For 11 years, Brian Brundage promoted Intercon Solutions, his booming suburban Chicago electronics recycling company, as a scrupulous industry leader in environmentally responsible waste disposal, led by a colorful, high-flying entrepreneur.
Photo Courtesy of Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office Across the five boroughs, approximately 36 million pounds of single-use plastic foodware is collected from NYC’s residential waste stream. Tens of millions more pounds are collected from commercial establishments. By Forum Staff Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday signed an executive order that will end the direct City purchase of unnecessary single-use plastics in favor of compostable or recyclable alternatives.
The demand for strong (NdFeB) magnets will increase rapidly in the coming decades as a result of our push toward newer forms of clean energy Magnets are used in wind turbines, electromotors and generators.
Our devotion to single-use plastics with short-term benefits comes with long-term environmental costs.. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News.
The plastic debris consisting of 414 million pieces including 977,000 shoes, 373,000 toothbrushes, bottles, cutlery, bags, and straws have covered up the beaches of the tiny Cocos (Keeling) Islands with a population of just 600.
A trial 20p levy is being brought into force on disposable coffee cups sold around the University and SU this week after 750,000 were sold across campus last year. Around one million hot drinks are sold across the 13 University-owned ‘Hustle and Bustle’ outlets every year, including the IC Cafe and Diamond Cafe, and between August 2017 and July this year 749,960 disposable coffee cups passed through.
Swedish furniture chain Ikea is to phase out single-use plastic products within two years. It announced that it was acting to promote a more sustainable life for consumers amid growing concerns about the effects of plastic on the environment.
OTTAWA — The federal government is reducing but not banning outright the use of single-use plastics at the G7 summit this week in Quebec.Thousands of politicians, staffers, security officers, special interest groups and journalists are descending on Quebec City and Charlevoix, Que., for the G7 — the…
P.E.I. could be the first province in Canada to ban retailers from giving out plastic bags after a private members bill passed third reading Friday morning.
FREE public access to drinking water will be available at key communities along the Wales Coast Path under Welsh Government plans to reduce……
HuffPo: “In a sparse and sprawling factory complex on the outskirts of Shanghai, thousands of tiny plastic resin pellets are shivering along narrow conveyor belts, ready to be transformed int……
Recycling electronics waste with E-waste Cleanup provides safe alternative to dispose your electronics. We recycle electronics waste like computers, television, printers and other electrical components.
In an effort to create an entertaining, easy way to learn about eco-friendly living, Google paired up with the California Academy of Sciences and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation to create Your Plan, Your Planet for Earth Day. Using interactive quizzes, tips and visual aids, Your Plan, Your Planet gives users a concise set of messages that will help anyone understand the simple ways they can do their part in helping save the planet’s precious resources.
CAIRO – An Egyptian province on the Red Sea will impose a ban on disposable plastics, prohibiting everything from single use straws to plastic bags in an effort to fight pollution and protect the environment, its governor said Tuesday.
AKARYN Hotel Group, Thailand’s home-grown luxury boutique hotel brand, is on a mission to become a single-use plastic free hotel company by June 2019.
Lawmakers vote overwhelmingly to ban many plastic items — now member states need to approve the measure…
An Egyptian province on the Red Sea will impose a ban on disposable plastics, prohibiting everything from single use straws to plastic bags.
The European Council today adopted a directive which introduces new restrictions on certain single-use plastic products.Ireland South MEP Deirdre Clune sa…
In a challenge for Detroit, teens put off getting their licenses and buying cars. About a quarter of 16-year-olds had a driver’s license in 2017, a sharp decline from nearly half in 1983.