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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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Coca-Cola Insists People Still Want Plastic Bottles. Is This True?
Plastic bottle giant Coca-Cola has just defended its single-use plastic bottle at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. Citing customers thirsty for drinks packaged in lightweight, disposable plastic bottles, the Coca-Cola!-->…
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China Announces Single-Use Plastic & Plastic Bag Ban By End 2020
In a recent policy announcement, China will be stepping up its restrictions on the sale, production and use of disposable plastic products. According to the state planner, the country will ban disposable plastic bags in all major cities by!-->…
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India’s Garbage Cafe Is Feeding People In Exchange For Plastic Waste
The Garbage Cafe in the Indian city of Ambikapuris helping the country tackle its plastic waste crisis by offering a meal to anyone in exchange for collected plastics. Opened by the Ambikapur Municipal Corporation, the aim of the!-->…
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Green Queen 2020 Trend Predictions: Seafood As We Know It Is Dead
2020 is the year where seafood as we know it will be dead, primarily due to heightened concerns about not only the environmental impact of consuming fish and other seafood, with health and ethical concerns playing a part too. More people!-->…
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#Bye2019 – What We Learned This Year About Plastic & Pollution
Our world is becoming more polluted than ever before, whether it is about our soil, land, air or water. Here are 8 key studies that taught us a bit more about the pollution we've caused our planet, and what that pollution is doing to us.
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Pinyapel Is a New Filipino Treeless Paper Made From Discarded Pineapple Leaves
Developed by the Design Center of the Philippines, Pinyapel is a specialty paper made from pineapple leaves that would otherwise go to waste, which can be used to make a number of products from coffee cups to paper shopping bags. It has!-->…
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Hydro-Powered Search Engine Ekoru Helps Divert Ocean Waste With Every Browse
Ekoru, a new hydro-electric powered search engine lets you browse the internet while helping clean ocean waste and keeping users’ data private. Founded this year by Australian techie Ati Bakush, Ekoru dedicates 60% of its revenue to!-->…
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Ocean Waste Whale Sculpture “Skyscraper” Begins Asian Tour To Raise Awareness About Plastic Crisis
A sculpture made from recovered ocean plastic waste and steel support, “Skyscraper” (The Bruges Whale) has begun its Asian Migration Tour in collaboration with Ocean Recovery Alliance, starting in Singapore at the ArtScience Museum of!-->…
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100 Waste Barriers To Be Installed In Bali Rivers To Fight Plastic Pollution
The Indonesian island of Bali has been battling a plastic waste crisis for years, with the government declaring a “trash emergency” in 2017. Now, a new project called Sungai Watch hopes to fight plastic waste, which has decimated not only!-->…
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40+ Malls & Department Stores In Thailand Pledge To Ditch Plastic Bags From 2020
To support Thailand’s nationwide plan to curb plastic bag use, at least 43 shopping malls and department stores have agreed to stop providing plastic bags starting in January 2020. These include some of the biggest retailer names in the!-->…
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Circulate Capital Launches US$106M Ocean Fund To Fight Asia Plastic Pollution
A US$ 106 million Singapore-based venture fund, The Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF) has just been launched by Circulate Capital to become the world’s first investment fund dedicated to address the plastic crisis in Asia. In addition,!-->…
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Colgate’s New Bamboo Toothbrush Is A Sign That Tides Are Changing
Colgate has just unveiled their first ever eco-friendly toothbrush, made from 100% biodegradable and sustainably grown bamboo. The company launched the product as a part of its mission to reduce overall plastic waste and improve its social!-->…
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Indonesian Tofu Makers Burn Toxic Plastic As Fuel Because Of Global Waste Crisis
While countries around the world are dumping their contaminated waste into developing nations in Southeast Asia with little if any ramifications, a community in the eastern coast off Indonesia’s Java island is suffering. Burning the!-->…
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Hong Kong Facing Monumental Waste Crisis With Disposal Rates Highest Ever
Hong Kong has for years battled a huge waste problem. Now, the most recent figures released by the Environmental Protection Department (EPD) indicate that it’s getting even worse: the rubbish disposal rate per person in Hong Kong has!-->…
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Landmark PET Report: Southeast Asia Plastic Crisis Result Of Government Inaction
A major report about plastic bottle recycling in the Southeast Asian region reveals the severity of the waste crisis facing countries that simply do not have the adequate infrastructure for collection with hundreds of millions of dollars!-->…
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Zero Waste History: The Humble Origins Of The Shampoo Bar
Before modern liquid shampoo became widespread, hair care routines didn’t involve so much plastic waste. Now, we are conditioned (!) to believe we need liquid shampoo in plastic bottles that usually get disposed of rather than refilled,!-->…
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Argentina To Replace China As World’s Dumping Ground For Plastic Waste
In August this year, Argentina changed its definition of what counts as “waste”, a move that could enable the import of millions of tonnes of low-grade plastic waste scraps discarded in the United States. Environmental campaigners have!-->…
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The Global Plastic Crisis In Numbers: 10 Shocking Facts You Need To Know
The plastic crisis is one of the biggest challenges that our planet is facing, and one that desperately needs to be tackled, especially if we want to save the fate of our oceans. Currently, millions of tonnes of plastic ends up in the!-->…
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Race For Water Zero Emissions Sustainably-Powered Vessel Lands in Hong Kong As Part of Global Fight Against Plastic
If you've been around the Central ferry piers lately, you may have noticed a large solar panel covered watercraft docked at Pier 9. Race For Water's ambassador vessel, which is 100% sustainably powered and boasts zero carbon emissions, is!-->…
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