Right To Repair Law, AI Litter Camera, Food Chain Emission data, and More...

Thu, 18 March 2021

National News In Brief (March 2021): 

  • A new legal right for repairs to come into law this summer. Manufacturers will be legally obliged to make spare parts for products available to consumers for the first time, extending the lifespan of products by up to 10 years.  

    https://bbc.in/3ljDP7r
     

  • 'LitterCam' - AI software can now match footage of motorists throwing rubbish to their car's number plate and issue an automatic fine. The first trial is set to begin in Maidstone in Kent in a few weeks.

    https://bbc.in/30D1bv7
     

  • A new study presents EDGAR-FOOD – the first database of emissions from every stage of the food chain between 1990-2015, broken down by sector, greenhouse gas and country. The study finds the food system contributed one third of human-produced greenhouse gas emissions in 2015.

    https://bit.ly/30CR7SY
     

  • Morrisons to source exclusively from net-zero British farms by 2030

    https://bit.ly/3l8FkF5
     

  • HS2 to 'rewild' 127 hectares around its 10-mile Chilterns tunnel

    https://bit.ly/3qGepSl