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US toxic chemical emissions to air, water and soil increased in 2021

A report from the US Environmental Protection Agency found that routine releases of toxic chemicals were on the rise recently, though they are trending downward in the long term

News

Against a shimmery gray background, roughly a dozen illustrated translucent balls and sticks are arranged in the formation of the 3D molecular structure of perfluorobutanoic acid

Environment

US military to test destroying toxic PFAS with superheated water

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A giant pile of plastic waste

Technology

Bacteria and catalysts recycle waste plastic into useful chemicals

News

A plastic bottle littering a beach in Melbourne, Australia. Sunset and horizon line in the background.

Environment

Plastic litter on Australian beaches cut by 29 per cent over six years

News

photographed while on an assignment for Indonesia?s largest coal mining company, South Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Environment

Six graphics that reveal what materials we consume – and what we waste

Features

Also picture very perfect

Environment

Janez Potočnik interview: How a circular economy can help us go green

Features

Fashionable modern woman on landfill, consumerism versus pollution concept.

Environment

How to cut material use in buildings, clothes, electronics and plastic

Features

The end of waste: The grand plan to build a truly circular economy

Environment

The end of waste: The grand plan to build a truly circular economy

Features

Out of date food, in kitchen bin

Question

How can we prevent and reduce food waste?

A green rubbish bin being loaded onto a refuse cart in the UK

Environment

Call for English households with bulging waste bins to pay extra

Stalled recycling rates in England could be lifted through a bin tax, giving people a financial incentive to send less waste to landfill and reducing collections of waste, says an expert group appointed by the UK government

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Environment

Slump in electronics sales due to pandemic could help tackle e-waste

News

Environment

The EU may make recycling e-waste a legal requirement – will it work?

Analysis

Environment

Earth faces plastic pollution disaster unless we take drastic action

Analysis

Earth

Lake Victoria is at risk of dying from pollution and climate change

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