Richard Fineflipped into PlasticTrinidad and Tobago Is there more to the Caribbean's single-use plastics ban than meets the eye? globalvoices.org - Janine Mendes-Franco Seven Caribbean nations say they're implementing a ban in January 2020The Caribbean has spoken out against single-use plastics and its inevitable …
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticPollution The First Step in Managing Plastic Waste Is Measuring It – Here’s How We Did It for One Caribbean Country ecowatch.com - By Clyde Eiríkur Hull and Eric Williams Countries around the world throw away millions of tons of plastic trash every year. Finding ways to manage plastic waste is daunting even for wealthy …
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticEnvironment The war on plastic won’t be easily won The Guardian - LettersI am delighted to see John Vidal explaining that there’s no way of making current levels of consumption “environmentally friendly” (The solution to the plastic waste crisis? It’s not recycling, Journal,
Richard Fineflipped into BioplasticsBiodegradation Bioplastics Sold as Being Not Plastics bioplasticsnews.com - By Axel Barrett PLA containers … I thought PLA was compostable but not biodegradable ? “Tous les produits proposés par Compos’Table sont biodégradables et …
Richard Fineflipped into RecyclingChina Another potential export disruption on the... resource-recycling.com - Colin Staub In April, the Chinese government will enact new requirements for pellet imports. | Piyathep/Shutterstock Officials in Beijing are set to enact new …
Richard Fineflipped into Plastic Forum: Multi-pronged approach to tackle disposable, packaging waste issue straitstimes.com January 14, 2020 5:00 AM We thank Mr Martin Lee Ming Han for his views (Focus on reducing waste, not changing from plastic to paper, Jan 7).
Richard Fineflipped into RecyclingIcon version of the Flipboard logoAustralia Treading carefully on waste exports wastemanagementreview.com.au - by Waste Management Review It’s time we transformed into an economy that values all our resources and takes accountability onshore, writes Matt Genever, Director Resource …
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable PackagingTaco Bell Taco Bell Outlines Plans to Make Consumer-facing Packaging Sustainable by 2025 thespoon.tech - Jennifer Marston Taco Bell announced this week its goal to make all consumer-facing packaging — cups, wrappers, etc. — recyclable, compostable, or reusable by 2025, …
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable PackagingComposting Plastic To-Go Containers Are Bad, but Are the Alternatives Any Better? civileats.com - Gosia Wozniacka On January 1, Berkeley, California rang in the New Year by putting a new rule in place requiring all cafés and restaurants to start charging 25 cents …
Richard Fineflipped into BioplasticsCities RES URBIS project shows the viability of bioplastic generation with urban biowaste phys.org - University of Barcelona In a circular economy, city waste being turned into resources is of great importance, considering that more than 70% of the inhabitants in Europe …
Richard Fineflipped into Circular EconomyCircular Economy Circular Economy: What It Is and Why We Need It? interestingengineering.com - Carmen Valache Producing, consuming, and throwing products away is starting to affect our planet and our way of life. A new way of doing things, which is based on …
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable PackagingSustainability The Dark Side of ‘Compostable’ Take-Out Containers Eater - Gosia WozniackaOn January 1, Berkeley, California rang in the New Year by putting a new rule in place requiring all cafés and restaurants to start charging 25 cents for disposable cups. The cups, in addition to lids,
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticSustainability Packaging for the planet insidefmcg.com.au - Inside FMCG The pressure on the finite resources of our environment and the looming dangers of climate change are influencing our collective thinking. A recent …
Richard Fineflipped into BioplasticsRecycling Recycling Industry Does Not Want Bioplastics bioplasticsnews.com - By Axel Barrett Do you think the recycling industry has been waging a secret war against bioplastics? Do you think the plastic recycling industry is more efficient …
Richard Fineflipped into Paper CupsCoffee Wellington farming group eyes new disposal system for used coffee cups tvnz.co.nz - TVNZ 1News The city's landfill has stopped taking single-use coffee cups, prompting a new solution to be found.
