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Packaging-free shops may tackle plastic but risk increasing food waste

Shops that let you bring your own containers aim to tackle the plastic packaging scourge, but they may not be the perfect solution

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Air pollution

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Air pollution

2nd February 1971: Seagulls drift above the waters of the Thames while in the background, the billowing chimneys of Battersea Power Station fill the sky.

Health

UK has halved air pollution deaths since 1970 but must still do more

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A lady in a polluted town

Health

Exposure to air pollution seems to negatively affect women's fertility

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Noise pollution can impair attainment at school

Health

Ethnic minority children are exposed to more noise pollution at school

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Environment

Plastic producers urged to take responsibility for "nurdle" pollution

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air pollution particles

Environment

Deadly air pollution illuminated in beautiful long-exposure photograph

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Seven charts that explain what net zero emissions means for the UK

Environment

Seven charts that explain what net zero emissions means for the UK

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Two people with pollution masks

Environment

China’s efforts to cut pollution in Beijing may make it worse overall

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Firefighters tackle a blaze on moorland in northwest England on 21 April

Environment

The UK has already had more wildfires in 2019 than any year on record

Just four months into 2019, the UK has been hit by more large wildfires than in the whole of 2018. Fires are thought to be made more likely by climate change

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Pristine mountains are being littered with microplastics from the air

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Environment

Even remote mountain glaciers are contaminated with microplastics

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Health

Millions of child asthma cases linked to traffic pollution every year

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Environment

We have zero tolerance for unclean water. Air should be no different

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