Viele #Verpackungen in europäischen Supermärkten werben mit „recyceltem“ #Plastik, obwohl der Anteil tatsächlich wiederverwerteter Materialien oft minimal ist.

Möglich wird dies durch #MassBalance-Verfahren und fragwürdige #CO2-Bilanzen, die fossile Anteile verschleiern. Hauptakteure wie Sabic, ein Tochterunternehmen von #Aramco, nutzen energieintensive #Pyrolyse, um Kunststoffe als „zirkulär“ zu deklarieren.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/27/recycled-plastic-packaging-claims-misleading-say-experts

#Klimaschutz #Kunststoffindustrie #Umweltschutz

Europe’s supermarket shelves packed with ‘misleading’ claims about recycled plastic packaging

Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as ‘circular’ and climate-friendly, despite being mostly fossil-based

The Guardian
Analysis Of Colorado River Basin Storage Suggests Need For Immediate Action
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https://www.colorado.edu/center/gwc/2025/09/11/analysis-colorado-river-basin-storage-suggests-need-immediate-action <-- shared UC Boulder School Of Law paper
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https://www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/ <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin overview page
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https://www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/post2026/documents/CRWUA-2024-P26-Update.pdf <-- shared BuRec Colorado River Basin Lake Powell & Lake Mead Operations Post-2026 Update 12/05/24 presentation
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033454 <-- shared 2023 paper – “Aridification of Colorado River Basin's Snowpack Regions Has Driven Water Losses Despite Ameliorating Effects of Vegetation”
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#water #hydrology #watermanagement #management #watersecurity #agriculture #ColoradoRiver #ColoradoRiverBasin #storage #waterresources #wateruse #agreement #naturalsupply #usecase #reserve #model #modeling #hydrospatial #future #forecasts #climate #recharge #snowpack #massbalance #conservative #dams #BuRec #reservoir #operations #infrastructure #consumption #magicwater
@CU Boulder Getches-Wilkinson Center Law Center
Himalayas formation may have destroyed at least 30% of continental crust in collision zone

Earth's continents are slowly moving across the planet's surface due to plate tectonics, culminating in regions of crustal expansion and collision. In the latter case, high temperatures and pressures lead to the reworking of the crust, affecting its composition, as well as that of the underlying mantle. Furthermore, when two continental plates collide, distinct topographic features are produced, namely mountain ranges, which are surficial manifests of Earth's thickened crust.

Phys.org
Tracing nitrogen pollution from wastewater on an oceanic, touristic island: Integrating local knowledge and uncertainty into a mass balance modeling approach. #water #pollution #nitrogen #tourism #massbalance https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569124001200
Tracing nitrogen pollution from wastewater on an oceanic, touristic island: Integrating local knowledge and uncertainty into a mass balance modeling approach. #water #pollution #nitrogen #tourism #massbalance https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569124001200
The need to include a fluorine #massbalance in the development of effective technologies for #PFAS destruction. #pollution #water #wastewater https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c10617
The need to include a fluorine #massbalance in the development of effective technologies for #PFAS destruction. #pollution #water #wastewater https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c10617