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Confused about recycling symbols? You aren’t alone

We want to recycle but often, we aren't sure how.

4 November 2020

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COVID-19 restrictions squeeze incomes of waste recyclers

Nairobi's giant mountain of rubbish is usually covered with recyclers, people who scramble through the city's waste to earn some cash, but now they say they can't collect enough to feed their families.

16 October 2020

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'Unusual but nice': The Russian house covered in discarded bottle tops

Creator Svetlana Kuzevanova started making murals with bottle caps after being inspired by her cross stitch-patterns.

11 October 2020

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This zero food waste cafe serves you soup in an edible bowl

An innovative way to minimise waste - but what exactly are they made of?

4 October 2020

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Activist creates giant tampon applicator to highlight plastic waste

It is made of applicators found in rivers, on beaches and in ecosystems around the UK.

1 October 2020

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The 4 best apps to help you beat food waste

Did you know? A third of all grown and produced food is thrown out every single year.

30 September 2020

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Wave of rubbish washes up on normally pristine Honduras beach

Volunteers worked to clean up after a wave of rubbish hit Honduras’ Caribbean coast

23 September 2020

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What did we learn from World Cleanup Day this year?

A 24-hour wave of cleanups stretched across the planet, starting in Australia and ending in Hawaii last weekend.

22 September 2020

United Kingdom

UK imports tonnes of sewage sludge despite toxicity concerns

A permit for 15 shipments was issued in February by the UK's Environment Agency, according to documents obtained by Greenpeace’s Unearthed investigative unit and seen by Euronews.

7 September 2020

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Scuba volunteers dive for trash in Stockholm’s waters

A small number of scuba volunteers dive into the waters in central Stockholm, searching for waste to clean up the city’s waterways.

11 August 2020

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Deadstock revival: Meet designers bringing wasted clothes back to life

How do we solve fashion’s major problem with leftover stock?

27 July 2020

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UN report shows our electronic waste is worth billions

The UN estimates that the total value of retrievable materials from dumped and burned electronics is €50 billion.

3 July 2020

Portugal

Coronavirus masks and gloves posing a hazard at recycling centres

Too many people are throwing coronavirus masks and gloves into recycling bins in Portugal when they shouldn't, the country's biggest recycling centre warns.

30 May 2020

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Experts call for 'total abandonment' of fast-fashion

Things need to change drastically to stop the industry's damaging impact on the planet.

10 April 2020

World News

Euroviews. Our disposable culture must end. We need the ‘right to repair’ not recycle our smartphones ǀ View

The Green Deal has paved the way for a sustainable product policy. Now legislators must seize this opportunity to ensure all smartphones sold in the EU are designed to be repaired and last longer.

18 February 2020

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Breakthrough means plastic can be recycled hundreds of times

Most plastics can only be recycled two or three times before they become unusable.

4 February 2020

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The single-use screens thrown away after 59 seconds

This tech revolution could spell disaster for the environment

15 January 2020

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Beach clean up campaign from Peru's Pacific beaches to Lake Titicaca

Peruvian officials on Monday collected tons of garbage on a popular Lima beach in a campaign spanning three dozen beaches in the Pacific, the Amazon and Lake Titicaca.

14 January 2020

Europe News

Meet Flossie the beach cleaner - dubbed Ireland's Greta

Apart from collecting plastic waste, Flossie takes part in the weekly Fridays for Futures marches. Her inspiration– the Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg.

12 December 2019

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Euroviews. It’s not just carbon emissions posing a threat. Tech waste is a climate disaster in waiting ǀ View

Is the climate conversation suffering from its singular focus on carbon emissions, and developing huge, dangerous blind spots towards other environmental threats like electronic waste?

10 December 2019