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PFAS Ban Takes Effect in Packaging
From 12 August 2026, PFAS-coated pizza boxes, paper cups and greaseproof papers will disappear from the shelves because of tightening concentration limits – transforming the daily business of the food and packaging industries and, indirectly, the water sector.
Japan–India Biogas Agreement: 1,000 Plants by 2030
The initiative announced at the India–Japan summit aims to build 1,000 biogas plants and a market for 2.5 million CNG vehicles by 2030.
The Po on the Brink of Drying Up, the Iberian Peninsula in Flames
While Italy's largest river can supply agriculture with irrigation water for only a few more days, drought since spring and the wildfires in its wake are hitting the whole of southern Europe.
What Festivals Leave Behind in the Water
International research shows what traces large waterside events leave in lakes and rivers.
Filtering Microplastics With Ferrofluid?
Starting from a garage lab, a Virginia teenager has got where membrane technology cannot: a self-recycling magnetic filter against microplastics – the only question is what the small print says…
Water Quality at Europe's Bathing Sites – River Conditions Raise Questions
According to the European Environment Agency's 2025 report, the vast majority of the continent's bathing sites are safe, but river swimming remains the weakest link despite urban successes in Berlin and Budapest.
A Natural Coagulant Against Microplastics – Moringa Seeds May Outperform Chemicals
A promising water treatment innovation: Brazilian and British researchers have deployed a tropical plant, known and used for water treatment since antiquity, to filter out microplastics.
From Wastewater to Fertiliser: a $12 Billion Turn
The global nutrient recovery market will double by 2032 – anaerobic digestion and circular economy thinking are rewriting what we mean by wastewater treatment.
Drinking Water From the Sea, Without Brine or Chemicals
The University of Rochester's solar desalination system turns seawater into drinking water without chemical treatment or toxic brine – and can recover valuable minerals, including lithium.
Why Is the Hydrogen Powertrain Being Pushed to the Margins?
Behind the most loudly promised technology of the energy transition lie persistent cost gaps, missing infrastructure and documented oil industry interests.