Word of the year? ‘Single-use’ glosses over the grim truth about plastics | Books | The Guardian
From bags to spoons, ‘single-use’ has become a sly way to describe plastic products that are littering the planet…
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From bags to spoons, ‘single-use’ has become a sly way to describe plastic products that are littering the planet…
Source: www.theguardian.com
This consultation proposes the introduction of market restrictions – effectively a ban – on the most commonly littered single-use plastic items found on European beaches. It represents an important next step in our efforts to tackle our plastic problem, allowing us to maintain pace with the environmental standards of our European partners while re-affirming Scotland’s position as a world-leader in the circular economy.
Hi-Cone teams up with Avangard Innovative to put can rings in a recycled production loop…
Bottled water is entering the ‘circular economy’ with US company PathWater leading the industry, offering refillable water bottles made from aluminum, a material that is infinitely recyclable!
“One of the biggest challenges of the 21st Century is dealing with the progress of the 20th Century — especially old computers, monitors, cellular phones and televisions.These appliances depend on po…
When Charlotte Wang first got involved with student startup eReuse Inc. – a program aiming to reduce e-waste in the environment – she didn’t realise it would inform the path her studies and career would eventually take. Charlotte, a UNSW alumna who completed her degree in environmental engineering in 2017, now works as a sustainability adviser at an up-and-coming sustainability consultancy, Edge Environment.
When cruise ships do make their post-pandemic return to Picton, people there want them to “fit with the town and not overtake it”. Picton residents want sustainability and some common sense applied to any future cruise ship timetable, Smart and Connected co-chair Richard Briggs says. “The general feeling is that it’s good to have cruise ships, but they need to be spaced out well, and they need to be limited to a certain number per year … If you go too mad on one thing, then it’s too heavy on the town, so on infrastructure and residents.