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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 4h ago
Plastic pollution is a much bigger problem than the waste we can see https://www.earth.com/environment/plastic-pollution-is-a-much-bigger-problem-than-the-waste-we-can-see/ #environment #plastic #PlasticPollution #waste #PlasticWaste
Plastic pollution is a much bigger problem than the waste we can see
Earth.com

Plastic pollution is a much bigger problem than the waste we can see

Plastic pollution goes far beyond visible waste, affecting wildlife, human health, ecosystems, and the climate in complex ways.

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 2d ago
This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/08/norway-environment-nordic-mining-waste-pollution-fjord-dumping-salmon #Norway #nature #environment #mining #waste
This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?
the Guardian

This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?

The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against it

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 1w ago
How the illegal dumping of toxic waste in a Croatian town sparked national calls for clean-up https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/25/toxic-waste-dumped-croatian-town-gospic #Croatia #environment #waste
‘We don’t have time for more promises’: the Croatian town that took on an illegal waste dump
the Guardian

‘We don’t have time for more promises’: the Croatian town that took on an illegal waste dump

After years of illegal mass flytipping in Gospić, fed-up residents decided to take matters into their own hands

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Wen @Wen@mastodon.scot
· 3w ago
Scotland imposes mandatory environmental assessments on new datacentres The next issue will be making sure those assessments are themselves considered in the context of water, power and the general environment. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/16/datacentres-scotland-environmental-assessments-ai-boom #AI #DataCentre #SlopSheds #IT #Scotland Environment #Water #Power #Waste
Planning permission for new Scottish AI datacentres suspended for up to a year
the Guardian

Planning permission for new Scottish AI datacentres suspended for up to a year

Scottish parliament brings in strict environmental impact assessments and will delay decisions until national strategy is developed

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 1mo ago
Kenya’s clothing waste raises concerns about potential public health risks https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/08/kenyas-clothing-waste-raises-concerns-about-potential-public-health-risks/ #Kenya #environment #clothing #clothes #waste #PublicHealth
Kenya’s clothing waste raises concerns about potential public health risks
Conservation news

Kenya’s clothing waste raises concerns about potential public health risks

Kenya’s booming secondhand clothing trade is generating huge amounts of textile waste, raising concerns about bacteria, microplastics and public health risks.

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M.Paola @MPaola@ecoevo.social
· 1mo ago
Replying to
... when I cane across a flea market in a small neighbourhood and some people had a little makeshift box-table and were selling individual rusty nuts, bolts & so on. It did make a huge impression on me as I still think about it from time to time. At the time it made me wonder about poverty, nowadays about waste and what efficiency really means because it certainly ain't this speedy (literally) terra bruciata rush towards climate disaster ... #climatediary #waste #nonrenewbles
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Culture | The Guardian US @theguardian_us_culture@halo.nu
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social
‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/25/to-use-a-mountain-documentary-interview #DocumentaryFilms #Film #Culture #NuclearWaste #Environment #Energy #Waste #NuclearPower #UsNews #Nevada
‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground
the Guardian

‘Environmental violence’: inside the fight to save indigenous land from becoming a nuclear dumping ground

New documentary To Use a Mountain spotlights the pain and triumph of resisting government efforts to turn parts of rural US into disposal sites

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Dragofix @Dragofix@veganism.social
· 1mo ago
Scientists descended more than 15,400 feet into the Atlantic and found more than 200,000 barrels of leaking radioactive waste https://www.earth.com/environment/scientists-found-200000-barrels-of-leaking-radioactive-waste/ #Atlantic #environment #radioactive #waste
Scientists descended more than 15,400 feet into the Atlantic and found more than 200,000 barrels of leaking radioactive waste
Earth.com

Scientists descended more than 15,400 feet into the Atlantic and found more than 200,000 barrels of leaking radioactive waste

Scientists exploring the Northeast Atlantic have directly observed heavily corroded barrels of radioactive waste. Some are in bad shape. Material has even spilled onto the seafloor nearly three…

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