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Second sample from failed nuclear power plant obtained in Japan

Published on: April 23, 2025
10:49

Tokyo, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) announced today that it managed to recover the second sample of melted fuel from one of the affected reactors at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, key to its decommissioning.

DPRK responds to South Korea’s provocation

Published on: June 3, 2024
15:41

Pyongyang, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday reported the suspension of waste dumping in areas bordering South Korea, in response to to the launching of subversive propaganda by Seoul.

783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste

Published on: March 27, 2024
16:33

Geneva, Mar 27 (Prensa Latina) While a third of humanity faces food insecurity, an equivalent of one billion meals go to waste every day, a new report by the UN environment agency (UNEP) revealed on Wednesday. One fifth of food is thrown away.

Cuban experts to advise regional environment project

Published on: September 18, 2023
11:35

Havana, Sep 18 (Prensa Latina) Cuban experts are advising a regional project of the Island Global Environment Facility (GEF) to prevent waste generation from electrical and electronic equipment, and reuse it, and recycle it.

Food: Italy is the most wasteful country in Europe

Published on: December 23, 2022
15:23

Rome, Dec 22 (Prensa Latina) Based on data from the European Commission, the Italian branch of the World Organization for International Relations (Vatican.WoirNet.org) highlights that in terms of food waste, Italy ranks first in Europe with 272 million tons of food thrown away in the last 20 years

Covid-19 pandemic generated 8 million tons of plastic waste: study

Published on: November 13, 2021
00:05

Washington, Nov 13 (Prensa Latina) The Covid-19 pandemic has generated over eight million tons of plastic waste globally, with over 25,000 tons of it entering the oceans, according to a study published on the Proceedings journal of the National Academy of Sciences.

E-waste endangers human health

Published on: June 16, 2021
07:25

Geneva, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) The irresponsible disposal or recycling of e-devices are nowadays a greater danger to human life, warned the World Health Organization (WHO).

US Gov’t warns of possible leakage of nuclear waste

Published on: April 30, 2021
09:52

Washington, Apr 30 (Prensa Latina) The United States Department of Energy today maintains the alert over a possible leak of nuclear waste in the state of Washington (northwest), dating from World War II (1939-1945).

China asks Japan for caution regarding toxic water dumping

Published on: April 9, 2021
11:18

Beijing, Mar 9 (Prensa Latina) China demanded caution from Japan in its plan to dump radioactive waters from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, after warning that any decision in this regard must be taken in consultations with neighboring countries.

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