Richard Fineflipped into BioplasticsFood Packaging Banana plants an a-peeling alternative for packaging | Food & Beverage foodmag.com.au - Mike Wheeler Biodegradable ‘plastic’ bags made out of banana plants sounds a bit…bananas, but a couple of UNSW researchers have found a way to do it, and it could …
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable PackagingVancouver 'It's incredibly disheartening': Compostable food containers still can't go in curbside green bins ctvnews.ca - Shannon Paterson VANCOUVER -- When Vancouver's foam take-out container ban came into effect Jan. 1, restaurant owners called the region's first ever distributor of …
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable PackagingSustainability Good Pair Days offers compostable/ biodegradeable packaging | Food & Beverage foodmag.com.au - Mike Wheeler As the movement for sustainability continues unabated, more wine producers are moving towards farming and wine-making that is both good for the earth …
Richard Fineflipped into Paper CupsCoffee Do you always remember to bring your re-usable coffee cup? thetelegraphandargus.co.uk - Mark Stanford The charity has joined up with Starbucks and other coffee chains to encourage consumers to remember their cups with the aim of cutting the number of …
Richard Fineflipped into Paper CupsCoffee Push to double the uptake of reusable cups circularonline.co.uk - Darrel Moore Hubbub says they aim to double the uptake of reusable cups for hot drinks with an initiative built using funds collected from Starbucks 5p …
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable Packaging Comment: Beware the ‘miracle’ packaging claims -... foodservicefootprint.com
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable PackagingUK News Supermarkets bringing in even more damaging packaging in rush to dit… independent.co.uk - Jane Dalton Supermarkets and food giants ditching plastic packaging are swapping to even more environmentally damaging materials, an investigation has …
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticPlastic Plastic packaging ban 'could harm environment' BBC News - Roger HarrabinConsumer pressure to end plastic packaging in shops could actually be harming the environment, a report says. Firms are swapping to other packaging materials which are potentially even worse for the environment,
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticSustainability What the Grocery Sector is Doing About Packaging bioplasticsnews.com - By Axel Barrett This report was produced by Green Alliance as part of our work programme for the Circular Economy Task Force. This policy focused business forum aims …
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticSouth Island (New Zealand) Canterbury schoolboy boycotts sushi shop in campaign for sustainable packaging stuff.co.nz - EMMA DANGERFIELD A Canterbury schoolboy is making a stand against plastic packaging, even though it means giving up one of his favourite treats. Dominic Ogilvie, 11, …
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable PackagingSustainability Introducing CuanSave: a flexible film made from crustacean shells packagingeurope.com - Fin Slater Amidst increased demand from consumers and brands alike for sustainable solutions to plastic pollution, bioplastics have become a frontrunner. This …
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable PackagingIcon version of the Flipboard logo Pro Landscaper will now arrive in compostable packaging - Pro Landscaper prolandscapermagazine.com - Amy Fitz-Hugh
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable PackagingIcon version of the Flipboard logoSustainability Fit for future: monta biopack® | Fit for future: monta biopack® | monta - Der Klebeband-Spezialist monta.de Sustainability is widely being talked about, and also the producing industries are required to find new sustainable solutions. Today we are …
Richard Fineflipped into RecyclingRecycling Report explores keys to boosting plastics... resource-recycling.com - Jared Paben The research firm McKinsey & Co. identified a number of challenges and opportunities to increasing plastics recovery in the U.S. | Uroš …
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable PackagingFrench Parliament French Parliament Penalises Bioplastics Compared to Recycling bioplasticsnews.com - By Axel Barrett In September, French MPs proposed Amendment 79 in the context of the Circular Economy Law. This amendment suggests to include compostable packaging in …
Peterflipped into Clever How Reincarnation Works, According to a Reincarnation Researcher VICE - Rebecca KammAny foray into who's out there speaking and writing about reincarnation will throw up the name Walter Semkiw, MD. The San Francisco resident, a former doctor who also worked in the oil industry, has been
Jflipped into EnvironmentPollution America's Biggest Trash Hauler Stops Shipping Plastic To Poor Countries HuffPost - Catharine SmithExporting plastic for processing overseas has been linked to ocean pollution. After months of global outcry over the United States’ role in the plastic pollution crisis, companies that collect and dispose
J.b.f.flipped into SCiNAUTSWest Michigan It's got water and the right temperature: Planet found that could support life wzzm13.com - MARCIA DUNN (AP Aerospace Writer) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla — In a tantalizing first, scientists have discovered water at a planet outside our solar system that has temperatures suitable …
Yahoo Australiaflipped into Yahoo Sport Australia 'Should be banned': Ash Barty conqueror slammed over 'awful' act yahoo.com - Sam Goodwin Alison Riske is the talk of the tennis world after sending Ash Barty crashing out of Wimbledon. The unseeded American crashed Barty's party with a 3-6 …
Mashableflipped into Science The strangeness of Japan's decision to start openly hunting whales Mashable - Mark KaufmanEach year, Japanese whalers haul hundreds of harpooned whales aboard their giant 8,145-ton vessel, the Nisshin Maru. And for decades, they've killed most of these whales in the open Antarctic seas, under
Anthony Mundine vs Jeff Horn: Star snubbed by NRL club news.com.au - www.news.com.au Mundine has expressed hurt at his fight against Jeff Horn being overlooked by St George Leagues at Kogarah — the club he started at as a …
