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New Report Reveals Massive Plastic & Carbon Footprint Of Beverage Giants Like Coca-Cola & PepsiCo
A new report by the environmental NGO Tearfund has just revealed the massive plastic and carbon pollution of major drink firms. According to the report, the 4 leading beverage corporations – Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé and Unilever –!-->…
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Fish Today Contains 283 Times More Parasites Than 40 Years Ago
A new meta-analysis study by a research team at the University of Washington has revealed that fish now contains 283 times more parasitic worms than in the 1980s – which is ingested by humans when consuming raw, smoked or improperly frozen!-->…
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Scientists Discover A Bacterium That Feeds On Toxic Hard-To-Recycle Plastic Polyurethane
A bacterium that breaks down toxic plastic as food, which in the process helps treat the plastic, has been found by scientists. The particular toxic plastic it feeds on is polyurethane, which is widely used in many industrial and!-->…
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Anti-Climate Groups Are Using Coronavirus Fear To Fight Plastic Bag Bans
A number of conservative think tanks and lobbying groups are now using the coronavirus pandemic to stoke fears about reusable products in order to fight plastic bag bans in the United States. Articles misrepresenting studies are now being!-->…
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Is Plastic-Free Food Delivery A Solution To Our Wasteful Convenience Culture?
Tap into a food delivery app on your phone or laptop, choose a restaurant, pick your dish, and relax. Within minutes, you can expect your hot food order delivered straight to your door by a rider. But is it just food that gets delivered?!-->…
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Indonesia Wants To Make Seaweed The New Sustainable Plastic
From edible coffee cups to food containers and bags, Indonesia wants to replace plastic with bioplastic alternatives made from seaweed. Currently, the country is the world’s second largest producer of seaweed behind China, making about 8!-->…
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Amcor Develops First 100% Post-Consumer Recycled Clear PET Container
Global packaging company Amcor has just developed and launched a PET container made from 100% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content resin. According to the company, the clear bottles are the first of its kind in the world. They are!-->…
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Plastic-Free Dyper Subscription Collects Used Nappies & Turns Them Into Compost For Public Projects
Dyper, a bamboo diaper subscription platform based in the United States, has recently started a new ReDyper program in partnership with recycling company TerraCycle to take back used nappies from customers to compost them. Launched last!-->…
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Kellogg’s Bear Naked Granola Brand Develops First Ever 100% Recyclable Cereal Pouch
American multinational food manufacturer Kellogg Company has just revealed its first fully recyclable cereal pouch for granola sold under its Bear Naked Inc. brand. Unlike most types of plastic zipper pouch packaging sold across mainstream!-->…
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Global Waste Crisis: Let’s Talk About Low-Value Plastics
While plastic water bottles tend to dominate the headlines when it comes to the plastic waste crisis, the problem of low-value plastics often gets cast aside. But the reality is that low value plastics take up a massive share of global!-->…
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Indian Himalayan Town Launches Reusable Bamboo Bottle Scheme For Tourists To Fight Plastic Waste
In a bid to stop the use of plastic water bottles and littering, the picturesque town of Lachen in Sikkim, India will be introducing bamboo water bottles for tourists. The town is famous for its snow-capped mountain peaks and views with!-->…
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British Airways To Eliminate 700 Tonnes Of Single-Use Plastic This Year
British Airways, the flag carrier of the United Kingdom, has just announced that it plans to remove 700 tonnes of single-use plastic from its flights over the course of 2020. The company will be swapping disposable plastic items for “more!-->…
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Face Masks Polluting Hong Kong Beaches & Hills Since Coronavirus
As the current coronavirus epidemic lingers, many Hong Kong citizens and residents are taking precautions to protect themselves by wearing a surgical face mask in public. However, environmental groups in Hong Kong are now warning about the!-->…
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Want Ketchup With That? ‘Sachet Economy’ Produces 855 Billion Pieces Of Plastic Waste Each Year
A coalition of campaigners in the United Kingdom are calling for the government to put an end to the “curse” of single-use plastic sachets, which account for billions of pieces of waste fuelling the global plastic pollution crisis. In!-->…
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INTERVIEW: Teapigs Founder Louise Cheadle “Environmental Change Is Not Happening Quickly Enough.”
We recently had the opportunity to chat with the co-founder of UK-based premium tea brand Teapigs Louise Cheadle. Founded in 2006, Teapigs was launched by Louise and Nick Kilby with the aim to make high quality teas popular amongst 21st!-->…
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New Documentary The Story Of Plastic Will Premiere Ahead Of Earth Day
The Story Of Plastic documentary will premiere on Discovery Channel in honour of Earth Day this year. The film looks at the man-made crisis of plastic pollution and the global catastrophe it has wreaked on the health of people and the!-->…
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Dove Presents Vending Machine That Accepts Plastic Waste As Currency
Personal care giant Dove has recently installed a sustainably-made vending machine in New York City’s Grand Central Station that takes old plastic bottles as payment for body wash, which comes in a 100% recycled plastic container. The!-->…
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Adidas Builds Football Field Using 1.8 Million Recycled Plastic Bottles
Adidas, the global sportswear and sneaker giant, has just donated a sustainable American football field made out of 1.8 million recycled plastic bottles. Collected from beaches, coastal communities, shorelines and remote islands, the newly!-->…
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Cadbury Trials Plastic-Free Chocolate Bars Using 100% Recyclable Paper
The regional branch of the multinational corporation Mondelez Australia has begun a trial of their first ever Cadbury chocolate bar packaged in 100% recyclable paper. Unlike many existing paper-based food wrappers, the material used in!-->…
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You Make A Difference: 10 Positive Changes That Happened Because Of You
With our planet in turmoil, it’s easy to feel bogged down by the lack of environmental progress and get slammed with a bout of eco-anxiety. However, it’s important to look at the bright side too. No matter how small our daily individual!-->…
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Toy Library Subscription Happy Baton Is Fighting Waste In Hong Kong
Happy Baton, Hong Kong’s very first online toy library offering subscription services, is encouraging a circular economy for children’s toys. Giving parents and caretakers in Hong Kong a convenient solution to provide preloved toys to your!-->…
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