Prague Sandpits Have Problems with Cadmium Contents. Luckily, Contents of Other Toxic Substances Are within Limits.

Prague Sandpits Have Problems with Cadmium Contents. Luckily, Contents of Other Toxic Substances Are within Limits.

Arnika's experts visited 9 playgrounds in 6 parts of the city of Prague in the past months, in order to take sand samples from sandpits, as well as from the whole playground...

Municipalities with the Lowest Waste Production Obtained Oscar

Municipalities with the Lowest Waste Production Obtained Oscar

The second year of the Waste Oscar competition has its winners. Which municipalities and towns produce the lowest annual amounts of waste per an inhabitant in the Czech Republic?...

Belarusian activists has been freed after week, many people remain in prison

Belarusian activists has been freed after week, many people remain in prison

Activists Maryna Dubina, Xenie Maljukova and Alena Dubovik have been released from detention after a week; they are from EcoHome, an NGO. Police arrested them because of...

Life in Vinnytsia is highly affected by massive chicken industry

Life in Vinnytsia is highly affected by massive chicken industry

Ukraine is well known for it's fertile land and big agricultural sector. It is not a coincidence that Ukraine is sometimes being called "a granary of Europe." Unfortunately, the...

Belarusian ecological activists jailed, “Let them go!” demands Arnika

Belarusian ecological activists jailed, “Let them go!” demands Arnika

Although the meeting took place quietly and with the correct permit, approximately fifty people were arrested without justification and brutally attacked on 15 March in Minsk,...

The Regional Authority Decided that the Company Quail Is Not Allowed to Transport Hazardous Fly Ash into Hůrka near Temelín

The Regional Authority Decided that the Company Quail Is Not Allowed to Transport Hazardous Fly Ash into Hůrka near Temelín

The company Quail s.r.o. is not allowed to accept for treatment fly ash from hazardous waste incinerators anymore. The fly ash probably contributed to contamination by toxic...

Manufacturers contaminate toys by improper management of E-waste

Manufacturers contaminate toys by improper management of E-waste

Popular Rubik's Cube puzzle are hiding two brain teasers. First how to solve the teaser and what they are composed of. A new survey by the environmental organization Arnika found...

Toxic Chemicals from E-Waste Found in BrainToys Sold in Markets in Sixteen Countries

Toxic Chemicals from E-Waste Found in BrainToys Sold in Markets in Sixteen Countries

Florence, Italy. Some toys that are designed to exercise the mind may contain toxic chemicals from recyled electronic waste, which can damage the central nervous system and...

Institution are giving advantage to the private and not the public interest – Zoning plan of a special purpose area “Ada”

Institution are giving advantage to the private and not the public interest – Zoning plan of a special purpose area “Ada”

On the 14th of April 2016, the National Assembly of Republic of Srpska adopted by a summary procedure the concerning the decision to make a zoning plan for a special purpose area...

Review of the Civic Initiative for Borik

Review of the Civic Initiative for Borik

Today, after the fight is over, and with the children’s playground and green surface preserved, we wish to remind you of the steps we took with the Civic initiative for Borik. We...

Save Sana – Stop Kelag!

Save Sana – Stop Kelag!

For the resources of the river Sana, more than 200 kayakers and environmentalists have declared that they will not give up the fight.

Hydropower plant „Medna“ creates one million KM loss for Republic of Srpska

Hydropower plant „Medna“ creates one million KM loss for Republic of Srpska

On the occasion of World Water Day Coalition for Sana reiterates that hydropower plant (HPP) "Medna" is bad both for people and nature. The Coalition for Sana, a network of 23...