Pollution
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EnvironmentEnvironment Japan
Plant-Based Rubber Tires Perform Even Better Than Traditional Ones
Determined to reach its environmental goals, a Japanese multinational auto and truck parts manufacturer is expanding the development of a rubber made of the guayule tree, in the hopes of adding their eco-friendlier tire option to the mainstream.
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Environment
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SocietySociety Fiji
Waste Pickers Are Officially Champions of the Environment
Fiji is the first Pacific nation to officially recognize waste pickers as the "Collection Pillars of Recycling", marking them environmental champions whose work has had a positive impact on the country's fight against climate change and pollution.
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Environment
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EnvironmentEnvironment United Kingdom
Less Light Pollution Means Brighter Night Skies!
The United Kingdom has the world's highest concentration of dark (non-light polluted) sky areas, leading the growing global trend of keeping light pollution to a minimum as studies show that dark skies are beneficial to human health, wildlife and the environment.
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EnvironmentEnvironment United Kingdom
These Measures Take Us a Big Leap Forward to Protecting Our Oceans
The United Kingdom’s Blue Planet Fund is injecting some $600 million into projects such as halting illegal fishing and plastic pollution and increasing marine protection as part of a wider goal of protecting at least 30% of all oceans by 2030.
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Environment
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Environment
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EnvironmentEnvironment Germany
Plastic is so Last Year: This Country’s Plastic Exports at Record Lows
The amount of plastic that Germany exports each year has significantly reduced: today, the amount of exported plastic is nearly half of what it was a decade ago, and the year 2021 alone saw a drop of 25.2 percent.