Visiting Třinec: Final day of the Ostrava international conference

Visiting Třinec: Final day of the Ostrava international conference

An excursion to the Třinec Iron and Steel Works took place on the last day of the 'Fighting Air Pollution in the Industrial Cities of Europe' in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The...

See the 'Fighting Air Pollution' international conference in Ostrava

See the 'Fighting Air Pollution' international conference in Ostrava

On Thursday, the four-day international conference 'Fighting Air Pollution in the Industrial Cities of Europe' held in Ostrava concluded. The event was attended by...

How does the world's largest e-waste dump in Ghana looks like?

How does the world's largest e-waste dump in Ghana looks like?

In 2013, Agbogbloshie was listed among the top 10 polluted places in the world. In Ghana, e-waste recyclers used primitive methods to remove plastic insulation from copper...

A shut-down medical waste incinerator at Korle Bu hospital

A shut-down medical waste incinerator at Korle Bu hospital

Chickens, goats, dogs, and larger lizards are not the only animals living next to the medical waste of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. People's homes are located just a few...

Toxic Loophole: Recycling Hazardous Waste into New Products

Toxic Loophole: Recycling Hazardous Waste into New Products

"Between April and June 2018, 430 plastic items including toys, hair accessories, kitchen utensils and other consumer products were purchased in stores and markets in both...

'Toxic Loophole': items with the highest detected levels of hazardous substances

'Toxic Loophole': items with the highest detected levels of hazardous substances

In order to analyze the in what scale toxic chemicals penetrate European market in products from recycled plastics, over 100 items were scanned. Product testing by Arnika, HEAL,...

#WeWantToBreathe - polluted Ukrainian industrial cities call

#WeWantToBreathe - polluted Ukrainian industrial cities call

Residents of Mariupol, Zaporozhye and Kryvyi Rih held a happening demanding reduction of industrial emissions in cities on Saturday. Stop poisoning Krivyi Rih (Досить труїти...

In Armenia among ancient monasteries and dangerous mining

In Armenia among ancient monasteries and dangerous mining

Hakhpat, Sanahin, Akhtala, Odzun. In all these North Armenian villages you will find ancient monasteries, two of which are listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and one in...

Seminars on industrial air pollution in Zaporizhia, Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih

Seminars on industrial air pollution in Zaporizhia, Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih

During June and July, Arnika and Ecoaction organized a series of seminars on industrial air pollution in cities in Eastern Ukraine. Active citizens from Zaporizhia, Dnipro and...

Czech experts investigate the environmental impact of air pollution in Ukraine

Czech experts investigate the environmental impact of air pollution in Ukraine

Ukraine suffers from severe air pollution, causing tens of thousands of premature deaths per year. In the five industrial cities in the East of Ukraine (Kharkiv, Dnipro,...

People of Kruščica

People of Kruščica

Since August 2017, people from the village of Kruščica in Bosnia and Herzegovina have been fighting for protection of their river from planned constructions of two hydropower...

Thai friends from EARTH visiting the Czech Republic

Thai friends from EARTH visiting the Czech Republic

Colleagues from our befriended non-governmental organization Ecological Alert and Recovery - Thailand (EARTH) arrived to the Czech Republic on Arnika's invitation. In addition to...