Category: Environment EN

Drainage Nets that Act as Trash Traps The Australian city of Kwinana used a simple and cost-effective solution to deal with the discharge of waste from drainage systems. The town put nets on the outlet of drainage pipes. These nets, also called “drain socks” stop waste and pollutants from leaving the sewers, preventing garbage transported by rain waters from contaminating the town’s local...

Do nice things for people, and be generous if you want to feel good. The act of giving not only makes you happier, it benefits health and relationships too. There’s good science behind this. Research has shown that being generous and helpful to others have mood-boosting benefits in the brain. Even little things “like bringing coffee to one’s office mates in the morning” has this effect,...

From your tea to your clothes, to your food, plastic is infiltrating our lives. The future of our planet depends on our actions today. Together, let's beat plastic pollution. Source: UN Biodiversity  

In the face of a rapidly heating planet, one city has found a way to keep its cool. Medellín, Colombia's second largest city, has cooled by 2°C by planting 2.5 million plants and 880,000 trees. This dramatic change happened in just 3 years.  With “green corridors” that mimic the natural forest, the Colombian city could become 5 degrees cooler over the next few decades. Medellín city...

IPEN Executive Director Bjorn Beeler talks with BNN/Bloomberg News about the Plastics Treaty and obstacles to plastic recycling. Read more:  

Delegates from 175 countries met at the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee - #INC5 - to develop a historic and international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. Debates centered on reducing plastic production and managing waste, but did resistance from fossil fuel-producing nations stall progress? Find out what happened at this critical meeting from Wong...