Etiket: waste
Nuclear waste and mega-stables: the battle of the Groningen Nature and Environment Federation is far from over after half a century. ‘We are no longer the goats wool socks of the past’
Over the past half century, the Nature and Environment Federation of Groningen has developed from a colorful collection of activists armed with banners and wearing goat’s wool socks into a…
A guiding survey about waste water? ‘Immoral and a disqualification’
A “guiding and suggestive survey” prepared only by “opponents of the restart of oil production”. It has nothing to do with measuring support, rather with risk assessment. Naoberschap Oliedorp (NOD)…
Revised EU Waste Framework Directive is a ‘missed opportunity’
The European Commission published an updated Waste Framework Directive (WFR) on Wednesday, which focuses on textile waste li The proposed new waste rules aim to support separate collection of textile…
new habits that Catalonia will implement with the waste law
Why is she so late? fiancee catalan waste law? “The sectors involved have participated so much that deadlines They have taken longer than expected”. This is the answer they provide…
From tequila waste to the most sustainable vegan leather
Four years ago, Mexicans Adrián López Velarde and Marte Cázarez Duarte created an alternative material to animal skins by turning cacti (nopal) into a biomaterial called desserto. This vegan ‘leather’…
Majority of residents say no to waste water in Schoonebeek soil
Village chairman Jos van Hees is satisfied with the number of residents who participated in the survey, he describes the number as ‘quite good’. According to him, it indicates that…
Waste not processed according to the rules: AVI must pay
Waste processor AVI in Den Bosch has received two fines of 75,000 euros. According to the Public Prosecution Service (OM), the company dumped shredder waste in the autumn of 2020…
Controversial nature restoration law back on the table: will compromise proposal survive vote or will it definitely go to waste?
Today, the European Parliament is once again considering the nature restoration law, which should reverse the decline of biodiversity in Europe. The European environment ministers approved a compromise proposal last…
How off-price business models can reduce CO2 emissions and textile waste
The fashion outlet platform Otrium, in cooperation with the carbon tracking software Vaayu, has published an analysis of the savings in CO2 emissions and textile waste through off-price business models.…
TV tip: Textile waste – the fight against disposable fashion
Anyone who wants to understand the interaction of consumer behavior – especially through fast and ultra-fast fashion – and the mountains of textile waste in the Global South should definitely…