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Poland turns to EU in row with Germany over illegal waste claims

A fire at a Polish landfill site has brought attention to the county's waste management policies and claims that waste is being illegally brought in from Germany.

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Life in plastic: It’s overshoot day for the world’s favourite material

Today marks International Plastic Overshoot Day, when the world officially exceeds the amount of plastic it can effectively manage in a year.

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Poland faces complaint from Germany over waste

The complaint is a step toward taking Germany to the European Court of Justice.

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French town ‘fed up’ with dog poo cracks down using DNA testing

Similar schemes have been trialled in the Spanish city of Valencia, Tel Aviv in Israel and some parts of London.

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Ecotech

Local plastic waste transformed into Olympic seats for Paris 2024

Next year's Games is promoting sustainability and raising awareness about recycling in creative ways.

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‘Double dishwashing’ wastes over 2,400 Olympic pools of water a year

Three in five of the 12 million UK households with a dishwasher admit to pre-rinsing their dishes before loading the dishwasher.

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Meet the French architects turning construction waste into furniture

Furniture is often seen as disposable but this French start-up wants to change all that.

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Almost half Italy’s drinking water is wasted due to this one problem

Much of Italy’s water distribution network is more than 30 years old.

Nature

Cleaning up the oceans: Is it too little, too late?

Plastic now forms a sixth continent off the Pacific Ocean, that is three times the size of France. One organisation has made it its mission to clean up this mess.

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Vietnam battles plastic blight in idyllic Ha Long Bay

Ha Long Bay is one of Vietnam's most beautiful nature site. But the UNESCO world heritage site threatened by deluge of plastic waste.

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India’s cities struggle with sewage and waste as population grows

India is set to overtake China as the most populous country in the world but millions are now living with disease and pollution.

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Austria is tackling e-waste by helping to pay for repairs

An EU-wide ‘right to repair’ law could soon make it easier to repair rather than replace electronics.

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Nigeria’s Spider-Man scales up his fight against litter

Jonathan Olanlokun says people didn't take his fight against waste seriously until he started wearing the costume.

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Rubbish deal? Rome to send 900 tonnes of trash to Amsterdam every week

Rome will send 900 tonnes of rubbish to Amsterdam every week. What does that mean for the planet?

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Do plastic bag bans really help prevent pollution?

Single-use plastic bags clog up our rivers and seas. Banning them helps change that.

Nature

Trolls: Can you find all 100 of these recycled wooden sculptures?

There’s a giant troll made of recycled wood to be found somewhere in the world.

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Seabirds eating plastic are developing ‘plasticosis’.

Every day, around 8 million pieces of plastic spew into the world’s oceans. Much of it ends up in the guts of seabirds. Now, they're developing a disease.

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Bin workers face mountains of rubbish as a 16-day strike in Paris ends

City officials ordered a fleet of bin lorries back onto the streets of Paris today as the mammouth task of clearing away mountains of refuse left during a 16-day strike began.

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Will reusable packaging pollute more? This is what McDonald's thinks

The fast food chain asks for more recycling ahead of an EU legislation that will ban single-use packaging by 2030.

Ecotech

Robo-shark: Plastic waste has a new enemy

'It's our dream to deploy these things around the world to clean up while we're asleep and hopefully make an impact on our environment.'