After two years of negotiations, representatives from about 175 countries gather in Busan, South Korea, to finalize a global agreement binding to limit the problem of plastic pollution.
This final round of negotiations takes place from November 25 to December...
In the final stage of the **Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee** held in Busan, South Korea, UN experts emphasized the need to establish the premise of "(https://noticiasambientales.com/residuos/la-mitad-de-la-contaminacion-plastica-esta-asociada-con-56-empresas/)" for their actions.
In this sense, the experts warned that current negotiations **could shift the...
An environmental alert has been triggered in Paraguay due to an open-air landfill. As reported, waste is not being properly managed, raising strong concerns about health hazards and pollution.
Located 23 kilometers from Posadas, at Playa Mbói Ka’e in Encarnación,...
The COP30, the first UN climate conference in the Amazon, will be held in Belem, Brazil, in 2025. This crucial meeting will be a test for Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's commitment to the preservation of the...
A team of researchers from the University of Concepción (UdeC), in collaboration with specialists from Harvard University and Purdue University, conducted an innovative study on metal pollution in Humboldt penguins.
The study detected the presence of metals and metalloids in...
Thanks to a partnership between the INTA and the European Union, work is being done to develop an economically viable method that allows for the remediation of contaminated soils in La Planta, Caucete, using native plants to extract heavy...
A serious sewage spill in the Costa Azul neighborhood, in the city of Carlos Paz, in Córdoba, is deeply worrying the residents. It involves hundreds of thousands of liters of substances without any kind of treatment.
The spill occurred on...
Fast fashion has turned the Atacama Desert into a highly polluting "clothing graveyard."
Low-quality clothing discarded in the global north ends up in Chile, where it is not resold and is illegally incinerated, causing serious environmental and health damage.
Chile imports...
An oil spill that occurred in the last hours is causing strong concern in Peru. It was due to an accident on the Binacional highway, at the Tumilaca bridge in the district of Torata. This led to a considerable...
The concept of "sustainable fashion" just a few years ago was practically unheard of. However, with the information and awareness about the pollution generated by the garment industry, there began a reconsideration and rethinking of production.
More and more brands...
