Tag: plastic ban

  • CIRCULAR ECONOMY: ANCIENT POPULATIONS PIONEERED THE IDEA OF RECYCLING WASTE

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    As a political term, we might want to keep the circular economy in the present, but the practices that are part of it have long been part of human existence. Maikel Kuijpers explains. The circular economy is typically seen as the progressive alternative to our wasteful linear economy, where raw materials are used to make the products […]

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  • E-WASTE DISPOSAL VOLUMES JUMP AS MORE COMPANIES CARE TO RECYCLE ELECTRONICS

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    NamiGreen a local e-waste recycling company has vastly increased e-waste recycling rates in 2018, saying that this indicates that more and more Namibian companies are concerned about discarded electronica ending up on landfill sites. According to the company’s internal records, in 2018 more than 50,000 kg of e-waste were recycled, which is 52% more than […]

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  • Plastic waste down by 30 percent

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    THE volume of plastic waste in the city has reduced significantly by as much as 30 percent, according to the General Services Office. GSO Head Eugene Buyucan, in his report during the flag-raising ceremonies last Monday, January 7, said the estimate was based on the observations of personnel monitoring the garbage flow at the waste […]

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  • Why climate change is going to clobber our economy

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    Bob Keefe of Environmental Entrepreneurs argues the new US Congress needs to wake up fast to the economic crunch that awaits as climate impacts escalate Never mind record temperatures, flooding, wildfires and rising seas. Recent reports about the state of climate change send another warning about its impacts: It’s going to clobber our economy. From […]

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  • Big Island infant diagnosed with rat lungworm disease

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    HONOLULU- A Big Island infant who fell ill in December has been diagnosed with rat lungworm disease, bringing the number of cases of the disease statewide last year to eight. So far, there have been no confirmed cases of rat lungworm disease in 2019. Officials said the infant, from East Hawaii, has been transferred to […]

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  • We must stop choking the ocean with plastic waste. Here’s how

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    The ocean can’t take any more. For centuries we have dumped our unwanted waste into the seas, creating a crisis that threatens not only marine life, but everything that depends on the seas. And despite our technological prowess, humans have so far been unable or unwilling to stem the tide of pollution entering our ocean. […]

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  • How the fossil fuel industry got the media to think climate change was debatable

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    Late last year, the Trump administration released the latest national climate assessment on Black Friday in what many assumed was an attempt to bury the document. If that was the plan, it backfired, and the assessment wound up earning more coverage than it probably would have otherwise. But much of that coverage perpetuated a decades-old practice, one […]

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  • Technology helps reduce energy costs on Indiana farm while protecting environment

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    A Purdue University alumnus is using clean, solar energy to drastically reduce the electric bill for his northern Indiana hog farm with the help of a company based in the Purdue Research Park. Kraig Resler, an alumnus of Purdue’s College of Agriculture, partnered with Emergent Solar Energy to find ways to reduce energy costs, protect the […]

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  • Is Organic Food Worse for the Environment?

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    Most of us know there are many health benefits to eating organic food. But is the farming practice all that healthy for the environment? A new study suggests organic food might have some serious consequences for the environment when compared to conventionally produced food. Here’s what it found. STUDY: ORGANIC FARMING COMES WITH A ‘CARBON OPPORTUNITY COST’ Researchers […]

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  • Nestlé Waters North America aiming for 25 percent recycled plastic in its packaging by 2021

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    Latest commitment part of broader ambition to reach 50 percent recycled content by 2025 Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) announced in December that it will achieve 25 percent recycled plastic across its U.S. domestic portfolio by 2021. The company plans to continue expanding its use of recycled materials in the coming years, further setting an ambition to […]

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