Environment
From polar bears to groundwater, nature is riddled with ’forever chemicals’
They didn’t exist a century ago but today PFAS "forever chemicals" contaminate the environment from groundwater to Antarctic snow to...
Sweden aims to boost plastic recycling with giant plant
Discarded crisp bags, ketchup bottles and Tupperware containers speed along conveyer belts at a massive high-tech sorting plant dubbed...
Climate change: warmest decade on record, UN warns
Ocean heat, sea level rise, Antarctic sea ice loss and glacier retreat…: all climate change indicators reached record levels in 2023,...
World must act to stem surge of polluting trash, UN warns
The world generated 2.3 billion tonnes of municipal waste last year and the pile of trash is set to grow another two-thirds by 2050, the...
One in 10 premature births in the U.S. linked to plastic chemicals: study
One in 10 premature births in the United States have been linked to pregnant women being exposed to chemicals in extremely common plastic...
Leading French beauty players team up to explore packaging return scheme
Eleven key players of the French beauty market — nine brands (L’Oréal, Chanel, Pierre Fabre, Laboratoires SVR, Yves Rocher, Clarins,...
In tiny US community, big questions about chemical recycling
On the banks of the Susquehanna river in rural Pennsylvania, a quiet, unassuming plot of land is the unlikely backdrop for a simmering...
Battle looms over renewed plastic treaty negotiations
Representatives from 175 nations meet in Nairobi from November 13 to 19, in order negotiate what concrete measures should be included in...
Carbon capture: between technological challenges and greenwashing concerns
Scrubbing carbon dioxide from the air is imperative if humanity is to limit global warming, experts say, and California startup Heirloom...
EU packaging waste generation sees biggest increase in 10 years
While the amount of food wasted in Europe in 2021 remained stable according to official figures, estimated at 131 kg per capita,...
