POLLUTION

Austria, Finland, France and the Netherlands have called on their EU peers to back tough measures to clamp down on…

We’ve all seen the mountains of old clothes that end up as giant landfill sites in low income countries. Now,…

Plastics with bright colours degrade and form microplastics faster than those with plainer colours, according to new research. Experts at…

For the third year, the Dutch non-profit organisation Healthy Seas returned to the Greek island of Ithaca to reclaim waters polluted…

Every year, more than 20 million passengers take a cruise.  Before the pandemic, that number was even higher sitting at…

Tiny particles of plastic pollution could be finding their way deep into our lungs with every breath we take, new…

Nations made progress on a treaty to end plastic pollution as their fourth round of talks finished early Tuesday in…

European Commission guidance on what constitutes the ‘essential use’ of dangerous substances divided opinion this week as policy makers and…

London’s mayor has vowed to make the notoriously polluted River Thames swimmable within a decade. It’s welcome news for Londoners…

Fresh doubts have been cast on the possibility of Paris hosting Olympic swimming events in its polluted River Seine. Much…