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Plastic credits, a false solution that legitimises waste colonialism

Plastic credits, a false solution that legitimises waste colonialism

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The extended fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) for a Global P...

A Circular Vision for Coffee Is an Opportunity for the Global South

A Circular Vision for Coffee Is an Opportunity for the Global South

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano  Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia, Indonesia, Ethiopia, India, and many others. To speak of coffee i...

Drought, Climate Change, and Scientific Diplomacy: A Collective Response from Latin America

Drought, Climate Change, and Scientific Diplomacy: A Collective Response from Latin America

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Drought is no longer just a natural or cyclical phenomenon: it is one of the most destructive impa...

Startup, in Nigeria QuadLoop Technologies Transforms E-waste into Clean Energy

Startup, in Nigeria QuadLoop Technologies Transforms E-waste into Clean Energy

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano QuadLoop Technologies is a clean energy social enterprise that converts electronic waste into sola...

From Space to Earth: The Future of Medicine

From Space to Earth: The Future of Medicine

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Scott and Mark Kelly are monozygotic twins, identical in their DNA, and with a remarkably similar ...

The food waste recovery chain in Europe

The food waste recovery chain in Europe

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Some 60 million people in Europe are food insecure. At the same time, each European wastes 132 kg ...

Waste Oils and Biodiesel: A Cycle Worth Exploiting

Waste Oils and Biodiesel: A Cycle Worth Exploiting

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In Italy, the National Consortium for the Collection and Treatment of Used Oils and Fats (CONOE) i...

Miteni PFAS Trial: Historic Ruling Condemns 11 Former Executives

Miteni PFAS Trial: Historic Ruling Condemns 11 Former Executives

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano After four years of deliberation, 130 hearings, approximately 300 civil parties involved, and an i...

Aluminium in Packaging Means Prevention and Technological Innovation

Aluminium in Packaging Means Prevention and Technological Innovation

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In December 2024, the EU Council formally adopted the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PP...

China boosts investment in Europe, led by electric vehicles

China boosts investment in Europe, led by electric vehicles

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano China is close, wallet in hand. After seven years of steady contraction, Chinese investment in Eur...

Nothing fishy about fish: consumer demand drives push for more sustainable seafood

Nothing fishy about fish: consumer demand drives push for more sustainable seafood

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano While consumers are often encouraged to eat more seafood for its nutritional benefits, such as ome...

Maire Reaffirms Its Commitment to ESG Projects

Maire Reaffirms Its Commitment to ESG Projects

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano These are difficult times for the world of corporate ESG. 2024 was the year of the so-called &ldqu...

Startup Elementerre: the future of construction with rammed earth and bulrush

Startup Elementerre: the future of construction with rammed earth and bulrush

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Elementerre is a Senegalese company founded with the mission of revolutionising the construction s...

Third UN Ocean Conference: a missed opportunity to protect marine life

Third UN Ocean Conference: a missed opportunity to protect marine life

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Frome Nice - The Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3) concluded on Friday, the 13th of Ju...

Circular economy of rice: less emissions and more community resilience

Circular economy of rice: less emissions and more community resilience

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Rice is among the world’s most important crops. A food staple at the center of centuries-old...

CATL, all you need to know about the Chinese battery giant making its stock market debut

CATL, all you need to know about the Chinese battery giant making its stock market debut

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano On 20 May, with a well-aimed strike on the giant bronze gong of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Chin...

Mycelium-based Eco-friendly Leather from Argentina with Mycorium Biotech

Mycelium-based Eco-friendly Leather from Argentina with Mycorium Biotech

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Founded in 2022, the Argentinian startup Mycorium Biotech specialises in the production of a susta...

Salmon farming in Iceland: the environmental toll of a growing industry

Salmon farming in Iceland: the environmental toll of a growing industry

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Once a symbol of toil and tradition, fishing is undergoing a profound transformation. Today, much ...

Subsidence, Tehran is sinking: the hidden cost of water

Subsidence, Tehran is sinking: the hidden cost of water

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Tehran is sinking, and with it, much of Iran. This is a plain fact, not a metaphor for the country...

Air quality in Europe is still poor

Air quality in Europe is still poor

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Air quality in Europe is still poor: despite some improvements in pollution reduction, new measure...

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