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Meet the Brazilian engineer cruising on plastic bottle tops

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"We want to be an example for kids and other businesses to show that they can use plastic waste and other residues to have a more circular economy."

Earth News

Coca-Cola is named world’s worst plastic polluter for a fifth year

The COP27 sponsor's products were the most commonly found items by volunteers researching plastic pollution.

Spain

'Terrifying cocktail': Spain's worst environmental disaster, 20 years

Never before had 63,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil washed up on Iberian coasts, creating a 2,000 kilometres-long polluted area stretching from Portugal to Spain and all the way to France.

Ukraine

Five new developments to know about Russia's war in Ukraine

Here's our round-up of the latest news from Russia's war in Ukraine.

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Tech News

Which EU countries are the worst when it comes to e-waste?

From laptops to smartphones, Europeans generate the most electronic waste per capita. How good are they at recycling it?

Earth News

EU plans to crack down on toxic air pollution with tougher rules

New rules on air quality are set to bring the EU closer to the latest WHO recommendations.

Climate

Germans v government: ‘I’m suing for my right to breathe clean air’

From Berlin to Munich, people are breathing air containing five times the amount of toxic pollution that scientists know is dangerous.

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Health news

WHO joins call for a global treaty to urgently phase out fossil fuels

"Addiction to fossil fuels is not just an act of environmental vandalism. From the health perspective, it is an act of self-sabotage," said the WHO.

Spain

Cargo ship leaks fuel near Gibraltar sparking environmental concerns

The ship stored 215 tons of heavy fuel oil, 250 tons of diesel and 27 tons of lubricating oil, say Spanish media

Netherlands

Dutch cabinet split over 2030 nitrogen reductions rethink

The Christian Democrat leader Wopke Hoekstra told Dutch newspaper AD that the government's nitrogen reduction targets are not "sacred", causing a cabinet rift.

Health news

Scientists have found a way to break down toxic 'forever chemicals'

"Forever chemicals" don’t break down naturally in the environment, aren’t eaten by bacteria, and cannot be incinerated.

Nature

Polish police are offering €215,000 to solve the River Oder poisoning

The pollution could ‘exterminate nature’ in Poland’s unique nature reserves, and has spread into Germany. How did it happen?

Health news

Toxic levels of 'forever chemicals' found in breast milk and tap water

There are calls for a crackdown on chemical pollution after potentially toxic levels of PFAS were found in breastfeeding mothers in France.

Hungary

Volunteers clear up 86-kilometre stretch of River Tisza in Hungary

Organisers said the clean-up was complicated by low water levels.

Earth News

Wild swimming warning: Group falls ill after swim at popular UK spot

12 out of 13 people fell sick after swimming in Kent, in an incident Surfers Against Sewage has described as 'shockingly common'.

Earth News

Meet the plastic-munching lake bacteria fighting pollution

Could this solve the problem of plastic pollution in lakes?

Tech News

This microplastic-eating robot fish could help clean up the ocean

Chinese scientists have made the little bot robust enough to survive being digested by other fish and heal itself when damaged.

Earth News

Yemen faces hazardous environmental threat from medical waste crisis

More than seven years of conflict in Yemen have devastated the economy, displaced millions, and wreaked havoc on the environment.

Earth News

Shocking new study says 10% of cancer cases in Europe due to pollution

Groundbreaking study by the EEA names the pollutants and chemicals causing 10% of European cancer cases.