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Escalating desertification through microplastic accumulation? A visit to the Cartagena region of Spain featured image

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Escalating desertification through microplastic accumulation? A visit to the Cartagena region of Spain

Can two distinctive environmental phenomena like microplastic contamination and desertification interact? We don’t have definitive answers. But MINAGRIS…

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Where farm plastics recycling goes wrong – the perspective from Irish farmers

Reporting by Deborah Talbot The sources of plastic waste from farming are numerous. One of the biggest is…

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Six principles for reaching solutions to microplastic contamination in soils

Charlotte Chivers Microplastics are a pervasive and growing problem, with potentially devastating impacts on the environment and human…

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UN promotes new Voluntary Code of Conduct to tackle plastic pollution in agriculture

Written by Ildiko Heim The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has developed a Voluntary Code of…

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Rubber v plastic in agricultural soils, and why MINAGRIS is plastic-focused

Deborah Talbot We were asked why MINAGRIS doesn’t look at the impact of rubber in agricultural settings and…

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Minagris soil scientist Prof. Violette Geissen keynote speaker at AGRIFOODPLAST 2025

Professor Geissen will be a keynote speaker at AGRIFOODPLAST 2025, where she will be speaking about the use…

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Two companies supporting a transition away from agricultural plastics

Picture credit: Géochanvre – Herbi’Chanvre being used for tomato cultivation Helping farmers transition away from using plastics could…

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First MINAGRIS workshop series held to discuss solutions to soil plastics

How do you draw farmers and policymakers towards finding sustainable solutions to plastics in soil? Farmers are very…

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