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The nature is the wealth and the economy

The nature is the wealth and the economy

The gravity of the climate emergency can no longer be ignored. For many years people thought that we could not afford to change the whole business system. What every single study on climatechange over the last few years has shown us is that what we really cannot...

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The other pandemic: sanitary waste

The other pandemic: sanitary waste

The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered another pandemic, but of sanitary waste. Because of this, the WHO has produced a report in which it refers to this problem. Both the healthcare and household sectors use a large number of single-use medical devices. Therefore, this...

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5 main reasons to stop throwing away things

5 main reasons to stop throwing away things

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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SENEGAL: Dakar, the scourge of plastic waste

SENEGAL: Dakar, the scourge of plastic waste

Plastic pollution in Senegal has become a major crisis. In 2010 the country ranked 21st among the world’s top ocean polluters - 254,700 tonnes. Hence, in 2015 Senegal passed a law to ban single-use plastic bags prohibiting the production, import, distribution, or use...

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