Richard Fineflipped into PlasticPlastic Pollution Protecting Paradisenationalgeographic.com.au - Monday 12.00am Corona has joined forces with National Geographic as part of its 100 Islands Protected initiative, to showcase how the global marine plastic …
Richard Fineflipped into Paper CupsGlasgow City Council Two in three coffee drinkers in Glasgow unable to recycle cupseveningtimes.co.uk - Evening Times Online Consumers across Glasgow are being faced with a daily challenge when trying to dispose of their single-use cups, according to environmental charity …
Richard Fineflipped into Packaging Innovation Kellogg Company provides an update on its Global Packaging Goalprnewswire.com BATTLE CREEK, Mich., Oct. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 311 million tonnes of plastic are produced each year, …
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable Packaging Misleading wording on packaging encourages littering, study saysenvironmentjournal.online - Pippa Neill Confusion around compostable packaging could lead to an increase in littering, with 38% of consumers not realising that compostable packaging needs …
Richard Fineflipped into RecyclingIcon version of the Flipboard logoEPA EPA ban will threaten NSW environment and economy, says ACORsustainabilitymatters.net.au The Australian Council of Recycling (ACOR) is concerned that the NSW Environment Protection Authority’s (EPA) proposed ban on resource recovery from …
Richard Fineflipped into BioplasticsSustainability A guide to sustainable packaging labelstreehugger.com - Tom Szaky, Guest Writer Consumers are choosing brands they think are better for the planet, so it’s important they know what they’re getting. How often are you overwhelmed or …
Richard Fineflipped into BioplasticsBiodegradation Researchers Create Biodegradable, Bio-renewable Packaging Material - Chemicals Market Newschemicalsmarketnews.com - By Larry Thomas on October 20, 2019 12:55 PM EDT Scientists Haritz Sardón, Ainara Sangroniz, and Agustin Etxeberria at the UPV/EHU’s Faculty of Chemistry, along with the scientists, Jian-Bo and …
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticPlastic Single-use plastics ban Bill aims to put biodegradable packaging on supermarket shelvesthejournal.ie - Christina Finn A PROPOSED NEW law which aims to ban certain types of single-use plastics will be debated in the Dáil next week. Fianna Fáil Senator and by-election …
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticPlastic School kids tell big companies to tackle plastic pollution in developing countries - CBBC Newsroundbbc.co.ukSchool kids in Dorset are asking big companies around the world to "stop selling items of single-use plastic into developing countries". It's as part of a campaign by UK charity Tearfund, which claims
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticIcon version of the Flipboard logoSustainability What does the future of plastic look like?phys.org - Lund University Plastic waste is a growing problem around the world, despite efforts to recycle or reduce plastic use. In order to really transform the recycling …
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticPlastic Plastic tax gets green light - Foodservice Footprintfoodservicefootprint.com
Richard Fineflipped into Climate realitySustainability r/sustainability - An ode to Climate Solutionsreddit.com Sustainability is the ability of system to endure. While most people associate the term with the environment, true longevity requires social and …
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticPlastic Making the case for plastics packagingpackagingeurope.com - Elisabeth Skoda It has been a challenging period for the plastics packaging industry with difficult market conditions and the ongoing 'war on plastics' having an …
Richard Fineflipped into RecyclingRecycling IN DEPTH: Optimising Waste Collection on Small Islands for Intensive Recyclingwaste-management-world.com - Marco Ricci-Juergensen Marco has 20 years of experience as an independent consultant in planning MSW management, designing and upgrading of collection and transport schemes, assessing recycling facilities (focus on composting), planning communication and participation initiatives, chairing multi-linguistic, multi-tasking working groups or projects. Marco is also acting as senior expert at CIC - Italian Composting and Biogas Association (www.compost.it) and contributes proactively to ISWA (http://bit.ly/2gkanPA) being the chairman of the international working group on biological treatment of waste at ISWA. Marco Ricci-Jürgensen explains how the Italian island of Pantelleria has become a beacon of best practice for the collection, handling and recycling …
Richard Fineflipped into Paper CupsCoffee Honey Dew, Dunkin’ toss out Styrofoam cups, but is it enough to save the planet?bostonglobe.com - Shirley Leung Like its giant competitor, Dunkin’, Honey Dew used Styrofoam cups to accommodate customers’ ever-growing demand for bigger portions, and Styrofoam …
Richard Fineflipped into Paper CupsScotland Single-use cup charge plan in waste crackdownBBC NewsA charge will be applied to single-use drinks cups under proposed legislation. The move will be brought forward in the Scottish government's Circular Economy Bill, with the level of the charge to be set
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable PackagingSustainability Novamont and Saes Group launch new compostable solutions with gas barrier propertiespackagingeurope.com - Packaging Europe Novamont and Saes Group have joined forces to develop solutions to meet the growing demand for materials with lower environmental impact and high …
