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These plastic products are said to have readily available alternatives. Other plastics not included in the ban were said to have no alternatives available, but will still have to be reduced by 25% in each country by 2025 and will have to be recycled at a rate of 90%.
Humboldt Recognized as a ‘Green College’ | Humboldt NOW | Cal Poly Humboldt
Cal Poly Humboldt has strong commitments to the environment in its campus policies, programs, and practices, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features Humboldt in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges: 2023 Edition. Released on October 25, 2022, and accessible for free at princetonreview.com/green-guide, the guide profiles 455 colleges. The Princeton Review chose the schools for the guide based on data from the company’s surveys of administrators at 713 colleges during the 2021–22 academic year and surveys of students attending the colleges. More than 25 data points were analyzed in the selection of schools for the guide and ranking list.
Read the full article at: now.humboldt.edu
Site of Radio Guantanamo, Cuba – Sustainable Food Production: Perspectives of a Guantanamo Enterprise together with the WFP
Hand in hand with science and the World Food Program (WFP) in Cuba, the staff of the Livestock Enterprise Iván Rodríguez, from Niceto Pérez, outlined a comprehensive strategy to boost their production levels, based on studies related to vulnerabilities of the available natural resources and the…
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4 circular economy lessons from Bangkok | Greenbiz
Plastic is a global scourge and accounts for up to 12 percent of Thailand’s total waste every year, amounting to a total of 2 tons according to the Pollution Control Department. Pollution — a related issue given the toxins released when plastic waste is burned or dumped into waterways — presents a range of problems for Thailand. Thailand’s air includes two times the limits set by the World Health Organization for dangerous chemicals, and 32,000 premature deaths in Thailand were attributed to air pollution in 2020. Moreover, the country is ranked sixth in the list of the world’s worst offenders for dumping plastic waste into the sea according to Siam Commercial Bank’s Economic Intelligence Center. Tackling these interconnected issues quickly will take systemic change — and new ways of engaging and collaborating among stakeholders across the entire value chain — from policymakers and producers to consumers.