Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspects of the environment in future. Soil and biodiversity.

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Soil Biodiversity Plastics Business Energy Monitoring 280

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2023

“It is likely that the majority of microplastics come from the fragmentation of larger pieces of plastic litter in the environment,” says a 2019 report from the Royal Society,1 and the tendency of discarded litter to degrade or fragment is helped along by things like UV radiation, physical erosion and temperature changes.

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Microplastics Plastics Soil Waste 222

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Officers examining the bales of waste discovered electrical and electronic equipment, used nappies, sanitary towels, food contaminated packaging, food, dog excrement, wood, textiles, shoes, clothing, jewellery, aerosol cans, toys, glass, plastic food and drinks containers and cans.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 130

Unsustainable

AUGUST 12, 2019

Deforestation affects rainfall, potentially triggering a vicious circle of dryer conditions, soil erosion and desertification. If there’s no plan for caring for them and monitoring them, many of them could die, and there’s no shortage of examples of failed tree plantings schemes. Biodiversity declines, crops fail. Tensions rise.

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