A Designer Bag Made Out Of Waste!
Would you be willing to pay $133 for a tote bag made all out of waste? The leather factory, based in New York, is using a 40-year-old loom for weaving…
It’s Time To Ditch Your Liquid Shampoo Bottles And Turn Eco-Friendly
Shampoo bars have been around for a while, however recently they have gained immense popularity as people are becoming more and more aware of the environmental issues surrounding shampoo bottles.…
Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Milk? What’s The Big Deal?
As milk demand grows, the dairy cattle industry's greenhouse gas emissions increased by 18% between 2005 and 2015. Food accounts for one-quarter of global emissions. According to the Food and…
COP26: Rich Nations Delay $100 bn Climate Aid
Developed countries have stated that they will fulfil their pledge to provide $100 billion in climate finance to developing countries by 2023, three years later than originally planned. A "climate…
How World’s Largest Cruise Ship Deals With Its Waste.
Marine pollution experts in Germany and Brussels estimate that such a large ship would burn at least 150 tonnes of fuel per day, emitting more sulphur than a million cars,…
Recycling? Now Everything Can Be Recycled At A Mall
The world's first recycling mall, ReTuna terbruksgalleria, is changing shopping in a climate-friendly way. Repairing and upcycling old objects gives them a fresh lease on life. Everything that is sold…
Stubble Burning: The Ever-On-Going Issue Of North India
Farmers in India's northern plains are forced to engage in an extremely harmful activity every year: they burn leftover paddy stubble to clear their farms of farm trash and get…
Healthy Environment, Declared A Human Right By UN Rights Council
Climate change and environmental deterioration have harmed millions of people around the world, according to the new resolution. It also emphasises that the most disadvantaged members of society are disproportionately…
Using Enzymes In The Recycling Of PET Plastics
Carbios plans to develop a new technique to supercharge an enzyme found in compost heaps that ordinarily breaks down dead plant leaf membranes. Carbios has fine-tuned and improved this enzyme's…
Best Out Of Waste: A Success Story Of An IFS Officer
Maihar forest sub-division in Madhya Pradesh held its annual drive for planting 4.7 lakh tree saplings in June and July 2021. Soon after the drive, Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer…
Bio-Bean: Now Biofuel From Recycled Coffee Waste
Every day, the United Kingdom consumes 95 million cups of coffee, resulting in hundreds of thousands of tonnes of discarded coffee grounds. Many of these abandoned resources wind up in…
Oil Cleanup: College Graduate Changes The Way.
According to Reeves, the startup's objective is to investigate and create new and novel environmental remediation technologies to reduce man-made calamities like oil spills. Crude Spill Cleaning has concentrated on…
Sustainability: Are Disposable Cups The Right Choice?
Paper cups may appear to be a better option, but paper cannot hold liquid on its own, so baristas pour coffee into cups lined with polyethylene, a plastic that acts…
A World without Oxygen
Its common knowledge oxygen plays an important role in the physiological processes of most living organisms. At present, oxygen is found in abundance in the earth’s atmosphere. However, a recent…
Sims Lifecycle Services For Dealing With E-Waste!
Electronic waste, or e-waste, is the term used to describe discarded electronic devices and products that are unwanted, not working, or are at the end of their ‘useful life. Laptops,…