In a year, Armenia produces 17,2 thousand tons of used tires, which are mainly burnt in warehouses or buried in tailing dumps or end up in landfills illegally. “Ameska” has been founded since 2014. It deals with tire recycling which results in technical carbon, diesel fuel and scrap metal. The company also processes used oils, […]
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World Economic Forum informs that Africa leads the way in banning single use plastic bags. Plastic is lightweight and versatile, comfortable at conserving food and medication. However, the world makes five trillion plastic bags a year. Each of them takes up to 1000 years to decompose. 37 African countries have restrictions on plastic bags. Kenya’s
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Independent informs that the French capital has banned vehicles registered before 2000 to fight pollution in the city. A new law requires all cars to have a sticker indicating which of six categories it fits into — indicating the year of the vehicle\’s registration, its energy efficiency and its emission quantity. Any diesel-run vehicle that has
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The textiles industry consumes a lot of water and chemicals and produces huge amounts of toxic waste, which is a serious problem in countries like China, India, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand. World Economic Forum represents a Dutch company, called DyeCoo, that has invented a way of dyeing clothes without using water or chemicals other than the
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BBC informs in the Swedish city of Eskilstuna people follow a unique way to process household waste. It met the EU\’s 2020 recycling target of 50 % early. Almost all residents of the city have signed up to a seven bag recycling scheme at home, which uses a color-code system. In the system materials are
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Nowadays, when we learn so much about plastic covering seas and oceans and their effect on the environment, the issue of plastic pollution has not left anyone indifferent. TED blog reports about two students Miranda Wang and Jeanny Yao who have identified new bacteria that breaks down compounds called phthalates, common to flexible plastics. After
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Inside Climate News has published the results of a report by an authoritative global scientific panel which concluded that biodiversity is declining faster than at any time in human history and a million species are on the brink. According to the report, humanity faces a biodiversity crisis just as profound as the climate crisis. The
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Greenpeace informs us about rainforest destructions in Indonesia by palm oil companies. The IOI company has spent almost 10 years destroying the rainforest, disturbing local people and endangering orangutans. Every year ferocious forest fires sweep across their country. As a result, Indonesia has lost 1/4 of its rainforest in the last 25 years, yet IOI
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The Guardian reports that Doñana, a wetland that is a home to 2,000 species of wildlife, is likely to appear in the Unesco world heritage danger list. It is said to have lost 80% of its natural water supplies due to marsh drainage, intensive agriculture, and water pollution from the mining industry. Now Spain has two
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The Guardian reports about the Daldykan river waters in Russia to turn into blood red. World’s biggest producer of nickel and palladium Norilsk Nickel has admitted one of its plants takes the responsibility of turning the water into bright red. Last week Russia’s environment ministry started an investigation into the accident. Norilsk Nickel was initially refusing
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