Solid Waste

France to make unrecycled plastic bottles more expensive

France plans to make bottles produced with recycled plastic cheaper than bottles made from virgin plastic and will further tighten regulation on plastics use, a government minister said.

Publication Date: 
13/08/2018
Reuters
Tags:
Environment, Solid Waste, Plastic, France, Waste Recycling, Waste Management, Landfill, Europe
Natural Disasters

Man missing and 1,600 evacuated as floods hit southern France

A German man in his 70s, who was helping supervise children at a campsite in south-east France, was missing on Thursday after being swept away by floodwaters, police said.

Publication Date: 
10/08/2018
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Natural Disasters, Floods, France, Europe
Transport

Determination of real-world emissions from passenger vehicles using remote sensing data

Remote sensing of emissions has a number of important characteristics that make it particularly useful for real-world emissions surveillance.

Publication Date: 
05/06/2018
Yoann Bernard, Uwe Tietge, John German, Rachel Muncrief
International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT)
Tags:
Vehicular Standards, Public Transport, Remote Sensing, France, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland
Energy

Kenya: French firm signs contract for a 50MW PV plant

A France-headquarted renewable energy firm has signed a power sale contract for a 50MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Kenya.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2018
ESI Africa
Tags:
Energy, Kenya, France, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Electricity, Africa
Health

One million in France quit smoking in ’17

France had a million fewer daily smokers’ in 2017 over 2016, the Health Ministry said on Monday, thanking the dissuasive power of higher tobacco taxes.

Publication Date: 
29/05/2018
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
France, Smoking, Tobacco
Wildlife

Disrupt: wildlife cybercrime – uncovering the scale of online wildlife trade

IFAW’s research report, Disrupt: Wildlife Cybercrime – Uncovering the scale of online wildlife trade, highlights the scale and nature of the online trade in protected live animals and animal products, as well as the threat this trade poses to their survival.

Publication Date: 
22/05/2018
International Fund for Animal Welfare
Tags:
Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom (UK)
Health

Revisiting out-of-pocket requirements: trends in spending, financial access barriers, and policy in ten high-income countries

Countries rely on out-of-pocket (OOP) spending to different degrees and employ varying techniques. The article examines trends in OOP spending in ten high-income countries since 2000, and analyzes their relationship to self-assessed barriers to accessing health care services. The countries are Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
18/05/2018
Thomas Rice, Wilm Quentin, Anders Anell & et al
BMC Health Services Research
1-18
Tags:
Health Care, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom (UK), United States Of America (US), Health Policy, Subsidies, Health Insurance
Health

Global increase and geographic convergence in antibiotic consumption between 2000 and 2015

Antibiotic use more than doubled in India between 2000 and 2015, fuelling antibiotic resistance that is making common infections such as E.coli, strep throat, pneumonia and tuberculosis more difficult to treat, according to this new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

Publication Date: 
26/03/2018
Eili Y. Klein, Thomas P. Van Boeckel, Elena M. Martinez & et al
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1-8
Tags:
Antibiotics, India, China, Pakistan, United States Of America (US), France, Italy, Drugs, Vaccination, Statistics, Infectious Diseases, Consumption Patterns
Energy

Jaitapur project: France will supply nuclear fuel if needed, says EDF chief

France’s EDF Group hopes that the terms of the deal to build a nuclear power plant in Jaitapur will be finalised by December 2018.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2018
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Jaitapur, Nuclear Power Plants, Nuclear Fuel, France, Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL), Nuclear Power, Energy
Energy

PM Modi hails Indo-French efforts for solar energy promotion

VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon the Indian Institutes of Technology to focus on solar energy sectors for innovations in the direction of no-cost solar-powered kitchens by keeping

Publication Date: 
13/03/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Budget, France, Ganga, Water Pollution Control, Energy

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