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Currently, islands face major challenges related to waste management and energy availability, where the characteristics of each island play a significant role. Most islands are not self-sufficient, as they have to be supplied by ships from the mainland to provide the...
Do we produce more plastic than we actually need? And what about single-use plastics? Around 40% of plastics consumed are discarded after just one use! Plastic bags, plates, containers, cups, balloons, straws and many more are used in enormous quantities every day....
The global warming could trigger the end of planet Earth. One of the serious efforts to prevent this is the creation of funds to finance the ecological transition and to mitigate the effects of climate change. They serve to ensure that efforts are directed towards a...
The last decade has shown that climatechange is already happening and causing irreversible damages, loss of human life and species forever. As a result, heatwaves are starting earlier and earlier and becoming more frequent and severe due to record concentrations of...
Organic waste goes unnoticed because it is more natural than other waste, but when it is mixed in landfills and other types of waste, the degradation process takes up to 12 years. During this time it emits enormous and fatal quantities of greenhouse gases such as...
What is the EU taxonomy regulation and what changes does it imply for companies? The sustainable economic activities taxonomy regulation was launched in 2020. Since then, it is one of the pillars of the European Union's Sustainable Finance Plan, which focuses on the...
The energy supply problems and the significant increases in energy prices we are experiencing can be an opportunity to accelerate and scale up the energy transition. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced Can$9.1 billion in climate action. The...
Poor landfill planning results in the proliferation of uncontrolled landfills and the existence of a considerable number of closed landfills that continue to pollute and endanger the environment and human health. Different toxicological assessments of closed landfills...
Greenwashing defines those marketing practices that use sustainability as an instrument to improve brand reputation. As the number of consumers who care more about the environment is increasing, more brands are including the terms “bio” or “eco-friendly” among their...
The throw-away culture is reaching its peak since the latest IPPC report issued a “last call” for humanity to take urgent measures against climate change in the following years. Some of these measures need to entail a shift in our production and consumption patterns...
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