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750,000 single-use coffee cups were sold on campus last year | Forge
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.
Environmentally friendly electric cars: the pedestrian’s enemy? | Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars | The Guardian
They are symbols of environmental friendliness, but electric cars could be making environments increasingly unfriendly to pedestrians. Inaudible engines and obstructive charging systems are putting people with disabilities or pushchairs at risk, according to road safety campaigners who say that pedestrians are paying a hidden price for the green revolution.
Dave Taylor, a resident in the London Borough of Ealing, contacted the Observer after reading an article on charging electric vehicles. “My photo of the car with the charging cable across the pavement highlights a very real issue that is not being addressed,” he says.
Read the full article at: www.theguardian.com
SJK Chung Hua No 5 to hold e-waste collection
KUCHING: SJK Chung Hua No 5 will give the public the chance to minimise the electronic waste (e-waste) that goes into landfills with its recycling programme next Saturday (April 27). The community service programme, which is organised by the school’s Malaysia Red Crescent unit, will run from 9am…
Dozens of fashion giants sign pact to eliminate emissions and single-use plastics
Mango, Farfetch and Decathlon are among a coalition of 24 big-name fashion brands to have signed Kering’s Fashion Pact this week, committing them to net-zero emissions globally by mid-century.
Arctic explorers find unusually thin ice as a result of climate change
The biggest ever science expedition to the Arctic encountered extremely thin sea ice, which could threaten future efforts to study the region.A team on board the Polarstern icebreaker began drifting last September until their vessel became locked in an ice floe. In the area where they started their journey, off the Russian continental shelf, the ice was exceptionally thin compared to what models predicted for the last two decades. The ice was around 50 centimetres thick compared to the 150-160cm found in three years of observations in the 1990s.
THE HITACHI HIGH-TECH SUSTAINABLE FARMING REVOLUTION
Bananas are one of our most popular supermarket products and most are locally grown. One of the country’s most innovative banana producers is Bartle Frere Bananas in Queensland and the business’s operations were recently showcased at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. Through technology innovation, Hitachi has enabled the banana business to produce food in an environmentally-friendly food way. Bartle Frere Bananas demonstrates how artificial intelligence, machine learning and sensor technology can help farmers make data-driven decisions to support more sustainable agriculture. These practices include optimising farm management to ensure good quality and production while aiming to protect the land and keep consumption of water and energy low.