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Switzerland in bottom half of European bathing waters league table

The 2018 Rhine swim event in the centre of Basel

This content was published on Jun 7, 2019 Three-quarters of Switzerland’s bathing sites met the “excellent” European Union quality standard last year.

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Swiss bearded vultures get new breeding enclosure

This content was published on Jun 5, 2019 Breeding pairs of bearded vultures, a vulnerable species, now have access to a new facility costing almost half-a-million Swiss francs.

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What difference can a can make?

This content was published on Jun 5, 2019 We’ve crunched a few numbers showing how a small country like Switzerland can have a big impact when it comes to things like cans and cigarette butts.

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Ranking finds Switzerland lagging on wind power

This content was published on May 29, 2019 In a comparison of European solar and wind power generation, Switzerland ranks near the bottom.

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Swiss recycling project empowers Thailand’s sea nomads

This content was published on May 23, 2019 A Swiss foundation works with the Moken people in southeast Asia to recycle piles of waste that line Thailand’s coast.

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Breeding bees in Swiss valleys

This content was published on May 18, 2019 Swiss photographer and beekeeper Marc Latzel has documented a special type of bee that thrives among the Alps.

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WWF: Switzerland’s 2019 natural resource quota already used up

This content was published on May 7, 2019 Switzerland has exhausted all the natural resources at its disposal for 2019, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

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Amid shortages, can Switzerland stay Europe’s ‘water tower’?

This content was published on May 6, 2019 Switzerland is known as the "water tower" of Europe. Yet some municipalities are being forced to introduce drastic measures as water supplies dwindle.

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Households are the biggest sources of Swiss food waste

This content was published on Apr 29, 2019 A total of 2.6 million tonnes of food waste is produced in Switzerland each year, the federal environment office has reported.

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The rise of zero-waste shops in Switzerland

This content was published on Apr 26, 2019 Zero waste is about not wasting food and resources and avoiding plastic packaging if possible. We visited a zero-waste shop in Bern to find out more.

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