New Zealand bans single-use plastic bags
New Zealand officially banned single-use plastic shopping bags Monday, introducing hefty fines for businesses that continue to provide them.
Source: phys.org
New Zealand officially banned single-use plastic shopping bags Monday, introducing hefty fines for businesses that continue to provide them.
Source: phys.org
The Treasury will issue its first sovereign green bond “in the second half of this year,” as announced by Pablo de Ramón-Laca, Director General of the Treasury and Financial Policy. He revealed this in his opening speech at the Ofiso 2021 Annual Meeting on Sustainable Finance, which was recently held in virtual format. De Ramón-Laca explained that this first bond will form part of the Treasury’s Green Bond Issuance Programme, which aims to be a “structural component of the Treasury’s financing policy.” He also announced a National Sustainable Finance Plan, on which an inter-ministerial working group chaired by the Vice-President and Minister for Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, is already working.
The state of Washington is known as a leader when it comes to sustainability. The Oct. 28-30 Green Strides Tour that I attended highlighted the many different approaches districts have taken in schools located in rural settings, small towns, and even the heart of urban Seattle.
Sensil® from Nilit® is a premium fabric made from Nylon 6.6, to create durable, smart clothing that supports sustainability.
The global Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film market has seen demand grow by just under 5% per annum over the last five years.
The Sustainability table series is a discourse organized by Avant-Garde Limited – an innovative frontier for advocacy on environmental protection and sustainable development in Nigeria.
By Rachel Becker. Legislation would ban cigarette filters due to environmental toll, lack of purpose.Published on July 18, 2019 as Sustainability in the Green section of the Chico News & Review…