Mother Nature NetworkLifestyle Why you should kick the plastic straw habit Mother Nature Network - Starre Vartan Straws create litter and quickly end up in the marine food chain — but it doesn't have to be that way. Instead of using a plastic straw (which could …
Packaging and Food Mockups weandthecolor.com - Dirk Petzold A huge graphic set of packaging and food mockups created by Aleksey Belorukov.Aleksey Belorukov is a graphic designer and 3D artist specializing in …
Anja Fflipped into Only One Planet Left How People Make Only a Jar of Trash a Year National Geographic - Plastics 101The growing zero-waste community is radically slashing their waste output, while living more fulfilling lives. Imagine 15 grocery bags filled with plastic trash piled up on every single yard of shoreline
Ryleneflipped into Science Hubble's Latest Batch of Space Porn Is Some of the Best We've Ever Seen Gizmodo - George Dvorsky Space is mind-bogglingly vast, and it’s practically impossible for our puny brains to comprehend just how huge it really is. Using the Hubble Space …
Vivian Narvaezflipped into H.U.M.A.N Kakeibo: a life-changing method for saving money treehugger.com - Katherine Martinko This Japanese approach to managing household spending may be over 100 years old, but it's as relevant as ever. First there was Marie Kondo, who …
rylene masouflipped into Science The Planet That Took Us Beyond the Solar System The Atlantic - Marina KorenAn unusual discovery in the 1990s paved the way for space telescopes to spot thousands of exoplanets. For millennia, the only planets we knew of were the ones in our own solar system. That changed in 1995,
Fox News I made a great discovery when I stopped staring at a woman on the beach Fox News - Joshua RogersIt was the crack of dawn and I couldn't stop looking over at the woman a few feet away from me on the beach. I had come to watch the sunrise and she was getting on my nerves. The woman, who was probably
Business Insider Google introduces $160 wireless headphones named Google Pixel Buds - Business Insider Business Insider - Ben GilbertGoogle is taking on Apple's $160 wireless AirPods headphones with a direct competitor: Google Pixel Buds. Google introduced the headphones during an event on Wednesday morning in California, alongside
Pauline Hanson Behind Pauline Hanson's burqa stunt is an ugly reality smh.com.au - Nick O'Malley A good place to start is on one of her Facebook fan pages, Pauline Hanson's One Nation. There, underneath a post celebrating Hanson's burqa stunt, is …
Linda Anfusoflipped into History Sunken Australian warship HMAS Perth ransacked by illegal scavengers Australia News - Oliver Holmes South-east Asia correspondentOnly 40% remains of final resting place of 353 Australian sailors who drowned off Java in second world war, archaeologists say One of Australia’s most treasured second world war warships has been illegally
The Motley Fool This Is the Biggest News in Electricity Since the Light Bulb -- Seriously The Motley Fool - Travis Hoium If the world can generate and store energy from the sun for less than the cost of fossil fuels, it literally changes everything about the energy …
WATCH: Aussie fisherman tussles with shark yahoo.com - Yahoo News Australia Video has emerged of an Aussie fisherman’s tug of war with a great white shark. Caters News reports David Wilks, 46, encountered the white pointer …
Elon Musk: 100 Tesla Gigafactories Could Power the Entire World futurism.com - Chelsea Gohd Here's how we could make a sustainable world. The Tesla Gigafactory produces lithium ion batteries, supporting the Tesla vehicles and providing …
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New Atlas New polymer could create win-win scenario in war against plastic waste newatlas.com Getting rid of plastic waste remains a Sisyphean task despite our efforts to tackle it by employing PET-eating bacteria and turning it into footwear, …
Peter Mellowflipped into Trans Tasman Migration - Australia and New Zealand New Zealand is letting economics rule its environmental policies theconversation.com - Stephen Knight-Lenihan Balancing the environment with development is tricky. One way for policymakers to include the value of ecosystems in development is to set limits for …
Kentflipped into InteriorIcon version of the Flipboard logo Minimalist Home Design stevewilliamskitchens.co.uk - kitchens What does having a minimalist home design mean? For starters your house will not be full of clutter. Having a minimalist home design means that you …
Flipboard Newsdeskflipped into Technology This clever design firm is open sourcing its rejected logos so startups can use them for free TNW - Nate SwannerFairpixels is giving startups a helping hand, and open sourcing rejected logos for anyone to use. The company, which is a pay-what-you-can-afford design firm, says it has “unused logo design proposals
Weekly Maker's Roundup core77.com - Rain Noe A strip sander puts out a fair amount of fine dust, but Matthias Wandel found it inconvenient to keep connecting his dust collector. Thus he built a …
Max Guinnflipped into Environmental Update US bans tiny beads in cosmetics to avoid environmental damage The Verge - Rich McCormickPresident Barack Obama signed into law today the Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015, banning the manufacture and sale of tiny pieces of plastic found in soaps, toothpastes, and body washes in the United
Sierra Clubflipped into Best of Sierra Magazine Ocean Beach, San Francisco sierraclub.org - By Daniel Duane | Oct 6 2014 One gray fin, all by itself, startles a pack of surfers. It cuts the water's surface before turning sideways so that we can see its curvature and …
Eric Kimflipped into Eric Kim Street PhotographyIcon version of the Flipboard logo On Killing the Ego erickimphotography.com
TechCrunch NASA Snaps The Mother Of All Earth Selfies TechCrunch - Drew OlanoffNASA has been doing some really amazing stuff lately, including in-depth and vivid photography (in case you missed it, check out its recent Pluto fly-by). This particular photo, which I feel like is the
My Modern Met Redesigned Women’s Bathroom Sign Breaks Old Stereotypes to Become Empowering My Modern Met - Anna GragertThe It Was Never a Dress campaign is not only taking social media by storm, it is also changing the way we view the traditional women’s bathroom sign. We see that the men’s figure wears pants and the symbol
