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22May/23

PepsiCo and UEFA Unveil a Series of Innovative Sustainable Food & Beverage Practices at the 2023 UEFA Champions League Finals

May 22, 2023FootballCompanies, Doritos, Food and drink, Istanbul, Lay's, Organizations, PepsiCo, PSV Eindhoven, UEFA, UEFA Champions League, Zero wasteadmin

PepsiCo, in partnership with UEFA (Union of European Football Association), is finding innovative ways to achieve the goal of making UEFA Champions League Finals zero waste to landfill by 2026, through the power of its brands, Pepsi, Lay’s, Doritos and Gatorade. At the Women’s UCL Final at PSV Stadium in Eindhoven on June 3, and the UCL Final at Istanbul’s Atatürk Olympic Stadium on June 10, PepsiCo and UEFA are implementing circular economy practices centered around the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), to minimize the impact of football on the environment and drive resource efficiencies. Continue reading

07Feb/23

Turkey-Syria earthquakes: a seismologist explains what has happened

February 7, 2023EnvironmentAftershock, Baghdad, Cairo, Creative Commons, Earthquake, Earthquakes, Egypt, Iraq, Istanbul, Jenny Jenkins, Mechanics, Olancha Earthquake Sequence, Ridgecrest earthquakes, Seismology, Syria, Turkey, Types of earthquake, United Kingdomadmin

Jenny Jenkins, Durham University

An extremely large earthquake has occurred in the southeast of Turkey, near the border with Syria. Data from seismometers which measure shaking of the ground caused by earthquake waves suggest this this event, in the early morning of February 6, was a magnitude 7.8 out of 10 on the moment magnitude scale. Seismic waves were picked up by sensors around the world (you can watch them ripple through Europe) including places as far away as the UK.

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