Bal Harbour Becomes One of Florida Cities to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Including Straws and Bags
Bal Harbour Village has passed a ban on single-use plastics, including plastic straws, bags, and utensils.
Source: www.miaminewtimes.com
Bal Harbour Village has passed a ban on single-use plastics, including plastic straws, bags, and utensils.
Source: www.miaminewtimes.com
In Illinois, a recycling executive has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for illegally landfilling potentially hazardous electronic waste as part of a scheme to re-sell the materials and avoid paying income taxes.
CoverCress (formerly Arvegenix) has closed a $2 million bridge investment round co-led by Bayer Growth Ventures and BioSTL’s investment arm BioGenerator. CoverCress is a plant breeding company using CRISPR gene editing tools to develop and grow a new cover crop based on the native plant pennycress. Dubbed Covercress, this new type of pennycress can provide corn and soy farmers with an off-season cash crop with biofuel applications.
The Sustainability Sessions are a series of talks that explore aspects of sustainability in the built environment. The first series will celebrate retrofit projects that aim to reduce carbon emissions while giving existing buildings new life. The third project of the series is the Moonshine retrofit. The project is presented by Piers Taylor, founder of Invisible Studio. The event will be chaired by Vanessa Norwood, creative director of the Building Centre.
Moneycontrol’s Shraddha Sharma explains how eco-friendly is bioplastic and if its benefits can mitigate climate change.
Climate change expected to intensify the demands of water use in agriculture as climate is the major driving force for crop production and water use. Studies on climate change have indicated the variation in temperature and precipitation patterns globally due to increased concentration of greenhouse gases. Global warming and its consequences have shown remarkable impacts on regional hydrologic cycle. Temperature and precipitation are two important climate parameters and plays a vital role in crop production system. The rise in air temperature and varying precipitation pattern may affect the crop yield and water use efficiency. Rise in temperature is likely to increase the evapotranspiration demand and water requirement for agriculture.
The personal care partnership will see Azelis distribute the full Micro Powders range in the country…