The Council adopted a directive which introduces new restrictions on certain single-use plastic products.
The single-use plastics directive sets stricter rules for the types of products and packaging which are among the top ten most frequently found items polluting European beaches.
Source: www.neweurope.eu
Technology that sucks carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere will be essential to prevent climate change, a UN report concludes today. Even a wholesale switch to renewable energy and everyone giving up driving and flying may no longer be enough to avoid a crisis. Global warming is already 1.1C above pre-industrial levels and scientists warn of irreversible harm if this exceeds 1.5C. The report, by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), says an urgent shift from fossil fuels is needed for any chance of keeping warming below this level.
Hoarding old gadgets ‘preventing circular economy shift’ and ‘spurring rare mineral shortages’ 21 August 2019, source edie newsroom The fact that most UK households are hoarding old digital gadgets with no plans to recycle them is a key barrier to implementing circular economy principles for e-waste, the Royal Society of Chemistry has claimed.
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