planet's most important and diverse marine environments to build a picture of the state of the seas. The 38,000 nautical mile trip will take in the Arctic, the Galapagos Islands, the South Pacific...

15 Jul 2019

Making waves: Female round-the-world crew to fight ocean plastic

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Opinion / Carbon & Climate

A major scorecard gives the health of Australia’s environment less than 1 out of 10

...the Indian Ocean delayed the onset of the monsoon in northern Australia and reduced the flow of moisture to the rest of the continent, creating hot and dry conditions. Average rainfall was a mere 229 ...

31 Mar 2020

A major scorecard gives the health of Australia’s environment less than 1 out of 10

News / Policy & Finance

Lost business to the haze? There’s insurance for that—and payouts are triggered by air pollution

...when the air quality deteriorates beyond a certain threshold on the National Environment Agency's Pollutant Standard Index (PSI)—there's no need to give the insurance company evidence of losses or dam...

4 Oct 2018

Lost business to the haze? There’s insurance for that—and payouts are triggered by air pollution

News / Lifestyle

From parkas to luxury silk, businesses tackle cultural appropriation

...their own design, using fabrics selected by the company. The seamstresses own the copyright for their coats, rather than Canada Goose. "As we're moving forward into modern times, indigenous cultures a...

9 Feb 2019

From parkas to luxury silk, businesses tackle cultural appropriation

Opinion / Food & Agriculture

As fall armyworms invade Asia, we need more than chemical warfare from Big Agri

...theast Asia having increased ten times in the last decade with further hikes likely. The reason? The Fall armyworm. The army worm invaded Southeast Asia in late 2018 with first reports coming from Tha...

11 Apr 2019

As fall armyworms invade Asia, we need more than chemical warfare from Big Agri

Opinion / Carbon & Climate

Towards a global green new deal

...the weak from the strong so that they could grow. Yet its current version encourages strong countries to impose their preferred development model on the weak, thereby promulgating a world of “winner-t...

11 Apr 2019

Towards a global green new deal

Opinion / Lifestyle

Six ways to fill your wardrobe with sustainable clothing

...the material will release harmful chemicals into the atmosphere. There are also problems associated with trimmings such as buttons, zips, studs and interfacing or lining. When buried with other waste ...

22 Mar 2019

Six ways to fill your wardrobe with sustainable clothing

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