One World – One Environment – One Network
Nanoscale particles of the most commonly used plastics tend to move through the water supply, especially in fresh water, or settle out in wastewater treatment plants. We end up drinking a few grams of...
A record number of wet wipes have been found in the River Thames in London, with over 5,000 uncovered in one single area. Over 5,000 discarded wet wipes were found in one single...
Rivers around the world are clogged with over-the-counter and prescription drug waste that can be harmful to the environment, new research has found. Drugs including antibiotics, anti-platelet agents and anti-histamines have been detected in...
For most of us, a visit to the loo is not really worth mentioning, yet 4.1 billion people in developing countries have no access to adequate sanitary facilities. Alone 1.6 million children consequently die...
Lake Titicaca in the Andes between the border of Peru and Bolivia has become so dirty that fish, birds and other animals are dying en masse. Climate change is only worsening the situation. The...
Drinking water is a valuable resource. Among the 70,000+ known water-polluting substances, pharmaceuticals are an essential issue since they can hardly ever be drained from sewage. This is where the project Wasser 3.0 of...
It could be the opening line of a joke criticising Microsoft’s products, but Bill Gates is dead serious about putting sewage in his mouth – thanks to a potentially life-saving technology that can transform...
Cruise ships flushed more than 3.5 billion litres of sewage into the ocean this year, much of it raw or poorly treated, according to data analysed by Friends of the Earth. In a blow...
