Environment

The ‘green team’ turning disused wind turbines into stylish street and garden furniture

Active in the recycling trade for twenty-one years, Anmet, based in the small town of Szprotawa in west Poland, with their subsidiary, AIRchitecture, established last year deal specifically with propellers and turbines. Anmet

As the hazards of wind turbines have become clearer, so too has the fightback. Whereas, traditionally-speaking, defunct propeller blades have simply ended up in landfill sites or subjected to high-energy processes such as milling or pyrolysis, recycling firm Anmet and its subsidiary AIRchitecture is adopting a more experimental approach to counter the issue. 

New law bans pollutive heating

An amendment to environmental laws signed by President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday bans imports of pollutive heating furnaces and obliges households to connect to the national heating system.

On a wing and a prayer! Virtually extinct bird of prey sees record number of new chicks

Despite the record-breaking number of chicks hatched, the species is still facing extinction and as such is under constant observation.

Take a walk on the green side: Globetrotting ex journo creates online map of world’s best places for eco-friendly products

TFN meets eco star Julia Mafalda, the Polish woman looking to connect the world with a revolutionary 'planet-first' app.

Brightly coloured Totem poles deliver powerful eco message

The hand-painted poles which have appeared in Poznań visually present particular data, such as the percentage of deforestation and air pollution.

Wałbrzych ‘ahead of the game’ as it becomes ONLY city in Poland to ban single-use plastic

One of the first cities in Europe to enforce the EU’s May 1st plastics ban, Wałbrzych’s move not only reflects broader European trends but is a timely response to its local situation which sees inhabitants generate about five 1m3 cubes’ worth of plastic waste per day, each weighing roughly 200 kg.

Green money: Lublin rolls out green budget for environmental projects

Lublin will invest in green projects to make it a “green city, drawing people with its originality and diverse vegetation”.

COP24 great step for environmental protection - PM

The Saturday-ended COP24 climate summit in Katowice, southern Poland, is a great step forward for environmental protection, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in a Monday interview for PAP.

Poland tackles air pollution at COP24

The Polish government hopes its Clean Air programme will contribute to a significant reduction in energy use and CO2 emissions. At the COP24 Climate Summit in Katowice (southern Poland), financing was announced for building thermomodernisation from Jan. 2019.

These mushrooms really are MAGIC as they are transformed into tasteful furniture

According to mushroom man Michał Głogowski, it takes around 40 mushrooms to make one chair. The results are bizarrely aesthetic and 100 per cent biodegradable.

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