Wet wipe pollution disfigures British riverbeds
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...
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Pharmaceutical waste clogs rivers worldwide
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...
Toilets bring economic growth and hygiene
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 is dying
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...
GreenTec Award for Wasser 3.0
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...
Bill Gates swigs back sewage sludge
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 dumping billions of litres of sewage into oceans
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...
