Our junk clothing is flooding into Africa
Triple front page investigation into fast fashion
European firms are dumping 37 million items of junk plastic clothing in Kenya every year that are too dirty or...
Economy
Zara and H&M linked to devastation in Brazil
Over a thousand media hits for serious investigation
Popular items of H&M and Zara clothing have been linked to large-scale illegal deforestation, land grabbing, violence and corruption by...
Faster fashion: growing use of polluting textiles revealed
Front page focus on fast fashion
Major fashion brands are using ever greater amounts of polluting synthetic textiles, a survey of 50 global firms by the...
Gas cookers cause regular pollution breaches in homes across Europe
The challenge of working with outside researchers
Cooking on gas regularly fills kitchens with air pollution above recommended levels, the largest ever home monitoring study in Europe...
High levels of carcinogen discovered in European gas supply
Fighting for attention in times of war
High levels of benzene have been discovered in the domestic gas supply for multiple Western European cities by researchers at...
Caught on camera: €1.5bn illegal trade in Russian timber across the EU
The pros and cons of undercover material
A booming trade in illegal Russian timber stretching throughout Europe and breaching war sanctions has been uncovered. Posing as buyers...
Gas cooker pollution shock
Major visibility for a neglected source of indoor air pollution
Home gas cookers cause weekly breaches of air pollution limits, a new study suggests. The report for the non-profit energy...
Retailers discard clothes they promised to save – investigation
Splashing with a leading Sunday outlet
Three quarters of clothing donated to major fashion stores to be reused or recycled are actually destroyed, abandoned in warehouses...
First global plan to end throw-away packaging
Vying for attention at global plastic treaty talks
A detailed plan to transform product packaging and significantly cut plastic pollution globally has been developed by British researchers. The...
