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Unlocking the soil microbiome

Envirotec Magazine

How are data science techniques helping us better understand the microbial universe of the soil? Over-reliance on nitrogen fertilizers is leading to the collapse of soil biodiversity. Yet, some predictions warn that there are only 60 harvests left in the world’s soil because it is so depleted by nitrogen fertilizers.

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Landfill and recycling both down, and incineration on the up: Scotland waste summary 2020 published

Envirotec Magazine

percentage point reduction in household recycling rates from 2019 to 42%. to 42% from 2019, still 2.5 million tonnes, a decrease of 66,000 tonnes (6.1%) from 2019. This was a decrease of 225,000 TCO2e from 2019, and a reduction of 1.33 Key highlights include: COVID impacts likely to be responsible for a 2.9

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12 good things that happened for the environment in 2019

AGreenLiving

However, 2019 also brought good news. Here are a few high points from 2019. Way to cut down on plastic packaging! Cactus plastic developed in Mexico Research professor Sandra Pascoe Ortiz and other scientists at the University of Valle de Atemajac in Zapopan, Mexico used prickly pear juice to craft a new biodegradable plastic.

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'Farming is going to have to change': NFU President Minette Batters on net zero, changing diets, and Brexit

Business Green

After all, this was back in January 2019 , a full six months before the UK became the first major economy in the world to legislate to deliver net zero emissions, setting a target date for full decarbonisation that falls a full decade later than the NFU's. So I think it's about a balanced approach.".

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Watson Gloves: Durable, Safe and Sustainable Hand Protection For All Purposes

Green Business Bureau

The large volume of gloves used in the industrial market means that often gloves are thrown into the garbage after they are soiled or worn out. Since then, they have been able to divert over 826,000 plastic bottles – that’s over twelve 20-foot shipping containers! biodegradation in 233 days). biodegradation in 233 days).

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Tackling the scourge of plastic waste requires ambitious policies

Business Green

Bright Blue's Patrick Hall sets out four immediate actions the government should take to combat plastic waste. Plastic waste is a major threat to our natural environment. It is being ingested by animals, poisoning our soils and killing marine life. Often, black plastic is used by retailers simply for cosmetic reasons.

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Sustainable funerals: Part 1 – with Ethical.net

Low Impact

When concentrated in a certain location (say, in soil), these metals have the potential to harm the environment. The body becomes brittle and breaks up into small particles which are freeze dried and placed into a biodegradable container for burial. Vinyl is, of course, a plastic, with all that entails. Biodegradable urns.