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable Packaging Selfridges switches from plastics to compostable for Christmas food packagingedie.net Selfridges is removing plastic packaging across its own brand range of Christmas food, switching to home compostable alternatives for 90,000 mince …
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticPollution America's Biggest Trash Hauler Stops Shipping Plastic To Poor CountriesHuffPost - 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
Richard Fineflipped into Climate realityQatar Qatar Is Air-Conditioning the Outdoors Because of Climate ChangeGQ - Condé NastThe resource-rich nation is trying to engineer its way out of the most disastrous effects of global warming. One common-sense practice for enjoying air conditioning is to keep windows and doors closed,
Richard Fineflipped into Packaging InnovationWorld Economic Forum Plastic packaging problem: Five innovative ideasweforum.org - Katharine Rooney Around 13 million tonnes of plastic leaks into our oceans every year, causing untold damage to marine life, biodiversity and human health. Most …
Richard Fineflipped into RecyclingInnovation In this “biorecycling” factory, enzymes perfectly break down plastic so it can be used againFast Company - Adele PetersThe process lets any plastic—say a polyester shirt—be recycled into any other plastic (like a clear water bottle). It could fundamentally change the market for recycling. Inside a bioreactor in the laboratory
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticClimate Sorry, Your Keep Cup Will Not Save The Planetpedestrian.tv In support of the Global Climate Strike - a week of action to demand climate justice, from September 20 to 27 - Pedestrian Group is doubling down on …
Richard Fineflipped into BioplasticsBiomass Open Letter to the European Commission on Comparability of Bio-based and Petrochemical Polymersbioplasticsnews.com - By Axel Barrett The Joint Research Centre is the European Commission’s science and knowledge service which employs scientists to carry out research in order to …
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable PackagingIcon version of the Flipboard logoPlastic EUBP proposes criteria and product examples for preferable use of compostable plasticseuropean-bioplastics.org The European Commission launched an initiative regarding a study on the ‘Relevance of biodegradable and compostable plastics in a circular …
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticOntario Politics Canadian Government Asked to Create a Plan for Single-Use Plastics Managementbioplasticsnews.com - By Axel Barrett Retail Council of Canada (RCC) issued an open letter to Minister Yurek, the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks earlier today, asking …
Richard Fineflipped into RecyclingTechnology Verdex unveils recycled plastic nanofiber...resource-recycling.com - Jared Paben Verdex’s technology can be used to process a variety of polymers. | Courtesy of Verdex Technologies A company has developed a technology for spinning …
Richard Fineflipped into PlasticPollutionNew research suggests we might be thinking about the ocean plastic problem all wrong — trash dumped from ships could be majorBusiness Insider - Aylin WoodwardScientists estimate that there are 5.25 trillion bits of plastic debris in the oceans worldwide — that's more plastic pieces than stars in our galaxy. Up to 14 million tons of plastic enters the ocean
Richard Fineflipped into Compostable PackagingIcon version of the Flipboard logoComposting Raising the bar for composting in Australiawastemanagementreview.com.au - by Waste Management Review The compost industry in Australia needs to improve its self-regulation to secure its ongoing social license to operate, writes Angus Johnston, …
Richard FinePollution America's Biggest Trash Hauler Stops Shipping Plastic To Poor CountriesHuffPost - Catharine Smith
Richard FineWest Michigan It's got water and the right temperature: Planet found that could support lifewzzm13.com - MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
Richard Fine The strangeness of Japan's decision to start openly hunting whalesMashable - Mark Kaufman
Richard Fine Hubble's Latest Batch of Space Porn Is Some of the Best We've Ever SeenGizmodo - George Dvorsky
Richard Fine I made a great discovery when I stopped staring at a woman on the beachFox News - Joshua Rogers
Richard FinePixel Buds Google introduces $160 wireless headphones named Google Pixel BudsBusiness Insider - Ben Gilbert
Richard Fine Sunken Australian warship HMAS Perth ransacked by illegal scavengers Australia News - Oliver Holmes South-east Asia correspondent
Richard Fine This Is the Biggest News in Electricity Since the Light Bulb -- SeriouslyThe Motley Fool - Travis Hoium
Richard Fine Elon Musk: 100 Tesla Gigafactories Could Power the Entire Worldfuturism.com - Chelsea Gohd
Richard Fine New Zealand is letting economics rule its environmental policiestheconversation.com - Stephen Knight-Lenihan
Richard FineIcon version of the Flipboard logo Minimalist Home Designstevewilliamskitchens.co.uk - kitchens
Richard Fine This clever design firm is open sourcing its rejected logos so startups can use them for freeTNW - Nate Swanner
Richard FineFrank Pallone US bans tiny beads in cosmetics to avoid environmental damageThe Verge - Rich McCormick
Richard Fine Redesigned Women’s Bathroom Sign Breaks Old Stereotypes to Become EmpoweringMy Modern Met - Anna Gragert
Richard Fine Planting a billion trees a year using drones?impactlab.net - in: Agriculture,Breakthrough Thinking,Environment,People Making a Difference,Science & Technology News
