Environment
EU countries back stricter rules to curb microplastics pollution
EU countries on Tuesday, December 17, backed plans to curb plastic pollution by toughening rules for companies using the pellets that...
In Busan, UN plastic pollution talks fail to reach landmark deal
Deeply divided negotiators failed on Sunday to reach a landmark global treaty to curb plastic pollution, missing a self-imposed deadline,...
Plastic pollution treaty: What is at stake in the Busan talks?
A fifth and final round of talks on a treaty to end plastic pollution opened on Monday, November 25, the day after the end of a chaotic...
Philippines: What is the outcome of the law against plastic waste?
Long one of the world’s top sources of ocean plastic, the Philippines is hoping new legislation requiring big companies to pay for waste...
Collagen trade fuels deforestation crisis in Paraguay, says NGO
The Gran Chaco forest in Paraguay continues to shrink in relation to the rise of cattle ranching for the production of meat and animal...
Pierre Fabre studies capacity of microalgae to produce bioplastics
As a complement to an active strategy designed to develop ecodesigned products, Pierre Fabre has partnered with the French Sorbonne...
US to phase out federal purchase of single-use plastics
President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday announced plans to phase out single-use plastics in all federal operations by 2035, as...
TerraCycle launches SalonCycle in the UK to help professionals reduce waste
TerraCycle is bringing SalonCycle to the UK providing a nationwide solution for all hairdressers and hair and beauty salons to reduce...
“We aim to lift barriers to ecodesign”, Matthieu Paillot, Kisaco
Both a research office and a software publisher, Kisaco offers cosmetics companies of all sizes a tool to assess the environmental impact...
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...
