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A plan for plastics – EURACTIV.com
This article is part of our special report Packaging and the environment. The EU is losing 95% of the value of the plastics it produces. But the European Commission has a strategy to make plastic packaging more sustainable, both environmentally and economically. Last month, the Commission put forward one the most eagerly anticipated environmental files of this term.
Federal government to look into single-use plastics ban: source
A process that will look into a ban will be announced Monday, and the ban could come into effect as early as 2021, according to an anonymous source.
Wind turbines ‘taking deadly toll on migrating birds’: Map highlights ‘collision hotspots’ | Daily
They may be considered an eco-friendly way to generate energy, but wind turbines pose a major threat to migrating birds, which are at high risk of colliding with the giant blades while in flight. Now a new study has identified the collision ‘hotspots’ where migrating birds such as owls, swans and eagles are most at risk of being killed by turbines or power lines. The researchers have produced a map, revealing that birds are more likely to get too close to turbines and power lines on key migration routes, on the coast and at key breeding grounds. Many such spots lie in Mediterranean regions including the South of France, Southern Spain and the Moroccan coastline – such as around the Strait of Gibraltar. They are also vulnerable in Eastern Romania, on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt and along Germany’s Baltic coast. Researchers say in light of their findings that power lines should not be built in places where birds risk colliding with turbines as they migrate.
Australia Post commits to ambitious sustainability plan
Australia Post commits to ambitious plan that will create economic, social, and environmental value for the Australian community.
This reversible glue could change the way we make everyday products
Glues have been the cornerstone of linear mass production. Different materials can be easily combined for the huge variety of performance demands in our everyday stuff. But the same glues are a circular economy nightmare. They are a major obstacle when it comes to opening up products to salvage components, or for separating materials to create pure streams and achieve proper recycling. Circular economy initiatives…
APRA introduces measures to improve sustainability of individual disability income insurance
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