Product designers 'must reduce Pringles factor' to boost recycling
Recycling Association chief cites crisp brand as one of worst examples of multiple materials being used in single product Product designers need to retreat from “the Pringles factor” in order to make their packaging more recyclable, an environmental expert has said. Simon Ellin, the chief executive of the Recycling Association, which represents recyclers, pointed to […]
Do sea monsters exist? Yes, but they go by another name … | Jules Howard
Nothing fires up a media storm like a sighting of a dead sea monster no one can identify. However much scientists shout ‘It’s a whale!’ I don’t want to spoil it for you, but I guess I’ll have to. It was a whale that washed up on the Indonesian island of Seram late last week. […]
Adani offered $320m deferment of Carmichael coal export royalties
Queensland premier will neither confirm nor deny deal under which full royalties due would only be paid in later years The Queensland government has reportedly offered Adani a royalties pause worth up to $320m as the company decides whether to proceed with its Carmichael mine project. The deal, in which Adani would pay a discounted […]
10 questions for the 'world's most feared' restaurant critic Jay Rayner | Lucy Clark
The Observer critic, MasterChef judge, musician and comic – whose review of the Paris restaurant Le Cinq went viral – is bringing his one-man show to Australia 1. In light of your blistering review of Le Cinq in Paris, you have been called the “world’s most feared” restaurant critic. What do restaurateurs and chefs really […]
Australian oil well leaked into ocean for months – but spill kept secret
Offshore oil and gas regulator says there was a 10,500-litre spill in April 2016 but refuses to reveal where it occurred or company responsible An offshore oil and gas well in Australia leaked oil continuously into the ocean for two months in 2016, releasing an estimated 10,500 litres. But the spill was never made public […]
EU launches legal action against Italy over Fiat Chrysler diesel emissions
Italy becomes latest EU member state to be accused of failing to regulate use of devices that mask emissions The EU has launched legal action against Italy over claims it overlooked attempts by Fiat Chrysler to cheat on diesel emission tests. Italy has become the latest member state to be accused by the European commission […]
Pesticide that Trump's EPA refused to ban blamed for sickening farm workers
Nearly 50 farm workers experienced nausea and vomiting apparently caused by a pesticide whose scheduled ban was overturned by the Trump administration A pesticide that was set to be banned before the Trump administration reversed course has been blamed for causing sickness to nearly 50 farm workers who were exposed to the chemical in California. […]
Whitley Awards for nature conservation 2017 winners – in pictures
Finalists for his year’s prestigious ‘green Oscars’ include a Turkish conservationist working with fisherman to create a marine reserve and a woman partnering with prisoners to protect the critically endangered Philippine cockatoo Continue reading… Source: Guardian Climate Change
Panic over the red devils threatening to strip Tunisia of its grand palm trees
A red palm weevil infestation is decimating trees and posing a threat to the country’s date crop, a mainstay of the fragile economy It’s an unlikely but very real crisis for a country with a teetering economy: a tiny red devil is invading Tunisia and it could cost hundreds of thousands of people their livelihoods. […]
Check out the fussy falcons of Nottingham | Brief letters
Electoral register and young people | Typefaces | Nottingham’s peregrines | Names for grandparents | 35mm film canisters Warnings about young people dropping off the electoral register were issued a long time ago (Report, 15 May). The next government needs to take swift action and automatically register 16-year-olds when they receive their national insurance number. […]