Celebrate the second International E-Waste Day

Steel production could be made with almost no carbon emissions through $278 billion of extra investment by 2050, according to a new report from research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Hydrogen and recycling are likely to play a central role in reducing emissions from steel production. Steel is responsible for around 7% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions every year and is one of the world’s most polluting industries.
Government and corporate net-zero commitments are pushing the steel industry to cancel out its emissions by 2050. Efforts to decarbonize steel production are central to the net-zero aspirations of China, Japan, Korea and the European Union.

Earlier this year, Cape Town-based fashion designer Sindiso Khumalo received the prestigious LVMH prize, which was for 2020 shared out between the eight finalists, as a measure of Covid-19 era support for emerging talent. But that’s just one of the growing number of accolades Khumalo can add to her mantlepiece. In a fraught year, she’s fought through to be now bestowed with a second prestigious distinction, in the form of the Green Carpet Fashion Awards’ Independent Designer title.

Breathtaking aerial images have revealed 11 heron nests perched 100ft in the treetops of a 17th century stately home.  The amazing pictures captured the scenes at the heronry at the National Trust run Belton House in Grantham, Lincs.  It is the first time a drone has been used for the British Trust for Ornithology’s (BTO) annual census.  The flying gizmo hovered 50ft above the treetops and 100ft above the ground in order to take detailed pictures of the heron nests.  A total of 11 active nests were discovered clustered together in the branches of a Scots pine – nine more than experts expected to find.

By taking part in the circular carbon economy, industry can reduce their impact on climate change and take part in global net zero emissions.