Tag: waste
Sweden allows nuclear waste to be buried for 100,000 years
The Swedish government authorized on Thursday the construction and commissioning of a final storage facility for its nuclear waste, supposed to keep them for 100,000 years. With our correspondent in…
The project to create a second waste pool in La Hague worries the inhabitants
A new spent nuclear fuel storage pool is planned on the Orano site at La Hague. If the project is now recorded by the authorities, a public consultation is underway…
Gift wrap: 10 ecological alternatives
Why buy miles of wrapping paper that will end up in the trash in a few minutes? Here are some original ideas for wrapping and decorating your packages without waste.…
Do you know what are the 9 essentials for a zero waste life?
Garbage cans are overflowing all over the world. But it is possible to change things. By adopting new reflexes, most of them very simple. Zero waste reflexes that protect our…
Deliberate expected in the “waste mafia” trial on the Côte d’Azur
The verdict is expected this Tuesday, December 14 for a network of diggers and transporters accused of having dumped hundreds of thousands of tonnes of polluted rubble on the Côte…
Species take advantage of plastic waste in the ocean to cross ecological barriers
Since the Japanese tsunami of 2011, scientists suspect that coastal species may be able to surf plastic waste to find themselves living in the open sea. Thus breaking down biogeographical…
10 food waste you never thought to reuse
Each year, we throw away an average of 30 kilograms of food per year. Peelings of vegetables, cores, cooking water or olive pits: this food waste can find an unexpected…
USB-C CHARGER. In order to limit electronic waste, the European Commission plans to impose the use of USB-C format chargers for most mobile devices. An ambitious initiative, but which is not unanimous.
USB-C CHARGER. In order to limit electronic waste, the European Commission plans to impose the use of USB-C format chargers for most mobile devices. An ambitious initiative, but which is…
How human waste massively pollutes rivers
Pollution from faeces is vastly underestimated, describes a new study that has mapped the main sources of effluent around the world. And contrary to what one might think, sewage treatment…