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/

Solution to global plastic pollution, Wales mandates solar panels on new buildings, world's first surf insurance - Squirrel News

In today's edition: 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, and El Salvador's world-first surf insurance policy.

Squirrel News

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

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%.

Our World in Data

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

Largest UK study to date uncovers hidden chemical risks in waste-to-energy residues

Energy-from-waste facilities are often positioned as a cleaner alternative to landfill, transforming rubbish into electricity and reducing the UK's waste burden. But new research suggests that there may be a hidden cost to this process: potentially hazardous chemical residues that remain largely out of public view. A study from the University of East London (UEL) has uncovered new evidence about the risks posed by air pollution control residues (APCr)—a fine, highly alkaline powder produced when harmful pollutants are captured from incinerator flue gases.

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

Look, I get it. Government waste is real. Bureaucratic bloat is real. The desire to have a federal government that spends taxpayer money wisely and operates without unnecessary friction? That&#8217…

Techdirt

"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

Climate-Friendly Spring Cleaning Ideas - Alameda Post

"Remember, spring cleaning doesn’t have to mean filling up the garbage can," writes Joyce Mercado. Repair, donate, and recycle responsibly.

Alameda Post

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

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

Exclusive: Fixing a leak can be simple and equivalent to closing a coal power station, making lack of action maddening, say analysts

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

The bank said rising volumes, tighter market structure and early institutional engagement are pushing prediction markets beyond their gambling roots toward a new asset class.

CoinDesk

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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

Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life

The Quapaw Nation is the only US Native community to carry out a cleanup of one of the country’s worst sites of environmental contamination

The Guardian