How cheaper #waste management systems might be the answer to plastic #pollution ♻️
#Wales becomes the first UK nation to require #solar #panels on new buildings 🔋
El Salvador's world-first #surf #insurance policy 🏄‍♀️

and much more in our new issue 👇

https://squirrel-news.net/solution-to-global-plastic-pollution-wales-mandates-solar-panels-on-new-buildings-worlds-first-surf-insurance/

Why cheap waste management is the key to stopping plastic pollution.

Improving waste management in low- and middle-income countries could cut global pollution by 98%.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260316-why-cheap-waste-management-is-the-key-to-stopping-plastic-pollution?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Waste #Plastic #Pollution #Recycling #Environment

Largest UK study to date uncovers hidden chemical risks in waste-to-energy residues https://phys.org/news/2026-03-largest-uk-date-uncovers-hidden.html

#UnitedKingdom #UK #environment #energy #waste

DOGE Didn’t Cut Government Waste. It Was Government Waste.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/17/doge-didnt-cut-government-waste-it-was-government-waste/

"Remember, spring cleaning doesn’t have to mean filling up the garbage can," writes Joyce Mercado. "By repairing what we have, donating or selling items we no longer need, recycling responsibly, and choosing reusable products, we can keep valuable materials out of landfills..." https://alamedapost.com/features/alameda-life/climate-friendly-spring-cleaning-ideas/

#alameda #climate #environment #waste

Revealed: the world’s worst mega-leaks of methane driving global heating

#environment #GPL #Industry #Waste #GasLeak #GlobalHeating #CH4 #Methane #Climate

The researchers said it was “maddening” that such easy action to fight the climate crisis was not being taken, and said people should be angry. Stopping the leaks can even be free, given that captured gas can be sold – methane is the “natural gas” that fires power stations.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/17/revealed-world-worst-methane-leaks-global-heating

#fotomontag
Spring. People shed.

#photography #fotografie #spring #waste #urban #photomonday

💸 Prediction market firms could be making $10 billion in yearly revenue by 2030, Citizens Bank says

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/24/from-niche-to-usd3-billion-run-rate-prediction-markets-eye-usd10-billion-future-citizens-says

#gambling #business #addiction #waste #scam #prediction

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Socio-Environmental #Conflicts in the European #Mountain Areas: Insights from the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice

> The analysis draws on 182 cases identified in the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice (#EJAtlas). Findings show a predominance of conflicts over #energy production, #water management, #extraction, and #waste, which often involve local communities opposing corporate actors. These conflicts frequently centre on #landscape degradation and the erosion of local #identities, reflecting tensions between external resource demands and local territorial values.

https://journals.openedition.org/rga/15416

Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/15/quapaw-nation-oklahoma-superfund-cleanup

#UnitedStates #USA #US #environment #Indigenous #mining #waste