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CNN: Teenager from Ireland chooses Groningen to work on revolutionary idea

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A teenager from Ireland has chosen the University of Groningen to work on a promising idea to remove plastic from ...

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New University of Groningen policy calls on staff to limit business air travel

by The Northern Times

Changes to the University of Groningen’s travel policy mean that employees are no longer allowed to fly for business if ...

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Two million kilos from MSC Zoe salvaged from North Sea

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So far, the ongoing clean-up effort following the MSC Zoe container spill in January has salvaged around 2 million kilos ...

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24 million plastic pellets from MSC Zoe on northern Dutch coastline

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24 million plastic pellets from MSC Zoe on northern Dutch coastline

Research by the University of Groningen has determined that roughly 24 million plastic pellets have washed ashore along the northern ...

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Help still needed for plastic pollution map of Wadden Islands

by The Northern Times

January 28, 2019

Researchers from the University of Groningen seeking to map out the plastic pollution from the MSC Zoe container spill say ...

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Black flecks on snow in Farmsum after ESD blazer

by The Northern Times

January 25, 2019

The snow in the vicinity of the ESD facility in Farmsum was littered with black flecks on Thursday afternoon after ...

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University of Groningen to investigate plastic pollution from MSC Zoe containers

by The Northern Times

January 9, 2019

An expert team from the University of Groningen will map out level of plastic in the vicinity of the Wadden ...

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Calls for coordinated container clean-up effort increase

January 7, 2019

Political representatives across Friesland are calling for a national contingency plan for the Wadden Sea region in response to the ...

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Container clean up underway on islands and in Wadden Sea

January 3, 2019

Tiny pink and purple ponies, flat screen televisions and thousands of lightbulbs were littered across a ten-kilometre-wide stretch of sand ...

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