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Sustainability with Sarah: How do SC landfills prevent groundwater contamination?

When trash and water mix in a landfill, a liquid called leachate is formed and can contaminate groundwater. Here's how Upstate landfills prevent it.

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Forever chemicals: French company poisoned environment near Lyon for decades, locals claim

Local residents blame French chemical giant Arkema for contaminating the environment around its plant near Lyon.

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'We will die before the Drina is clean': Bosnia villagers hope for a solution to polluted river

20 years since the breakup of Yugoslavia, a failure to establish good waste disposal practices has left Bosnia’s Drina river full of rubbish.

MontenegroSerbiaDejan furtulaCentar visegradVerica djuricMinistry of spatial planningDrina riverEko centarSpatial planningContamination of waterRiverWaste disposalBosnia and herzegovinaEnvironment pollution

New EU wastewater directive makes its way through Parliament, but at what cost?

The new law will mean greater investments in new technologies, as well as industries that contaminate wastewater having to pay-to-pollute.

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Plans underway to make the Seine 'swimmable' ahead of Paris 2024

Officials are hoping to reduce pollution levels in the river in order to make it safe to swim in ahead of an Olympic river race in 2024. However high levels of e.coli, sewage and industrial dumping pose monumental challenges.

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